@article{2025:haritos:representi,
title = {Representing the Marginalized. A Critical Interrogation of (Self-)Representation},
year = {2025},
note = {This contribution connects post- and decolonial theoretical
perspectives on “representation” with previous communications
research to explore how journalism can—or cannot—produce spaces
for subversive speaking and listening. Specifically, we focus on
moments of tension and negotiation surrounding the reporting on
colonial and racial injustices in German journalism. The article
addresses two main questions: (1) What patterns of (post-)colonial
representation appear in journalistic reporting on racist and colonial
injustices? (2) How do these patterns shape the speaking positions
from which formerly colonized subjects can or cannot speak and be
heard in journalistic reporting? These questions are answered through
two critical discourse analyses, focusing on coverage of the Black
Lives Matter (BLM) protests in Germany and the German-Namibian
negotiations over reparations for colonial genocide. The analysis
reveals three representational patterns that continue to restrict how
members of Germany’s Black community and Namibia’s Indigenous
communities are represented in German media coverage: homogenization,
irritation, and containment. The findings highlight the urgent need to
reorient contemporary journalism within the context of colonial power
structures.},
journal = {M&K Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft},
pages = {334--353},
author = {Haritos, Christina and Weiß, Ana-Nzinga},
volume = {73},
number = {3}
}