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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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Making the Cut: An Agential Realist Examination of Selfies and Touch
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors leverage the work of Karen Barad to analyze digital self-imaging research and argue that agential realism is necessary for self-image authors. But they do not discuss the role of social media.
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Family and Community: (Re)Telling Our Own Story
Anne Byrne,Deirdre O’Mahony +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the consequences of an American 1930s classic anthropological study for a contemporary rural community in the west of Ireland and present an account of a research project based on Kimball's 1930s field diary that provided an opportunity for community members to tell their own story of family and community.
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Images, emotions, and international politics: the death of Alan Kurdi
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that emotionally laden responses to images should be seen as performed in foreign policy discourses, and argue that emotional bundling helps political leaders express their experiences of feelings shared by all humans, and simultaneously articulate themselves in authoritative and gendered subject positions such as "the father".
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Digital Cameras, Personal Photography and the Reconfiguration of Spatial Experiences
TL;DR: How personal digital photography, as a tool to register personal experiences in physical space as well as a currency for communicating in digital space, has affected people’s sense of physical place and thus has contributed to the ongoing hybridization of physical and digital experiences.
The Power of Photographs of Buildings in the Dresden Urban Discourse. Towards a Visual Discourse Analysis
TL;DR: In this article, a visuelle analysis of the architektonische Bild of the "alten stadt" in Dresden is presented. Butt et al. erlautert die Autorin ihren methodischen Ansatz fur eine visuelen Diskursanalyse.