This is an exercise which aims at reflections leading to a positive definition of human dignity. Looking at violations of human dignity may help to find an understanding of the term that is universally applicable.
Assignments
1.) Please take a look at the images and comments and find a common heading to the pictures. What is in your opinion their common topic? Instead of finding a headline you could consider terms that fit to your photos.
2.) Life in human dignity includes various aspects, so how would you define it on a personal level for yourself?
Images
Sources
Constanze Jaiser & Jacob David Pampuch: Ein Schmuggelfund aus dem KZ – Erinnerung, Kunst und Menschenwürde. Projektmappe für einen fächerübergreifenden Unterricht, Berlin: Metropol Verlag 2012.
Photo Credits:
Transport of slaves, Notices of Brazil, Walsh, 1831.
Habitat for Humanity/Steffan Hacker.
Flood desaster in Pakistan 2010, Hasnain Kazim, Spiegel Online 19 August 2010.Ahmet Kaya, video still, you tube.
"Make friends, not walls", Dirk Pohl.
Theresia Degener, photo: Zbigniew Pluszynski.
Philip Fleischer, installation in the exhibit at Galerie Tanja Wagner, 2011.