Eugenic Iconographies and the Public Imagination
Eugenicists were savvy communicators. Across the world they engaged with the public through newspaper articles, popular lectures, fairs, prose, plays, art and design, radio addresses, films and, of course, exhibitions. They understood the impact that visual representations of eugenics through film and photography had on the public imagination.
In this talk we suggest that today's social media remains saturated with eugenic messages and that eugenics continues to maintain a grasp on the public imagination. We therefore must be made aware of how legacies of eugenics continue to shape not only our perception of human difference, but also a host of other issues, from marriage and family to the wellbeing of future generations. To educate about eugenics allows us to become more effective in our collective efforts to raise public awareness and to create a more just and equitable society for everyone.
Refreshments open at 18:30, followed by a talk and discussion from 19:00, in the Lecture Theatre, Pitt Rivers Museum. Please access the museum via the entrance on Robinson Close, off South Parks Road, as the main museum entrance will be closed at this time. Age advisory 14+
