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I was checking out comments on the book in <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/">Good Reads</a> and some of the reviewers hated it and others loved it and the simplistic witty observations presented by Hugh MacLeod. As was noted if you were expecting a witty book that will spark you creativity this is not the book to read, instead his focus seems to be on how to work hard to achieve success based upon you creativity. It is a business book for those wo want to succeed by putting their creative talent to work for them. Work hard, stay positivity, focused ..umm work hard. That is common advice..that is why you should ignore everybody..those well meaning friends and colleagues who will give you constructive criticism and feedback ..they really are not qualified to do that ..they don’t know your art.<br />
I took from this book that you have to figure out what your “creative crayons” are and push your creativity beyond what is normal and acceptable and define what makes you unique and stand out. My creative crayons are the photographs that I write about here, Photoshop, and what I write. This is my life, taking flat objects or images; photographs, and making them multidimensional via my crayon toolbox, writing and digital images an design via Photoshop.<br />
On this project I have read a great deal about others who have conducted similar research. However, for the most part, I have found that their projects are closely defined, I feel what I am doing is loose with the project unfolding ahead of me as I work through my collection. One part of Hugh MacLeod’s book that I definitely will take away is the following…”The idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to be yours.” <br />
I have also been reading <a href="http://www.susansontag.com/SusanSontag/books/onPhotographyExerpt.shtml">Susan Sontag’s On Photography</a><u>. </u>Susan Sontag’s book was somewhat maddening for me; I am a collector and studying these photographs for meaning. Yet it seemed to me she disparaged both at times. However there were some great observations that I will share from this book:<br />
Sontag often referred to the concept that some cultures avoid having photos taken because they felt that photos steal a little of their souls. With that she also observed that to photograph is to appropriate the thing photographed ..it means putting oneself into a certain relation to the world that feels like knowledge. <br />
My favorite line, “..having an aptitude for discovering beauty in what everybody sees but seeing neglects as too arduous.”<br />
Photographed images do not seem to be statements about the world so much as pieces of it, miniature of reality that anyone can make or acquire.”<br />
Regarding collecting photographs she said: To collect photographs is to collect the world. Movies and television programs light up walls, flicker and go out but with still photographs the image is also an object, lightweight, cheap to produce, easy to carry about…<br />
Sontag also stated that photographs really are experiences captured….photographs have multiple meanings, indeed to see something in the form of a photograph is to encounter a statement or object of fascination. <br />
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These 8 are what I call a “family” these photos were taken in the same place at Christmas time: <br />
What do I see in this picture? Well I think the girl in this picture received a very pretty pink robe for Christmas. I cannot help but note the wall paper on the wall, the lamp and the throw on the couch! Remember those? That couch will look new ..you will never see it but it will forever look new. <br />
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You have to appreciate this photo. This woman reminds me so much of my grandmother and other women of her time. <br />
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Now it probably had to be something special to get these four in suits. Wedding or funeral? <br />
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Traveling to other countries. Capture what surprises ..capturing a moment. <br />
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What do I like here? The dress, the purse and the hair. An obvious travel photo .. <br />
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I am sure it was surprising and interesting to capture this young man on a little donkey. <br />
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And you really have to appreciate this picture. I like it! Camels waiting for the tourist to come along for a desert ride. <br />
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One of my favorite participation opportunities in #CMC11 is getting to hangout in the Google Hangout..it has been great. The conversation groups though small, Google Hangout only allows up to 10 participants at a time have been interesting, with different points of view freely shared. <br />
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As you may have guessed right now I have amassed a collection of photos, slides, and negatives from the late 1800’s to today. This is what <a href="http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-john-collier-12715">John Collier says</a> about individual photos versus collections of photos: <i>I know, being one of the few specialists of non-verbal evidence that this is the way it goes. It’s the way it goes in every anthropologist’s photographic file. The individual pictures are not every important. All the pictures together in like categories become extremely important, because they have an extra authority to them.</i><i>It is Collier who suggests that when photographs are studied it is a search for meaning based on the entire visual record so that details from the structural analysis can be placed in a context that defines their significance. Collier defined photo elicitation, where participants give their responses to and define an understanding of the images. </i><br />
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<a href="http://www.richardchalfen.com/bio.html">Richard Chalfen</a> can be credited with taking a lead in recognizing the need to study the family snapshot. He defines that the study should be undertaken which can examine the snapshot’s “construction, organization and consumption of photos from a sociological perspective.” Chalfen has developed a grid which can be used to define or give a study a framework. This grid consists of five communication events and vie components. Studying the photos using this grid establishes a pattern of activity and behavior. <br />
Planning event<br />
Shooting Event<br />
Editing event <br />
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Can it be determined who participated in the photo; who took it, who was in it, the background and setting, the topic or precipitating even for the photo, and the composition. <br />
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Gabrielle Greenberg states, in her article on Pictorial Semantics, November 2010, that “Humans are able to reliably extract complex information from pictures they have never seen before, with remarkable speed and facility, but in ways which vary among communities of viewers. Because such interpretation can be carried out on novel pictures, these facts cannot be explained by simple memorization…she further states that “the content of a picture is not merely what it happens to communicate; rather it is what the picture depicts independent of what is communicated.” <br />
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Eventually I hope this blog generates enough interest that I elicit comments on the photos from readers. This is called photo elicitation a method of studying and researching photographs defined by John Collier and others This is defined as follows: <br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Photo_elicitation&action=edit&redlink=1"><i>Photo elicitation</i></a><i> is another technique of data gathering. This methodological tool is a combination of photography as the visual equivalent of a tape recorder, and ethnography or other qualitative methods. Photo elicitation techniques involve using photographs or film as part of the interview—in essence asking research subjects to discuss the meaning of photographs, films or videos. In this case the images can be taken specially by the researcher with the idea of using them to elicit information, they can belong to the subject, for example family photographs or movies, or they can be gathered from other sources including archives, newspaper and television morgues, or corporate collections. Typically the interviewee's comments or analysis of the visual material is itself recorded, either on audio tape or video, etc</i><br />
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Therefore, in keeping with previous blog posting I present the following photos for your consideration: <br />
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The family car seems to be ubiquitous in pictures. I really liked this one and I am wondering if the one boy is pretending to be driving!<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YrgG5JIsRuo/TsBl9WOY3II/AAAAAAAABrM/0RsVOONCeX4/s1600-h/scan0011%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0011" border="0" height="328" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2Lk96HMHUJk/TsBl9uFJI9I/AAAAAAAABrU/A9NrKJ6vDOE/scan0011_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0011" width="481" /></a><br />
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This little girl does not seem to be particularly happy about being on a horse. I liked the background scene here as well, especially the old barn style roof on the one house in the background. A really great scene. <br />
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As you can tell I do little to retouch my photos. This one is fuzzy and blurry, but I really like these two girls with their little bouquets of flowers <br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-q3LL6HplVZE/TsBl-fUiJqI/AAAAAAAABrs/iF-BJBTKWYw/s1600-h/scan0022%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0022" border="0" height="321" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Jgw0X9q0kf0/TsBl-jXZ6AI/AAAAAAAABr0/VHg6KX1g52M/scan0022_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0022" width="480" /></a><br />
A great picture that makes me wonder where they are traveling to or from. I like cars in pictures and this one is no exception. <br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-N4DT-N6DU54/TsBl-8SUHPI/AAAAAAAABr8/RGeJZrKVKAw/s1600-h/scan0032%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0032" border="0" height="345" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jWjpdHzqiFU/TsBl_Dr6X7I/AAAAAAAABsE/6AiJb5R4gUM/scan0032_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0032" width="481" /></a><br />
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This picture makes me question the context in which is was taken and ask..does anyone smoke a pipe anymore? A great pic..is he posing for serious or is this all in jest? I just find something humorous about this picture. <br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TnlpmRlgiGI/TsBl_bRCAUI/AAAAAAAABsM/-rF2lOUSDcg/s1600-h/scan0035%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0035" border="0" height="429" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-eKJRofyRZUA/TsBl_skwPUI/AAAAAAAABsU/A9GJmJmhdtM/scan0035_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0035" width="486" /></a><br />
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A great wedding scene, the bridesmaids and flower girls? Or attendants. <br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-aOc-32xrwys/TsBmABUZ9bI/AAAAAAAABsc/zfUnGvXXsxI/s1600-h/scan0085%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0085" border="0" height="416" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Czrs7zt28eg/TsBmAFnGoPI/AAAAAAAABsk/PRmoXp5pNXc/scan0085_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0085" width="492" /></a><br />
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And maybe she didn’t want her picture taken!<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZYSlXNjB56A/TsBmAu2aOpI/AAAAAAAABss/QI2iQOUL5Pc/s1600-h/scan0102%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0102" border="0" height="317" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MTo4AAKmX-c/TsBmAqS_80I/AAAAAAAABs0/dI0Uoba4DI8/scan0102_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0102" width="490" /></a><br />
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One of my favorite pictures. I really like this scene of these three people on this diving board. <br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-j3j3hUFgOV8/TsBmA82JbvI/AAAAAAAABs8/padbV-tgfy8/s1600-h/scan1016%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan1016" border="0" height="365" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Mht5ViTtYFo/TsBmBDzHMoI/AAAAAAAABtE/HCE0IqcI624/scan1016_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan1016" width="500" /></a></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11273721132724537684noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063985583020539835.post-40478640276938742582011-11-06T16:13:00.000-08:002014-07-07T11:51:42.593-07:00Multiculturalism, Photographs and Creativity #cmc11<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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What is Multiculturalism: or <b>cultural pluralism,</b> a term describing the coexistence of many cultures in a locality, without any one culture dominating the region. By making the broadest range of human differences acceptable to the largest number of people, multiculturalism seeks to overcome racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination.<br />
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In contemporary society, different understandings of multiculturalism have resulted in two different and seemingly inconsistent strategies:<br />
<ul><li>The first focuses on interaction and communication between different cultures. Interactions of cultures provide opportunities for the cultural differences to communicate and interact to create multiculturalism. </li>
<li>The second centers on diversity and cultural uniqueness. Cultural isolation can protect the uniqueness of the local culture of a nation or area and also contribute to global cultural diversity. The concept of “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_exception">Cultural exception</a>” proposed by France in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations in 1993 was an example of a measure aimed at protecting local cultures. </li>
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<b>1. </b>Of, relating to, or including several cultures.<br />
<b>2. </b>Of or relating to a social or educational theory that encourages interest in many cultures within a society rather than in only a mainstream culture.<br />
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The question in my mind was how does my proposed project relate to Multiculturalism..how does culture reveal itself in amateur or vernacular photographs? It may be helpful to explain how I got into collecting amateur and vintage photographs in the first place. Several years ago..almost five! I became very interested in learning about digital art and the use of Photoshop. At that point, when I learned that elements can be extracted from scanned images I started to collect old photographs, slides, and negatives, buying them by the hundreds, for a very low price, from ebay and other online sites. Eventually, due to my interest in the history of the area I live in I started to collect photos of places like Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons and photos of homesteads, ranches and other sites in the area. <br />
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Initially I was not interested in the people in the picture, but interested in cars, houses, and things like bridges and landmarks. Over time though my focus has shifted to an interest in the people…there are thousand of photos each with a story, a theme, and people holding to their cultures, their traditions and that which defined them a heritage passed on generation after generation. As always I encourage your input, comments and observations on the photos I provide. <br />
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I am going to provide you with some pictures all of which seem to focus on summer. Summer work, summer fun and summer friends and family: <br />
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One of my favorite all time pictures …it evokes fun, camaraderie…what is the story on this barren stretch of highway? <br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JCQ3Xh5VgDM/Trcho9RRp6I/AAAAAAAABjk/6il9X_r7Uik/s1600-h/04_01_70%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="04_01_70" border="0" height="353" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OOuPudm6TQk/TrchpHoBRZI/AAAAAAAABjs/N_2j0GDMib4/04_01_70_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="04_01_70" width="573" /></a><br />
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A lot of great detail and interesting things in this picture. Makes you wonder what is being pointed at, why the one person declined to sit up for his photo. I was also interested in the people walking along the fence in the back. Just a lovely day at the beach. <br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yzXSa-vB0CM/TrchppgrUnI/AAAAAAAABj0/ewuFjf8teOM/s1600-h/5500ab06_1411987%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="5500ab06_1411987" border="0" height="363" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zFBWDEjnhlc/Trchp4FaPNI/AAAAAAAABj8/6QwgU8x09JA/5500ab06_1411987_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="5500ab06_1411987" width="566" /></a><br />
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I really like this photo, especially because these two women did not seem to be all that pleased with having their photo taken or being in a row boat on a lake!<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-audqIATmvy4/TrchqXwrzDI/AAAAAAAABkE/NtMD0UrzyzQ/s1600-h/f1fd5861_4170865%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="f1fd5861_4170865" border="0" height="429" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dMlIoGMgjT0/Trchq_i0S3I/AAAAAAAABkM/db_rVBHGJZM/f1fd5861_4170865_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="f1fd5861_4170865" width="571" /></a><br />
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“Inner tubing” is the hallmark for fun if you live along a river or a creek!<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-b034Qf88AZQ/TrchrDgrnFI/AAAAAAAABkU/p2wqQteGgic/s1600-h/scan0004%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0004" border="0" height="390" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-a9N5IZk161Q/TrchrQ9zaXI/AAAAAAAABkc/pgQYk1Ofv5I/scan0004_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0004" width="568" /></a><br />
And is fun for all ages!<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2WhbdYV1jDw/TrchrjMFkmI/AAAAAAAABkk/a2XQfEy7350/s1600-h/scan0748%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0748" border="0" height="426" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-IhMH4izDylk/Trchr58PxEI/AAAAAAAABks/hO9Y8FOXvCQ/scan0748_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0748" width="477" /></a><br />
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Of course I don’t know if the below double exposure was deliberate or mistake ..but I think it’s fabulous!<br />
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Another great family tradition..are they getting ready for church? A wedding an outing of some sort. A sunny family on a sunny summer’s day! <br />
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I am guessing this picture was taken on a summer’s day and I am wondering what is in the bottle? Is it her first bottle of root beer? Probably! What would be better on a summer’s day? <br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NJhK64fElAg/TrchtgJ15qI/AAAAAAAABlk/uGk7sNgE8Ak/s1600-h/scan0018%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0018" border="0" height="468" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ObqX3pcIvnE/Trcht-XI2xI/AAAAAAAABls/gk82zg_ZuHc/scan0018_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0018" width="580" /></a><br />
In this particular picture I love the sun glasses and the crispness of the summer dresses. They just seem so comfortable. There is a slight contrast between the two women..I think the woman on the right might be fun! <br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qhuso7mVaaY/TrchufN9NfI/AAAAAAAABl0/qBEbDPpZPk0/s1600-h/scan0183%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0183" border="0" height="489" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wynd2SEPD5c/Trchuvmo_lI/AAAAAAAABl8/6kdzmeIm0os/scan0183_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0183" width="548" /></a><br />
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This picture, below, makes me smile in so many ways. I think it may have been taken in Deadwood South Dakota. It is sometimes easy to tell this if the photos are marked or taken from a certain batch of photos. <br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Rdi9MUxwdFo/Trchu29qasI/AAAAAAAABmE/NioYkdjLCPw/s1600-h/scan0256%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0256" border="0" height="423" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BxHKI3w84NM/TrchvSEpIxI/AAAAAAAABmM/c034Nu0_i4A/scan0256_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0256" width="537" /></a><br />
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I have a variety of photos from other countries illustrating tradition, traditional dress, and cultural traits: <br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Xq9slrjyCYE/TrchvrMK5VI/AAAAAAAABmU/JfUUB93_Szw/s1600-h/scan0453%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0453" border="0" height="492" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KXolHyh2qiQ/Trchv8_J1LI/AAAAAAAABmc/xhTK0TAvsH8/scan0453_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0453" width="260" /></a><br />
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I love the face that this photo captured:<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NOJOwVRmiiw/TrchwKAFDgI/AAAAAAAABmk/kqfVDxfhJ_E/s1600-h/scan0582%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0582" border="0" height="516" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jyE9KFN-DMw/TrchwVEKiuI/AAAAAAAABms/4l6h5mv5U3Q/scan0582_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0582" width="463" /></a><br />
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Summer Migrant workers in California: <br />
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I can only surmise what he was thinking, it was a virtual IM discussion, I didn’t ask though either. I think he was thinking..you already do too much why do more? Because I love these photos, slides, and negatives I have collected over the years. I love the stories they tell, the lives they depict, and the history they silently capture. It is my challenge to bring all of that to life. <br />
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I am not a seasoned researcher. I have completed my Ph. D. , yet, that does make me an expert in this field. I retrieved our copy of Denzin and Lincoln’s Handbook of Qualitative Research from my husband’s bookshelf. I know I am going to have to research how to research this archive so I can set into my mind a plan for going forward. <br />
On page 703 begins the essay by Ian Hodder on The Interpretation of Documents and Material Culture, in that he writes of “how to interpret mute evidence …even though separated from the author, producer, or user…” . <br />
Photographs are, in my opinion, a part of the material culture that Hodder defines. He states that, “<em>Material culture, including written texts, poses a challenge for interpretive approaches that often stress the importance of dialogue with and spoken critical comment from participants. Material culture evidence, on the other hand, may have no living participants who can respond to its interpretation.”</em> Hodder is answering the questions I have..can I conduct a research of these snapshots, a frozen moment in time in a way that will provide some meaningful insight into the experience of being human? The answer to that is easy, I think so. Will this research have some premise in being credible, I believe so, but even beyond my observations of studying these photos I welcome your comments and observations, lending even more credibility to this study. <br />
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I can provide even more credibility to this study if I can provide you with some context, dates, times, place and event behind these photos. I can do that for some, but not all. So how do we comment and observe on those photos that I do not have this type of information? We can do that only within the context of our own experience, and that is what makes this interesting. <br />
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We do this within the context of cultural studies. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_studies">Culture Studies</a> can be defined as: <em>approaches subjects holistically, combining </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_theory"><em>feminist theory</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_theory"><em>social theory</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_theory"><em>political theory</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History"><em>history</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy"><em>philosophy</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_theory"><em>literary theory</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_influence"><em>media theory</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_studies"><em>film/video studies</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_studies"><em>communication studies</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_economy"><em>political economy</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation_studies"><em>translation studies</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_studies"><em>museum studies</em></a><em> and </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_history"><em>art history/criticism</em></a><em> to study cultural phenomena in various societies. Thus, cultural studies seeks to understand the ways in which meaning is generated, disseminated, and produced through various practices, beliefs, institutions, and political, economic, or social structures within a given culture. (retrieved from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_studies">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_studies</a>)</em><br />
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As you can see I am laying the groundwork for my study. If I were writing a dissertation I would conduct my study within the context of one of the theories above, perhaps feminist theory or social theory to narrow the scope of my study. This is a personal mission for me though, by the end of this study I may have reviewed all of these photographs within the context of the theories presented above. I am almost five years into building this collection, it is difficult to know where this journey will take me in five years, ten years or a lifetime. <br />
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As I go along sharing these photos with you I want to present a disclaimer to you. I have purchased these photos outright via online auctions, these are photos I have taken myself, etc. In these terms I am the copyright owner, I have no means to research the original owner of these photos. These photos are not used for materials or commercial gain by myself and are used only in research and for educational purposes. <br />
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Normally I try to study or will present photos from the 1800’s – 1950 the first photos below are from a wedding in the 1980’s: <br />
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Older wedding pictures:<br />
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Family pictures, family traditions. <br />
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And don’t you love the fact that they included the family dog front and center? <br />
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And the cars often make the family photo too: <br />
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Note the hood of the care in the foreground of this photo taken of these four lovely women. <br />
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I love this one taken in front of the family vehicles. Were they leaving and someone said,"Let me get a picture real quick…” Could be… <br />
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When I saw the picture below I wondered who is sitting at the kiddy table? And for most of you who celebrate big family dinners for Thanksgiving, Christmas or whatever your traditions are you will know what I am talking about.<br />
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This picture answers that question (oops I should have flipped the one above) <br />
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Every family has one right? The clown, the goof, and the one who stands out..who is that in the picture below? <br />
A really great picture to study. Check out the drapes, the lamp, and the table cloth on the gate legged table. Good stuff!<br />
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A different sort of family shot. Brothers? Probably. <br />
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A vintage wedding photo: <br />
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A great shot of a more “modern’ couple: <br />
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What I would consider a family travel shot: <br />
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From the shots I have from Russia: <br />
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Kids: <br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OmkcLGVwfIQ/Tq14pYheJTI/AAAAAAAABTs/hQx74G-YX4A/s1600-h/scan1684%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan1684" border="0" height="367" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-a-k7iQEsjjE/Tq14pk97huI/AAAAAAAABT0/Harv1WBnKPY/scan1684_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan1684" width="482" /></a></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11273721132724537684noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063985583020539835.post-63305128381688791912011-10-25T18:28:00.000-07:002011-10-25T18:28:06.055-07:00Sharing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I was sharing with my friend Michael Wells my love for photography, etc., and what it means for me and he shared this with me.. Great Synergy ..thanks Mic! Please check out the below link.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mrmulti.com/houses/">http://www.mrmulti.com/houses/</a></div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11273721132724537684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063985583020539835.post-64031691157334325712011-10-23T17:12:00.000-07:002011-10-23T17:14:50.864-07:00Virtual Pioneers #VPCON10<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">It is indeed an honor to be a part of the Virtual Pioneers group in Second Life. This great group allows me the opportunity to explore history and culture with others.<br />
On January 20th, 2012 Virtual Pioneers will be hosting their second History Conference in Second Life. The details are available on the <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/e1b.org/virtual-pioneer-history-conference/">Virtual</a><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/e1b.org/virtual-pioneer-history-conference/">Pioneers</a><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/e1b.org/virtual-pioneer-history-conference/">website</a>and thei<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Virtual-Pioneers/106690332686885?sk=wall">r</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Virtual-Pioneers/106690332686885?sk=wall">facebook</a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Virtual-Pioneers/106690332686885?sk=wall">page</a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Virtual-Pioneers/106690332686885?sk=wall">. </a><br />
Why all this excitement about virtual worlds and learning history? Well Second Life and other virtual worlds provide an easy to access, cost effective environment in which to role play, explore and experience living history. If you know of any history sites or activities to recommend in Second Life please let me know either via Twitter or in the comments in my blog.<br />
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Below are some sites I am highlighting for this week’s blog about Virtual Pioneers and the upcoming conference: <br />
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Stone Henge<br />
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Visual culture is defined in various ways: <br />
According to Nicholas Mirzoeff' is perhaps best understood as a tactic for studying the functions of a world addressed through pictures, images, and visualizations, rather than through texts and words. Here is a link to an article by Mirzoeff on <a href="http://home.comcast.net/~jay.paul/mirzoeff.htm">visual culture</a>. <br />
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Another term that came up during my search for meaning is semiotics: According to Daniel Chandler in his <a href="http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem01.html">online book</a> on the subject: <em> Semiotics represents a range of studies in art, literature, anthropology and the mass media rather than an independent academic discipline. Those involved in semiotics include linguists, philosophers, psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, literary, aesthetic and media theorists, psychoanalysts and educationalists. Beyond the most basic definition, there is considerable variation amongst leading semioticians as to what semiotics involves. It is not only concerned with (intentional) communication but also with our ascription of significance to anything in the world. </em><br />
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I questioned whether this is the appropriate method as it seems that semiotics would be more the study of language and text however it is also defined as follows:<em> Semiotics provides us with a potentially unifying conceptual framework and a set of methods and terms for use across the full range of signifying practices, which include gesture, posture, dress, writing, speech, photography, film, television and radio. Semiotics may not itself be a discipline but it is at least a focus of enquiry, with a central concern for meaning-making practices which conventional academic disciplines treat as peripheral.</em> Here is a link <a href="http://strikingdistance.com/unreal/Pages/irit01.htm">to an article</a> by Irit Krygier, that provides photography with a definiton in todays digital age. <br />
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One could argue that I cannot do an adequate study of the photographs I possess unless I understand the intent of the photographer. What is the context of the photo being taken? Was it vacation, for a study, for a business reason…this anonymous collection of photographs may not provide worthwhile data in that regard. These photos are an expression of human life, the way we live, and how we capture on film and what we deem important. Reviewing hundreds if not thousands of photos of home life, vacations, landscapes, and celebrations provides a rich in-depth study of life in the United States but through travels abroad. <br />
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I am currently review several photographs of a travelers experience in Russia. These photos were probably taken in the 1950’s and are actually slides: <br />
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Not sure where these photos were taken: <br />
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I can put pictures that other people take and study them in the context of what motivates or inspires me to take pictures: <br />
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I love to take pictures of old farm buildings, abandoned farms and capture these symbols of a fading way of life. <br />
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The above photo was taken in Silverton, CO at the Durango/Silverton Train. <br />
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The above is a photo of ruins in Mesa Verde. To me this is somewhat symbolic of how we capture other cultures through photography. <br />
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Another abandoned farm picture. <br />
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Sinclair, WY I believe..a semi abandoned town with an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair,_Wyoming">interesting history</a>.<br />
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We spent the night in a Hostel in Grand Junction. I thought I would be uncomfortable in the postage stamp sized room but I immediately fell asleep. The picture above is of the lobby, lounge space at the hostel. <br />
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On the Durango/Silverton train. <br />
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If I were to do a post like this every week for the next five years I doubt that I would get through my collection of photos, one which I continue to add to either via scanning or my own photos. It is a fascinating study for me. I am struggling with how to define or frame this study and analysis. Knowing that will help me a great deal to identify the context in which to place this analysis. </div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11273721132724537684noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063985583020539835.post-32984725152120732752011-10-16T08:38:00.000-07:002011-10-16T18:17:25.085-07:00#CMC Cultural Studies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
As a sometimes researcher and “studier” of people I have to give a name to the study of photographs that I am proposing, in essense this is a cultural study. This means, according to Wikipedia; <br />
<em><b>Cultural studies</b> is an academic field grounded in critical theory and literary criticism. It generally concerns the political nature of contemporary culture, as well as its historical foundations, conflicts, and defining traits. It is, to this extent, largely distinguished from </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_anthropology"><em>cultural anthropology</em></a><em> and ethnic studies in both objective and methodology. Researchers concentrate on how a particular </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_(communication)"><em>medium</em></a><em> or </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message"><em>message</em></a><em> relates to matters of ideology, social class, nationality, ethnicity, sexuality, and/or gender.<sup>[1]</sup></em><br />
<em>Cultural studies approaches subjects holistically, combining feminist theory, social theory, political theory, history, philosophy, literary theory, media theory, film/video studies, communication studies, political economy, translation studies, museum studies and art history/criticism to study cultural phenomena in various societies. Thus, cultural studies seeks to understand the ways in which meaning is generated, disseminated, and produced through various practices, beliefs, institutions, and political, economic, or social structures within</em> a given culture<br />
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Furthermore the study of the photographs that I possess is actually defined as:<br />
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<b>Visual anthropology</b> is a subfield of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_anthropology">cultural anthropology</a> that is concerned, in part, with the study and production of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnography">ethnographic</a> photography, film and, since the mid-1990s, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_media">new media</a>. While the term is sometimes used interchangeably with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnographic_film">ethnographic film</a>, visual anthropology also encompasses the anthropological study of visual representation, including areas such as performance, museums, art, and the production and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reception_theory">reception</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology_of_media">mass media</a>. Visual representations from all cultures, such as sandpaintings, tattoos, sculptures and reliefs, cave paintings, scrimshaw, jewelry, hieroglyphics, paintings and photographs are included in the focus of visual anthropology. Human vision, its physiology, the properties of various media, the relationship of form to function, the evolution of visual representations within a culture are all within the province of visual anthropology. Since anthropology is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holistic">holistic</a> science, the ways in which visual representation are connected to the rest of culture and society are central topics.<sup>[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup><br />
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To further summarize Banks and Morphy state that visual anthropology state that the focus is on recording visual or visible phenomena and obtaining visual data. They caution that this broad term may be ambiguous and too broad. The further go on to state that visual anthropology services that much can be learned from a culture through photography. Morphy and Banks provide a cautionary note in that we should not over look photography by not considering this medium in it’s totality as a contribution to the study of cultures and that researchers must understand the medium within the context of data itself. (1999, Rethinking visual anthropology. Yale University Press. Banks, Marcus and Morphy, Howard)<br />
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Visual anthropology may give some sort of framework to what I am trying to address and it does seem to recognize photos as data, which ultimately I am trying to state..that photos and vintage photos are data to be studied as sources for determining cultural traditions, life, and activities of people. Sandra S. Lee, Ph. D. conducted an “ethnographic study of old Italian neighborhoods from the 1880's to the 1950's, she interviewed and collected vintage photographs from individuals and families.” Unfortunately I have the photographs but not he people to interview for a similar ethnographic study. In order to conduct a study of the photos I must have knowledge of the history of the time period when the photos were taken, a knowledge to be able to judge the time period of the photos, if not dated, and the ability to analyze the photos to extract the period in which they were taken. <br />
I can also solicit comments from people on the web to engage in a discussion or dialogue regarding the photos that I post. To gain their analysis, knowledge and expertise on providing an analysis of the photos that I post. I propose to present different photographs to study in the areas of dress, hair styles, jewelry, expression, architecture, cars, and machinery. As this study evolves there will be different details to study, I will present photos that I feel are most illustrative of the topic. Please join me on this study! Your in put will be valuable. I will continue to define the context of this study as I learn more about the research methodologies. <br />
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My photos for your consideration today are below and are differing styles of architecture: <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-R8NgibZ2Nds/Tpr5voe2i_I/AAAAAAAABC0/HP8037BGDvc/s1600-h/scan0014%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0014" border="0" height="281" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zkGRc5YoLXc/Tpr5wBHO0KI/AAAAAAAABC8/GYsjR2LG7qo/scan0014_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0014" width="358" /></a><br />
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From Russia photos: <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hfmkOyKR66Y/Tpr5wbR_s1I/AAAAAAAABDE/tTR1sir1lco/s1600-h/scan0004%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0004" border="0" height="383" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IlbwCLYN4vI/Tpr5wjaakaI/AAAAAAAABDM/FNBvQ6bSKq8/scan0004_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0004" width="361" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HcoELr-qoIs/Tpr5xC0vdjI/AAAAAAAABDU/mla3kMVW6Dg/s1600-h/scan0153a%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0153a" border="0" height="505" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1s19X1MrnBA/Tpr5xuwJppI/AAAAAAAABDc/VwdqArI6sHc/scan0153a_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0153a" width="363" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SaPuKZVOpNs/Tpr5x6HjSiI/AAAAAAAABDk/GuyVJ5KLqo8/s1600-h/scan0159a%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0159a" border="0" height="424" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-S0atuPM9DCs/Tpr5yP8IeFI/AAAAAAAABDs/EWyqZo9sQIc/scan0159a_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0159a" width="356" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RrfX8_r5Z_s/Tpr5yeoY5nI/AAAAAAAABD0/clTqtU9iQZw/s1600-h/China%252520667%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="China 667" border="0" height="375" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OUNBFuk4oGs/Tpr5y-QDOuI/AAAAAAAABD8/WAelI-C8VZs/China%252520667_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="China 667" width="363" /></a><br />
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Our churches, our towns and how we have lived:<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-K2cif8iVkzA/Tpr5zAVsAfI/AAAAAAAABEE/PXDl6yO8LtY/s1600-h/scan0120%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0120" border="0" height="317" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-10HouGp1w7g/Tpr5zjTpPII/AAAAAAAABEM/LhGn8q_3OTM/scan0120_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0120" width="349" /></a><br />
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This actually is a picture of Boy's Town/home? <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hl-LS6diXqQ/Tpr5z9I1eLI/AAAAAAAABEU/LfnMDbOm-rA/s1600-h/scan0133%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0133" border="0" height="361" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-09qA12P5evI/Tpr52WLBLlI/AAAAAAAABEc/yeVeu1WDLpE/scan0133_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0133" width="369" /></a><br />
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You will note that these are buildings being moved:<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1_hDVwv9iBk/Tpr52t8LftI/AAAAAAAABEk/raV31iwKVDI/s1600-h/scan0164%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0164" border="0" height="295" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-iF0wglGj2KA/Tpr521jweUI/AAAAAAAABEs/omRCs9wg7DI/scan0164_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0164" width="396" /></a><br />
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To contrast a city scape (circa 1950 or 60’s): <br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zSDumij8Bvk/Tpr53bFdKyI/AAAAAAAABE0/g4NKqksE6ew/s1600-h/scan0175%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0175" border="0" height="377" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-IUy_d-51D0I/Tpr53vOhV_I/AAAAAAAABE8/4eUkQhSVKVg/scan0175_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0175" width="395" /></a><br />
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An auditorium or arena..I am sure state of the art for it’s time. Sorry about the dirty photos these are actually slides that are speckled with dust and dirt. Normally I clean them using Photoshop, depending on the nature of the photo and how I am going to use it: <br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-J_hsg3Wu9s4/Tpr54KeSL3I/AAAAAAAABFE/E3tR75K876A/s1600-h/scan0176%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0176" border="0" height="264" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xcoiaNSEgfU/Tpr54fgocuI/AAAAAAAABFM/YqaJ7yb_lCE/scan0176_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0176" width="558" /></a><br />
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Another city skyline..very dirty:<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-hyK9m4bvUVU/Tpr549jHFXI/AAAAAAAABFU/M6XLgJFH_7A/s1600-h/scan0205%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="scan0205" border="0" height="340" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-TVkd0YeSB8I/Tpr55NFQCWI/AAAAAAAABFc/jJ8PO1lkbYk/scan0205_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="scan0205" width="569" /></a><br />
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Another city view:<br />
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I welcome comments, thoughts and ideas! As always more to come!</div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11273721132724537684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063985583020539835.post-24226025849100057392011-10-11T20:57:00.001-07:002011-10-11T20:57:43.020-07:00#CMC11 My creative journey<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I have been wondering what this MOOC would mean to me and I think what I would like to do is give definition to the reason why I have amassed a large collection of pictures, images and artifacts of people lives. This collection come primarily in the form of photographs. Photographs from all sorts of people at all stages in their lives. My collection is large I gather these photos from online auctions, thrift stores, antique shops and garage sales. There is a term for this..they are called vernacular photos. Some are taken professionally others are taken by friends, family members, and even strangers. After all who hasn’t been on a trip when you haven’t been asked to take someone’s photo with their spouse or you haven’t asked someone to do so for you. I saw this frequently on my trip to China. <br />
At heart I am a researcher of people. I love they way they chronicle their lives through their photos, it is indeed art, illustrative storytelling. <br />
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This picture totally captures this woman’s life. Her face tells her story. A widow, yes, note the dark garb, the plain ribbon. A wit, a captured sparkle in her eye, I think it is there. A spirit and a dream and high standards they are all there in her face, her eyes and her hint of a smile. It is a fascinating story behind this photo. <br />
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The photo above of the three children also came from the same collection as the one of the woman. I can’t help but wonder ..are they somehow related? Grandchildren perhaps. You have to love those tense frozen faces..I hope they had a lot to smile about in their lives. Think about the contributions they may have made to this country, having families themselves..maybe they were YOUR relatives. <br />
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Having such a vast collection of photos, unplanned, unstaged and perhaps a bit wonky lets you see the world through a different lens than the glossy touched up photos in magazine. I recently acquired an old set of slides of Russian buildings and other things: (at least I think this is Russian all too often these slides or photos are unmarked) <br />
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Sometimes I look at a picture and I wonder what they saw, what was the picture takers story when he/she showed the picture to friends: (this photo actually did come from a box of photos marked Russia) <br />
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Photos are like brilliant flashes of one line quotes, frozen in time, with meaning and a story. We rush through our lives capturing moments in our minds, and now so freely, <br />
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I understand the story behind the picture below. I know this man yet I do not know him. But I understand that he was probably a cowboy, that this horse was part of his life and his livelihood, perhaps something he took a lot of pride in showing and riding. <br />
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Here is my story, or part of I feel this photo illustrates the world from which I came..<br />
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So far on this journey of sifting through these artifacts of the lives and stories and people I have been alone, with the thousands of pieces that make up my collection, a collection I started several years ago and fascinates me today. Only through the context of my experience have I been able to make define the meaning of it, what does it mean to me ..what would it mean to you? <br />
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Some of these are of recent experiences: <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0NyPBED1yOc/TpUP51LKqsI/AAAAAAAABAM/_63XO7g7pjI/s1600-h/farmmachinery%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img alt="farmmachinery" border="0" height="441" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PP4FsOISpa8/TpUP6fWmIoI/AAAAAAAABAU/sNO5R_46oIs/farmmachinery_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="farmmachinery" width="459" /></a><br />
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Examples of a past that is still relevant to our lives today. The farm machinery above exist as a tribute to the time when machinery that was needed was simple and functioned much upon the strength and hard work of the people who owned the land. <br />
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This photo below is a mystery to me ..the Bell in the background is fascinating.. any ideas? These slides are dirty, it’s going to take some retouching to restore them..I am just starting to dive into this collection. (the great thing about the web is if you do a google search you will find this is Ivan’s bell in Moscow)… <br />
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I visited Mesa Verde this past summer so you can imagine my delight when I found photos such as this one below in my collection: <br />
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You may be scratching you head and wondering..don’t I know what is in my collection and the answer to that is no, my collection is not catalogued or sorted according to any rhyme or reason, it is vast though. The photo above was scanned into my collection in July of 2007. Initially I started just focusing on Wyoming and in particular on Yellowstone, wanting to chronicle the changes in that area via amateur photographs. I have acquired hundreds of photos of the area: <br />
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At first I shunned pictures of people, however over time I began to study them, becoming fascinated with them and the storyteller in me started to come out. Questioning and wondering over the lives of the people who came before me to this area, to live their lives, and the contest of their lives. <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mx4cDfrrcDs/TpUQDFBpatI/AAAAAAAABB8/1Y_IU6gZGyk/s1600-h/04_15_18%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img alt="04_15_18" border="0" height="415" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TDC2W4PiBnQ/TpUQDtg1A-I/AAAAAAAABCE/sKN_7S5An9M/04_15_18_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="04_15_18" width="273" /></a><br />
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I love thinking of the surprise of where this road will take me and I hope you as well. Let’s write this story together. I welcome your comments, your insight and your guidance as I being to share my collection of photos with you. I hope this fulfills the purpose of CMC#. Through this we all learn. <br />
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I did not get a lot of reading done today but these videos are awesome !<br />
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Fast Company's<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/most-creative-people/2011"> top 100 most creative people</a> in business<br />
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Some interesting and maybe controversial videos on creativity:<br />
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Merlin Mann:<br />
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Merlin Mann's Bio<br />
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Marlin Mann's <a href="http://www.43folders.com/2011/01/17/permission-to-be-awesome">43 Folders websit</a>e<br />
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Discusses Patterns and design patterns ! Fascinating<br />
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John Jay!<br />
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<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/most-creative-people/2011/john-jay-wiedenkennedy">John Jay's Bio: </a><br />
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BREAK DOWN THOSE SILOS!<br />
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<a href="http://www.tompeters.com/toms_world/press_kit/who_is.php">Tom Peters Bio</a><br />
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Educate for a Creative Society<br />
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Joe Rogan<br />
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11273721132724537684noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063985583020539835.post-74278131422065864962011-10-09T10:02:00.001-07:002011-10-09T10:04:08.631-07:00#CMC11 I am so stealing this!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Came across this on Carol Yeager's blog and decided I am so stealing it!<br />
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Thanks for sharing!<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/BG2NL72DhqA">A super video</a><br />
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This course covers how to communicate in a social networked world, the emphasis for this course is on creativity..and also how we can solve problems creatively in a social networked world. According to <a href="http://www.cdlprojects.com/cmc11blog/about-this-course/">the blog about this course</a> we will be learning about how to utilize the concepts of connectivism and connecting with others globally. <br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiculturalism">From Wikipedia:</a> <br />
<ul><em>In contemporary society, different understandings of multiculturalism have resulted in two different and seemingly inconsistent strategies:</em>
<ul><em></em></ul><li> <em>The first focuses on interaction and communication between different cultures. Interactions of cultures provide opportunities for the cultural differences to communicate and interact to create multiculturalism. </em></li>
<li> <em>The second centers on diversity and cultural uniqueness. Cultural isolation can protect the uniqueness of the local culture of a nation or area and also contribute to global cultural diversity. The concept of “</em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_exception"><em>Cultural exception</em></a><em>” proposed by France in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations in 1993 was an example of a measure aimed at protecting local cultures.</em></li>
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Our communication, observations and reactions to other cultures should generate creativity and inspire us as individuals in our thought, actions and artistic activities. Other cultures have an indelible influence on us as individuals, it creates synergy when we work together. <br />
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Kate Davies, in her article, Sustainable Minds in the Alternative Journal identified the following tenets that I believe are pertinent to this initiative: <br />
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<em><strong>Creating Learning Communities</strong></em><br />
<em>First developed in higher education, there are now many examples of collaborations for learning, including spiritual, professional, online and neighbourhood communities. World Cafés, for example, can bring a diverse range of participants together to share perspectives on sustainability issues. Involvement in practical shared tasks, such as creating community gardens or building a transition town, can further stimulate active learning.</em><br />
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<em><strong>Fostering a New Cultural Worldview</strong></em><br />
<em>A learning society for sustainability could foster the development of a new cultural worldview - one that is based on respect for the Earth and the great diversity of life on which humans depend. With its presumption of human superiority, the dominant Western worldview assumes humankind has the inherent right to over-exploit other species and exhaust the planet's resources. Developing values and beliefs consistent with sustainability will require a shared understanding of the destructive consequences of this worldview, as well as a widely-held desire to create a respectful, long-term relationship with the Earth.</em><br />
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<em><strong>.Embracing Diversity</strong></em><br />
<em>A learning society would embrace diversity - not only different cultures and ethnicities, but also different ideas, beliefs and ways of knowing. We can learn from people who do not think like us because they challenge our assumptions, beliefs and expectations. We can learn from the wisdom of peoples and communities around the world that have proved their sustainability over hundreds or thousands of years. In the same way that the health of an ecosystem depends on its biodiversity, the sustainability of human systems depends on cultural diversity and a diversity of ideas and practices.</em><br />
<em>(Davies, K.. (2010). Sustainable Minds. Alternatives Journal, 36(5), 8,10-11. Retrieved September 17, 2011, from Research Library. (Document ID: 2125349971). </em><br />
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I decided to do some research on the term “World Café” and this is what I found, I hope to explore World Cafes further throughout this term: <br />
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World Cafe : <a href="http://www.theworldcafe.com/">http://www.theworldcafe.com/</a><br />
The Co-Intelligence Institute: <a href="http://www.co-intelligence.org/P-worldcafe.html">http://www.co-intelligence.org/P-worldcafe.html</a><br />
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World Café Community of Practice: <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/">http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/</a><br />
<a href="http://secondlife.wikia.com/wiki/World_Cafe">The World Café on Second Life:</a> <em> <b><a href="http://www.theworldcafe.com/">The World Café</a> is a conversational process</b> based on a set of integrated design principles. Simple yet powerful, World Cafés can evoke and make visible the collective intelligence of any group, thus increasing people's capacity for effective action in pursuit of common aims. It is particularly effective when people come together across organizational, social or cultural boundaries to foster collaboration.</em><br />
World Café Community Blog: <a href="http://conversationsthatmatter.typepad.com/world_cafe_community/">http://conversationsthatmatter.typepad.com/world_cafe_community/</a><br />
I can’t wait to find and share more with you. The World Café is a model of connecting either physically or virtually and exploring our world together. </div>Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11273721132724537684noreply@blogger.com1