Internet memes: a contemporary visual relation

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7655849

Keywords:

Poor images, memes, genealogy

Abstract

This article aims to think about a particular type of contemporary image: the Internet meme. As a part of our visual economy, it is intended to expose its impact as well as its genealogy to understand why memes are so popular and efficient nowadays. This piece focuses on political memes, belonging to a satirical tradition of images, implying that these so-called “poor” images are not a totally new phenomenon but, on the contrary, a continuity with preceding visual artifacts.

Author Biography

Greta Wrinckler, Buenos Aires University

Greta Winckler has a degree in Anthropological Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), where she is currently doing her Ph.D. in Social Anthropology as an intern at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET-Argentina). Her research revolves around various topics based on the contributions of Image Anthropology, such as the visual culture of web 2.0, Latin American political iconography, and image and childhood studies. She is a professor and researcher in the Area of Visual Anthropology at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters (UBA).

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2019-09-30

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Wrinckler, G. (2019). Internet memes: a contemporary visual relation. ASRI. Art and Society. Journal for Research in Arts and Digital Humanities, (17), 4–15. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7655849

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No. 17 (2019): Images Flow

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