a. Buckley says that the objective of studio photography in the Gambia is not to capture the essence of the person but to come out a little better, what does he mean?b. In the 1960s it was thought that photos captured a person’s personality. Aka the term “jikko”i. What Is jikko?1. Your moral being, personality2. Manners, personality, character, dignity3. Visible on the exterior of the body, honor, public standingc. Last appeared in studio photography when photographers had careful hands and knew how to pose people in contemporary Gambian photographyd. Photographers today don’t want to handle jikkoi. To volatileii. Vulnerability to being attackede. Today photographers don’t know or don’t want to touch patronsi. World of deceit or fen, semester boyfriends, tourism etc.ii. Does not speak to the selfiii. Speaks to experience of change in post colonial social relationsa. How are Kenyan’s negotiating and representing the local and the global in studio photography?i. local consumption of global elementsii. role of migrationiii. wish fulfilling machinesiv. images of wealthv. backdropsvi. powerful agents or just consumers?1. By having these pictures taken, these people are taking part in globalizationa. How are Uganan photographers localizing and domesticating a globalized flow of images?i. Building on Africa’s asymmetrical relation to the globalb. Visual recycling of images from mass mediai. Focusing on discontinuities, juxtaposing impossibilities, reflexive practice (think about your time and place in history in a critical way, thinking about the past and future)c. Play with identities?i. Montage as a “technique of the self” (Foucault) to objectify and at the same time subjectify the selfC103 1nd Edition Lecture 16Outline of Last Lecture I. Colonialism & PhotographyII. Steven SpraugeIII. African PhotographyIV. AuthorshipOutline of Current LectureI. The GambiaII. Feeling Global?III. Assemblages and Photo CollagesCurrent Lecture I. The Gambiaa. Buckley says that the objective of studio photography in the Gambia is not to capture the essence of the person but to come out a little better, what does he mean?b. In the 1960s it was thought that photos captured a person’s personality. Aka the term “jikko”i. What Is jikko?1. Your moral being, personality 2. Manners, personality, character, dignity3. Visible on the exterior of the body, honor, public standingc. Last appeared in studio photography when photographers had careful hands and knew how to pose people in contemporary Gambian photographyd. Photographers today don’t want to handle jikkoi. To volatileii. Vulnerability to being attackede. Today photographers don’t know or don’t want to touch patronsi. World of deceit or fen, semester boyfriends, tourism etc. ii. Does not speak to the selfiii. Speaks to experience of change in post colonial social relations II. Feeling Global?These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.a. How are Kenyan’s negotiating and representing the local and the global in studio photography? i. local consumption of global elementsii. role of migrationiii. wish fulfilling machinesiv. images of wealthv. backdropsvi. powerful agents or just consumers?1. By having these pictures taken, these people are taking part in globalization III. Assemblages and Photo Collagesa. How are Uganan photographers localizing and domesticating a globalized flow of images?i. Building on Africa’s asymmetrical relation to the globalb. Visual recycling of images from mass mediai. Focusing on discontinuities, juxtaposing impossibilities, reflexive practice (think about your time and place in history in a critical way, thinking about the past and future) c. Play with identities?i. Montage as a “technique of the self” (Foucault) to objectify and at the same time subjectify the
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