Trailer for “Exit through the Gift Shop”
Banksy: The Punking of Paris Hilton
Benksy: Palestinian Wall
PROPAGANDA
* Leni Riefenstahl
Prologue to “Olympia” (start at 4:30min)
Interactive website by PBS’ Culture Shock on Leni Riefenstahl
Trailer for “Exit through the Gift Shop”
Banksy: The Punking of Paris Hilton
Benksy: Palestinian Wall
PROPAGANDA
* Leni Riefenstahl
Prologue to “Olympia” (start at 4:30min)
Interactive website by PBS’ Culture Shock on Leni Riefenstahl
Media activism and political art
Please find your group number below and explore the organization assigned to you. Together with your partner for this entry, write a blog entry of 2-3 paragraphs answering the following questions:
– what is the main goal/objective of the organization or group? in what ways do members try to achieve their goals?
– as far as you can tell: who are the members of this group? who can join, and how?
– from their self-presentation on website, how do you think this group is organized and makes decision?
– what type of activism does this group do, and what do you think about it?
– would you join this group; why or why not?
Also, post a link to your favorite artwork / video / article from the group on your blog.
GROUP 1 ~ Papertiger TV Collective (see also their vlog)
GROUP 2 ~ The Yes Men and here ~ also, look for Yes Men videos on youtube!
GROUP 3 ~ Indymedia ~ look for photos and videos on the website!
GROUP 4 ~ Deep Dish
Your midterm exam is posted below; also the pictures for question #2.
Please make sure you complete the readings marked “Banks Ch. 4” for Wednesday. Also, please read the following (short) articles on copyright and creative commons:
http://blogs.qc.cuny.edu/blogs/blogtutorials/2005/01/understanding_copyright.html
http://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/fairuse.phtml
If you haven’t done so yet, please finish your blog entry about your final project idea. It should be 2+ paragraphs, describing your topic and your possible methodology in as much detail as possible. Please, also add the name of your collaborator, if you have one.
(Have a look at my comments to your earlier posts on the final project, maybe they will be helpful.)
One more TO DO:
I would like to change the way I communicate with you — away from relying on Blackboard (and the qc email addresses) by using the class blog and email addresses of your choice. For that, please do the following:
* sign in to the dashboard of your blog
* click on your name in the upper right corner
* under “contact info”, find your email address. If it’s not the one you would like me to use please change it. (wordpress will send a confirmation email to the new email address, so make sure to find that email and to click on the link listed there)
* stay signed in to your blog. go to our main class blog and add yourself as a user to the blog (see the link on the top of the left sidebar)
After all of you have signed on to the class blog, I will start sending emails through wordpress. Thank you!
Keep adding tags to your blog entries (including previous ones) and watch your tag cloud grow!
Sociological Images — recommended by our own Stephanie Lee! Thanks Stephanie.
Have fun exploring.
Find the handout for the content and structure of your final projects here.
Visual Sociology class of Fall 2009
“Girl Culture” by Lauren Greenfield (see intro, photographs and artist statement)
“Material World” by Peter Menzel (see example pages here, under Images from Poster Set)
Photography and Sociology by David Bacon
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