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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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Picturing Culture: The Photography of Muttappan teyyam between 1920 and Today
TL;DR: In this article, three different appropriations of a 1928 photograph from South India allow insights into German anthropology in the 1920s, contemporary German museum practices, and present-day ritual forms in northern Kerala.
The National Endowment for Democracy: Theory, Context, and Practice
TL;DR: The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has been shrouded in controversy for the way it functions and distributes the money it gets allocated from the United States Government as mentioned in this paper.
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Genre Expectations and Viewer Reaction to Our Planet: Are Audiences Motivated to Act More Sustainably?
TL;DR: Our Planet as discussed by the authors explores the first two episodes of Our Planet, a Netflix docu-series that catalyzed strong responses based on two jarring image-sequences, examining how our familiar understandings of particular genres impacts our understanding of particular issues and what happens when the familiar patterns of a genre are challenged.
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In the Regard of the Image
TL;DR: In this context, the notion of visual rhetoric might be redundant: allegedly virulent detractors of rhetoric, from Plato to Locke, argued that rhetoric amounts to nothing more than hopelessly obfuscating appearances, while its most dogged defenders championed such appearances, displayed in public discussion and performance, as beneficial features of communal life as mentioned in this paper.