The Institute of Art and Ideas recently published an article by Elleke that uses the famous 1972 “blue marble” photograph of earth as its point of departure to discuss the main themes of Southern Imagining. It begins:
The famous image of Earth from space looks neutral—but it was quietly turned to put the north on top. Professor Elleke Boehmer argues that this small adjustment captures a much larger habit of mind, and that there is no objective perspective by which to view the world. By reading literature from the far southern hemisphere, we can flip our planetary perspective, loosen the grip of northern dominance, and learn to see the world as a more connected, fragile whole.
