Introduction to Visual Politics in the Global South

This chapter offers a brief overview of the main themes covered in visual politics. It does so by taking into consideration that while there is a growing body of scholarship in the field of visual politics, most of this research has a strong empirical focus on North America and Europe and neglects forms of visual politics that can be found in different sites across the Global South. The authors draw on Boaventura Sousa Santos’ work to argue for epistemologies of the South that revolve around the struggle against colonialism, capitalism, and patriarchy, and they also provide a discussion on the growing body of research published in the English language on visual politics focused on the Global South.