C103 1nd Edition Lecture 17Outline of Last Lecture I. The GambiaII. Feeling Global?III. Assemblages and Photo CollagesOutline of Current LectureI. Authorship QuestionsII. SenegalCurrent Lecture I. Authorship Questionsa. Despite the colonial origin of photography, it is now firmly rooted in diverse social worldsi. How have men and women appropriated photographic technology in the post colony today?ii. What are the cultural schemas involved in producing and looking at these images? iii. How do African men and women use the medium of photography to apprehend and express the vicissitudes of urban life in relation to global transformations?iv. How do the men and women, who are clients of commercial photographers, turn to photography to visually articulate value and meaning by expressing their accomplishments, aspirations and even sometimes their fantasies?II. Senegala. Context of rise of photography is socio-economic collapse (this is significant as a form of symbolic production)b. How and why are women target of moral critique in deepening crisis? How does this affect their images of themselves?i. New kinds of cultural capital have become important markers of classii. Not education but commerce and small business as ground of the middle classiii. Knowing what and how to consume as a form of distinctionThese 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.c. How is the photo a performance and an object with its own trajectory?i. Interior decorationii. Introduction to social networksiii. Portraits as strategic presentations of partial truthsiv. Women work on themselves as canvases of
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