THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES
In this workshop, Assistant Professor Annie Hill (University of Texas-Austin) will focus on an anti-trafficking awareness campaign in the United Kingdom, called Blue Blindfold, which depicts white British women with their eyes covered by bright blue blindfolds to symbolize their "blindness" to human trafficking.
The rhetorical role of white women in the campaign was crucial for conveying an anti-trafficking message of vigilance, vulnerability and gender violence. This visual rhetoric implied that trafficking was happening right in front of Britons, who just needed to open their eyes to see the crime. Participants will discuss how to select an object for analysis, employ theory to develop an argument and build a portable tool for future research.
Attendees will receive chapter three of Hill’s forthcoming book, Trafficking Rhetoric prior to the workshop.
NOTE: Those interested in this workshop may also consider attending Hill's lecture, The Sale of Freedom: Human Trafficking at the Movies, which will take place in the same location from 3:30-5 p.m. on the same day.
Co-sponsored by the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme and the Department of English's Writing, Rhetoric and Literacy Program
