CHYS 2P38 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Luc Boltanski, Metonymy, Charity Organization Society
16 Jan 2017
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Barnardo scheme to send children to canada and australia. Early awareness that charities required funding to operate. Pio(cid:374)eered the use of photograph(cid:455) to represe(cid:374)t t(cid:455)pi(cid:272)al (cid:862)ragged (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)(cid:863) First time the world saw images of these types of suffering children, very controversial. By 19th century standards, photos were prurient and aimed at arousing the viewer. Before and after photos illustrating program effectiveness. 1877 charged by charity organization society with corruption, sexual impropriety. Images were staged for the camera, but defended by barnardo as necessary. Significant evolution in victorian theories of poverty alleviation. The charit(cid:455) orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374) o(cid:272)iet(cid:455) supported state (cid:862)poor la(cid:449)s(cid:863) that assu(cid:373)ed the poor were morally inferior. Founded by eglantyne jebb in 1919 to work for the welfare of german and austrian children. League was precursor to the united nations. Geneva declaration of the rights of the child. The child must be given the means requisite for its normal development, both materially and spiritually.
