ICON12

This session examines a major goal of propaganda during the world wars: recruiting soldiers from colonized countries. The session will review my research on colonialism propaganda, including propaganda used during the British occupations of Tasmania (Lutruwita) and India, and French propaganda used to recruit Sengalese and other African soldiers during WWI, as well as discuss the deep connections between colonialism and war propaganda. Integrating this research with teaching helps explore topics of persuasion and propaganda, as well as explore the basis for the visual language used in racist caricatures, how it was developed for the purpose of propaganda, and how it was eventually adopted into caricatures used in advertising and marketing illustration. Through learning this history, students will hopefully further understand how empires used racist stereotypes in colonial propaganda, how it affected colonized nations and peoples, and how it continues to affect marginalized populations today.