PW: How was your field trip (10/03/17)

How was your "field trip"?

     First, I did not know what to choose for the visual image and it has to be a place in the community. The reason I chose this image because every time when I see this fishermen wharf sign, it reminds me of my first real job. Because every time when I go to work or going back home, I always passed and saw that. The symbol is crab because maybe it is near ocean so they want to tell us like we have really good seafood here.Like "you can't miss this". Also, there is a place where a lot of tourists go there and explore about new things. You can see there are a lot of people walking around in a nice sunny day. 


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Visual Image

- ask tourists about why they are here and where they from

Annotation: The Hundred Secret Senses Chapter(1-6)

Annotation: The Hundred Secret Senses
    Our group think that Kwan will able to see her dead father in the house. But it is not true. In Chapter 1, it is mostly about the relationship between Kwan and Olivia. Olivia's mom is really reliable on Kwan so that she does not need to do anything. Kwan loves to tell about her yin eyes story and how she can see the ghosts. Since Olivia is still young, she told back to her mom what Kwan said. Therefore, Olivia's mom and her new boyfriend thought that Kwan is mentally ill and sent to the mental hospital. Kwan got a treatment like electric shock. After Olivia found out about that, she won't tell anything about Kwan to her mom because she felt guilt about what she had done to Kwan.

"Why does she say over and over again that even if we were not sisters, she would feel this way? Libby-ah, she tells me, I never leave you" p(26)

    In Chapter 2, Kwan talked about how she met with Miss Banner in Changmian. They lived in the Ghost merchant which is like haunted house. By that time, the foreigner persuades Chinese men to participate in believing in Great Peace (God Worshipper). Later, Chinese people are sick of it because they get no longer rice and everyone feels selfish.

"But when there is peace, no one wants to be the same. The rich no longer share. The less rich envy and steal." p(35)

     In Chapter 3 and 4, Kwan keeps telling the story about Miss Banner and how they built up the community called Jesus Worshippers. Miss Banner's husband who is a traitor called General Cape.
   
    In Chapter 5 and 6, it is about the relationship between Olivia and her lover Simon. Olivia crush on Simon however he has a girlfriend called Elza. Later, Simon found out Elza pregnant and she died, he decided to stay with Olivia. But Olivia is blind because of love, she understands Simon as much as she can and that's how they build up their relationship. 

" I never thought that he too would fill my life with ghosts."p(82) 

Pw: (9/28/17)

Tinberg and Berger

Berger is talking about like the pictures, images are giving the message like a text. Every advertisement, magazines are trying to others envy about their messages.   They both have similar purpose to see as a viewer. Tinberg is talking about the culture. It can be defined text from the culture by looking at it. From there, we can identify what people think based on their culture then we put into the text. Some advertisement do not sell the products but selling the ideas.

Annotation: Ways of Seeing

Annotation: Ways of Seeing

         Publicity is like a social media where people can show off of what they have. Publicity, painting, advertisements have same main point to give a message to viewers Publicity can make people feel insufficient, greedy and anxiety.  It is because they are not loving as themselves and afraid other people see them faceless instead of lovable. Nowadays, a lot of teenagers feel bullied, depressed and suicide because of publicity. People are going to blind because of publicity and it makes them feel they are not good enough and always envy of other people what they have. Publicity is only focused on the future outcome which make people feel better. It can make a lot of profit/advantages to the producer, consumer and market. Like an advertisement, magazines can make a lot of money for the buyers and market but somehow buyer do not know how effect can make because of the message they are sending to. In these days, when people have money, they can do whatever they want which make them look powerful. If some people do not have money, they will feel hopeless because of the publicity. Therefore, publicity is dangerous because it is changing people's belief of what they are right to wrong side. 

 "Publicity persuades us of such a transformation by showing us people who have apparently been transformed and are, as a result, enviable." p(5)

" Publicity is always about the future buyer. If offers him an image of himself made glamorous by the product or opportunity it is trying to sell."p(6)

"Publicity is about social relations, not objects. Its promise is not of pleasure, but of happiness: happiness as judged from the outside by others. The happiness of being envied is glamour." p(6)

"One could put this another way; the publicity image steals her love of herself as she is and offers it back to her for the price of the product."p(8) 

Publicity is the culture of the consumer society. it propagates through images that society's belief in itself."p(12)

"The purpose of publicity is to make the spectator marginally dissatisfied with his present way of life." p(16)

"The power to spend money is the power to live." p(17)

Publicity is the life of this culture- in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive- and at the same time publicity is its dream."p(28)

 "Today in the developed countries it is being achieved by imposing a false standard of what is and what is not desirable." p(28)

Movie Notes: The Get Down

Black society
- Music (1970 or 1980)
- Art (color)
-Small community
- Era ( women and men started to have equlity like everyone can smoke)
- Clothing (Fashion style)
- Culture(Pop)
- Politics
- Accent/ Tone
- Generation Differences
- Mixed Races (Black& Mexican)
- Religious

PW: Ethno-graphy (9/26/2017)

Pw: Ethno-graphy

Ethnography is a study of cultures from different countries and people. It is really important to consider when describing culture because we can tell people's background like who they are from there. For example, the way they talk, dress, act and eat we can tell where they are from. It is because we know based on their appearances. Appearances can sometimes show what their culture is. The most important one is language. Other could be their clothing, characteristics, behavior and for a girl (make up) what they wear. Also, different cultures can affect the way we think and believe that some other different cultures do not agree or funny to them.

Class Notes: "Culture"
- Languages
-History( Background)
-Traditional celebration
- Religion
- Food
- Ethnicity( people)
- Clothing(dress)(custom)
- Lifestyle(routine)(hobby)
- Community
- Art and Music
- Beliefs
- Slang
- Era/ time period
- public institutions(politics)(ideology)