SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture 1: Social Work 1A06

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SOCWORK 1A06
• Professor: Ann Fudge Schormans

Document Summary

Images can portray many meanings into one image. See and say what they think about the image shows a lot about who that person is. No individual, no professional is completely impervious (resistant) to the influence of visual and other representations. Despite our knowledge of how images like all representations are constructed (built, formed) Created in particulars way by particular people for particular reasons that benefit some but hurt others. Images are still taken for granted instead of being critically engaged with and questioned. Still too often regarded as the truth. Images: as representations of people and things have tremendous influence. They have the power to grab our attention. To work as a short cut to understanding. To affect what it is we think we know; extend our knowledge on the specific subject. About ourselves and others and different situations. To create categorizations us and them that are divisive and harmful and troublesome.