Germany: Political Economy & civic culture
In Germany, political cartoons aren t make the leap from print to online media and is becoming a thing of the past in other parts of the world, but they're still an essential element of political discourse.
The euro is sick, doctors and nurses who wear the stairs on a stretcher and IV tubes are suspended from the weakness of the European currency as it fights for his life Don t give up; we're almost there, said the nurse, but the stairs going in circles without actually get more, if the euro will never make much progress.
It was with this comic that German illustrator Gerhard Mester commented on the economic recovery efforts of Europe last year Rückblende The 2012 jury, one of the most important awards in Germany for political cartoons, Mester recognized with the first prize.
Political cartoons always comment on the news They take position and analyze the situation, said jury member Ulrich Op Hipt He curates the collection of political cartoons on the House of History in Bonn museum, which houses the largest set political illustrations produced since 1945 Germany.
Rainer Hachfeld commented the speech of Chancellor Angela Merkel on the uncharted territory of the Internet.
Gerhard Mester, Price gave him a boost in his daily work My standing in the editorial department is better, he added.
For others in his profession, times have become precarious newspapers continue to give obstinate illustrations a prominent position - but newspapers are disappearing.
Internet publications are yet to establish a lucrative business model for illustrators, says award-winning German cartoonist Rainer Hachfeld Political cartoons are scarce online, and if used, usually not very prominently.
Another obstacle is that the Germans established cartoonists older and there is a shortage of young illustrators to support young illustrators looking for other ways to make money - as in advertising.
Personally, I believe in freedom for women of a drawing of Samir Egyptian cartoonist.
The designer who draws political cartoons for daily newspapers is endangered, concluded Rainer Hachfeld.
But the slow disappearance obstinate sketches can be attributed to their shallow roots in Germany, political cartoons was never taken seriously as in other countries, said Hachfeld.
Political cartoons play a particularly important role in the Anglo-Saxon and French press were brought to Germany by the British occupying forces after World War II.
Outside Europe, too, political cartoons are more widespread than in Germany Rainer Hachfeld was a jury member for the cartoon prices this year by the Dritte Welt Journalisten Netz DWJN - Journalists Third World Network and was impressed by his conversations with African illustrators.
They are taken more seriously, said Hachfeld The media has an even stronger influence it done here.
Annette Hornung-Pickert of DWJN agreed that cartoons play an important role in policy debates in countries such as Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa, but for bold cartoons, she said, Africa needs more publishers with the courage to stand behind their illustrators in some countries taboo subjects like religion aren t even address.
Hornung-Pickert said she has the impression that political cartoons are more important in countries where the British media is widespread But, says Mohamed Abla, aren t just political cartoons a European import.
Abla, an Egyptian artist and art collector, has launched an unusual project in Fayoum Oasis near Cairo the only museum of political cartoons in the Arab world were political caricatures in Egypt since the days of the Pharaohs, says Abla .
Political cartoons continue to play an important role in Egyptian newspapers You can say a lot with cartoons Many people understand more of them than reading text, he added.
In Egypt, the number of cartoonists develops There are a lot of young men and women who are active For them, the Internet plays an important role in getting feedback, commented Abla.
This development can be attributed to political changes brought about by the recent Arab revolution Now illustrators can express their opinions more openly than they could in the past.
Freedom of expression is the most important condition for political cartoons, said Ulrich Op Hipt.
In places where freedom of expression is limited, cartoonists may face defamation charges or even imprisonment in China, for example, political illustrators can not work openly, lest they risk severe penalties .
In Syria in 2011, Ali Farzat was tortured cartoonist - for allegedly offending the President Bashar al-Assad Today he lives in exile and continues to take his case, it is clear that the cartoonists critical commentary is indispensable to political change and social.
Izel Rozental treads a fine line with his political cartoons in a weekly Istanbul Turkish-Jewish cartoonist said buckling under pressure is out of the question - even if his critics are Turkey and Israel February 20, 2013.
Germany has a thriving community comic and graphic novel, and its center is Berlin DW Jane Paulick not in the world of sequential art February 13, 2013.
Egyptians like to have a good laugh since the fall of Hosni Moubarak, they relished the fact that they've been able to articulate publicly their humor there is, however, they might not be able to do so with impunity May 1, 2013 .
The Rwandan genocide survivors portrayed by a Finnish photographer April 6, 2017.
These Rwandan refugees settled in Germany, Belgium, Sweden and other European countries photographs of Miia Autio face a political movement, identity, memories and start over in a new country.
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