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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
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Barthes shares his passionate, in-depth knowledge and understanding of photography in Reflections on Photography as mentioned in this paper, examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death.Abstract:
Barthes shares his passionate, in-depth knowledge and understanding of photography. Examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death, these 'reflections on photography' begin as an investigation into the nature of photographs. Then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, the book becomes an exposition of his own mind.read more
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Use of photography and video in observational research
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine how photography and video have been used in a variety of fields and examine how these visual methods have and can be used in marketing and how they can also reveal insights into the interpretive side of the equation.
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Communication media and the dead: from the Stone Age to Facebook.
TL;DR: The presence of the dead within a society depends in part on available communication technologies, specifically speech, stone, sculpture, writing, printing, photography and phonography, and most recently the internet.
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`When the Hand that Holds the Trowel is Black...': Disciplinary Practices of Self-Representation and the Issue of `Native' Labour in Archaeology
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Neoliberal ideology, global capitalism, and science education: engaging the question of subjectivity
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors extend some key ideas coming from Ken Tobin, Larry Bencze, and Lyn Carter and advocate science educators taking up notions of ideology, discourse, and subjectivity to engage globalization and neoliberalism.
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Acts of Activism: Human Rights as Radical Performance
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a list of illustrations of water rites and water rights in Acts I. Act II. Water rites/rights Act III. Acts of activism Epilogue Appendices: Scripts: Appendix 1. Is it a human being or a girl? Appendix 2.