URST 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Medieval Commune, General Idea, Dont
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Things pictures don"t tell us - in search of baltimore (by elvin wyly): To critically analyze photographs is to understand what is not there. Photoshop --> makes things more difficult and easily misrepresented. Have become mainstream --> generally people analyze this in depth and are critical. Conditions of possibility --> pictures don"t tell us the conditions of how it is shaped. Displacement --> the photograph only captures a specific space and time (with the exception of plaques) Power and representation --> stereotypes are used to enforce power. Stifled by regulation of photography in certain places, or publishing in specific areas (e. g. not being able to document the inside of the alberta tar sands) Picture"s don"t tell us how they should be used or interpreted --> this is up to us to modify and change. Suburbia --> had a generally negative definition, believed to stifle individualism. Rather than the general idea of rural villages, they were actually quite.
