Show-n-Tell
Well, here we are at the last official class, and again, I have screwed up. Okay, that's not entirely true. I have been working on ideas for my final project, and needless to say, I have been going in all sorts of directions. So, when we were to give a little presentation on where we were, I had to kind of bullshit my way through because I hadn't yet found my focus.
And then there's Dr. Reese. That woman can read a person like a dictionary. There must be some mystical force hovering over her. She didn't comment on my all-over-the-place-probably-not-readiness. But she did see something in the images I presented that made her suggest the eye in the I. See. Told ya she's brilliant. And that's not sucking up, just fact.
Anyway, I've decided to do sets of images. A person's eyes close-up, and create an image based on their response to the question, If you could have only one visual image represent you, what would that image be? Should be interesting. The first question I will ask is, How would you identify yourself?
Are they deep? Only when you try to answer for yourself. If describing someone else, it is a breeze.
Here's my annotated bibliography for my final project:
And then there's Dr. Reese. That woman can read a person like a dictionary. There must be some mystical force hovering over her. She didn't comment on my all-over-the-place-probably-not-readiness. But she did see something in the images I presented that made her suggest the eye in the I. See. Told ya she's brilliant. And that's not sucking up, just fact.
Anyway, I've decided to do sets of images. A person's eyes close-up, and create an image based on their response to the question, If you could have only one visual image represent you, what would that image be? Should be interesting. The first question I will ask is, How would you identify yourself?
Are they deep? Only when you try to answer for yourself. If describing someone else, it is a breeze.
Here's my annotated bibliography for my final project:
Austin, J. L. How to do Things with Words. 2nd ed. Eds. J. O. Urmson and Marina Sbisa. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1975. Print. Austin’s theory on the use of language showing that sentences are not just true/false statements but most are or produce an action.
Barker, Chris, and Darius Galasinski. Cultural Studies and Discourse Analysis: A Dialogue on Language and Identity. London: Sage, 2007. Print. Discusses how language constructs identity, identity reflected in relationships, and the pleasures of mastery.
Baudrillard, Jean. “From The Precession of Simulacra.” The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. Ed. Vincent B. Leitch. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001. 1732-1741. Print. Discusses the phases of an image until it finally has no relation to reality.
Burke, Peter J. and Jan E. Stets. Identity Theory. New York: Oxford UP, 2009. Print. Discusses the bases of identities: person, social and group, and how these identities influence thoughts and emotions.
Gauntlett, David. Media, Gender and Identity: An Introduction. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2008. Print. Discusses self-identity, the self-narrative and the use of visual projects to explore this narrative.
La Jetée. Dir. Chris Marker. 1963. Argos Films, 2007. DVD. A science-fiction film of time travel told in black and white still images with text and voice-over.
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