The processes of ‘othering’ and the colonial gaze in The Act of Killing (2012).

by Niamh Fennell

I wrote this essay for my Politics of the Audiovisual module and found myself becoming increasingly passionate about the subject, perhaps even too emotionally invested. However, my passion clearly came through in my writing as I was ecstatic to receive a top grade.

Niamh Fennell is a third year Media and English student. She is interested in theories of race, gender, ‘othering’ and postcoloniality. After graduation she plans to further pursue these interests in a Masters. Outside of university and theoretical debates, Niamh is also a fiction writer and poet, taking inspiration from her own mixed heritage and upbringing.