Ökopornó: A nem-emberi megjelenítésének korlátairól
Ecoporn: On the Limits of Visualizing the Nonhuman

Summary/Abstract: The study examines ecopornography, a concept that describes nature-centered photography as having parallels to human-based pornography. Through his article, Welling expands upon the concept of ecoporn, noting that "ecoporn-as-porn places the viewer in the same asymmetrical, sexualized relationship to its subjects as standard pornography, even if its primary goal is not sexual arousal." Ultimately, Welling argues that environmentalists need to rethink the human place in its relationship to these nonhuman subjects and develop new visual practices that break out of the commercializing, anthropocentric goals of ecopornography and can help us think up new ways of seeing a nature that "looks back."

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