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Book Visual Narratives of Community

Download or read book Visual Narratives of Community written by Jee Yoon Lee and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reading Visual Narratives

Download or read book Reading Visual Narratives written by Clare Painter and published by Equinox Publishing (UK). This book was released on 2013 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers new descriptions of the visual strand of meaning in picture book narratives as a way of furthering the project of "multimodal". Discourse analysis and of explaining the literacy demands and apprenticing techniques of children's earliest literature.

Book Storytelling with Data

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2015-10-09
  • ISBN : 1119002265
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book Storytelling with Data written by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-10-09 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't simply show your data—tell a story with it! Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. You'll discover the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in your story. The lessons in this illuminative text are grounded in theory, but made accessible through numerous real-world examples—ready for immediate application to your next graph or presentation. Storytelling is not an inherent skill, especially when it comes to data visualization, and the tools at our disposal don't make it any easier. This book demonstrates how to go beyond conventional tools to reach the root of your data, and how to use your data to create an engaging, informative, compelling story. Specifically, you'll learn how to: Understand the importance of context and audience Determine the appropriate type of graph for your situation Recognize and eliminate the clutter clouding your information Direct your audience's attention to the most important parts of your data Think like a designer and utilize concepts of design in data visualization Leverage the power of storytelling to help your message resonate with your audience Together, the lessons in this book will help you turn your data into high impact visual stories that stick with your audience. Rid your world of ineffective graphs, one exploding 3D pie chart at a time. There is a story in your data—Storytelling with Data will give you the skills and power to tell it!

Book Visual  Narrative and Creative Research Methods

Download or read book Visual Narrative and Creative Research Methods written by Dawn Mannay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visual research methods are quickly becoming key topics of interest and are now widely recognised as having the potential to evoke emphatic understanding of the ways in which other people experience their worlds. Visual, Narrative and Creative Research Methods examines the practices and value of these visual approaches as a qualitative tool in the field of social science and related disciplines. This book is concerned with the process of applying visual methods as a tool of inquiry from design, to production, to analysis and dissemination. Drawing on research projects which reflect real world situations, you will be methodically guided through the research process in detail, enabling you to examine and understand the practices and value of visual, narrative and creative approaches as effective qualitative tools. Key topics include: techniques of data production, including collage, mapping, drawing and photographs; the practicalities of application; the positioning of the researcher; interpretation of visual data; images and narratives in public spaces; evaluative analysis of creative approaches. Visual, Narrative and Creative Research Methods will be an invaluable companion for researchers, postgraduate students and other academics with an interest in visual and creative methods and qualitative research.

Book Narratives of Conflict and the Emergence of Community

Download or read book Narratives of Conflict and the Emergence of Community written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Narratives of Conflict and the Emergence of Community" explores narratives of communities in conflict and locates alternative configurations of community through difficult but necessary recognition and responsibility. Conflict is sometimes characterized as occurring because of irreconcilable differences between identity groups, the very idea of identity suggesting a configuration of community based on exclusivity. Conflict therefore testifies to the failure of such a configuration of community, and the narratives under study, emerging from conflict, offer alternatives to that configuration. Chapter one, "Recognition," reveals the material violence that metaphorical blinders of community based on apparent similarity inflict on the others of a community. A comparison of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Emile Habibi's Al-mutasha'el [The Pessoptimist] shows that recognition is not necessarily recognizing the presence of invisible others in a community; by narrating the paradox of invisibility, the narrators contest the position of power of the implied readers and their identity group, challenging them to recognize themselves in the apparently unfamiliar other figured as the blind, foolish narratee of each text. Chapter two, "Responsibility," compares Maryse Condé's Heremakhonon and Joe Sacco's Palestine, and shows how responsibility is a form of agreement that depends on recognition. Condé's narrative reveals the ways in which an obsession with identity hinders responsibility, whereas Sacco's demonstrates how recognition is a kind of agreement about responsibility, implicating the implied reader in an agreement of responsibility for unfamiliar others. Chapter three, "Reconfiguration," analyzes the violence that erupts when community is exclusive and configured based on apparent similarity. A comparison of Etel Adnan's Sitt Marie Rose and Zakes Mda's The Madonna of Excelsior shows how "creative distortions" of the familiar are necessary for conceiving of community in ways that resolve conflict, based on recognition and responsibility engendered by that recognition. The literary focus of "Narratives of Conflict," particularly the analysis of literary and visual narratives and the role of the implied reader, shows how nuanced, creative readings of the literary is practice for recognition, responsibility, and the reconfiguration of community that is an inclusive, tolerant, and prosperous community of others--beyond the world of the text.

Book The Visual Narrative Reader

Download or read book The Visual Narrative Reader written by Neil Cohn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sequential images are as natural at conveying narratives as verbal language, and have appeared throughout human history, from cave paintings and tapestries right through to modern comics. Contemporary research on this visual language of sequential images has been scattered across several fields: linguistics, psychology, anthropology, art education, comics studies, and others. Only recently has this disparate research begun to be incorporated into a coherent understanding. In The Visual Narrative Reader, Neil Cohn collects chapters that cross these disciplinary divides from many of the foremost international researchers who explore fundamental questions about visual narratives. How does the style of images impact their understanding? How are metaphors and complex meanings conveyed by images? How is meaning understood across sequential images? How do children produce and comprehend sequential images? Are visual narratives beneficial for education and literacy? Do visual narrative systems differ across cultures and historical time periods? This book provides a foundation of research for readers to engage in these fundamental questions and explore the most vital thinking about visual narrative. It collects important papers and introduces review chapters summarizing the literature on specific approaches to understanding visual narratives. The result is a comprehensive “reader” that can be used as a coursebook, a researcher resource and a broad overview of fascinating topics suitable for anyone interested in the growing field of the visual language of comics and visual narratives.

Book Graphic Storytelling

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  • Author : Will Eisner
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN : 9780961472825
  • Pages : 58 pages

Download or read book Graphic Storytelling written by Will Eisner and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the fundamentals of storytelling in comic book style and offers advice on story construction and visual narratives.

Book Narrative Visions and Visual Narratives in Indian Buddhism

Download or read book Narrative Visions and Visual Narratives in Indian Buddhism written by Naomi Appleton and published by Equinox Publishing (UK). This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the interaction between text and image in Indian Buddhist contexts, including not only the complex relationship between verbal stories and visual representations at Indian sites, but also the ways in which visual imagery is used within textual narratives. The chapters are authored by a mixture of textual scholars and art historians, bringing together different disciplinary perspectives in order to seek a richer understanding of how text and art relate, and of the role of narrative imagery in different media and contexts.The book opens with an introduction that explores what narratives and visual narratives are, and why we might want to study narrative images alongside imagery-rich literary narratives. The volume is then divided into three parts. The chapters in "Part I: Visual Narratives" (Zaghet, Reddy, Zin) explore visual depictions of stories in their own right; those in "Part II: Narrative Networks" (Mace, Appleton & Clark, Strong) seek to understand the relationship between specific visual and verbal narratives; and those in "Part III: Narrative Visions" (Gummer, Fiordalis, Walters) primarily investigate how visual imagery and visualisation work in textual narratives.The volume seeks to bridge the divide that traditionally exists between textual scholars and art historians, and to challenge the contributors to think beyond the usual boundaries of our work.

Book Discourse in Early Buddhist Art

Download or read book Discourse in Early Buddhist Art written by Vidya Dehejia and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations: Numerous B/w Illustrations Description: Story-telling is an ever popular activity that occurs across space and time. Which child has not sat enthralled by the magic of story-tellers, and which adult has not succumbed to the seduction of reenactments of great legends? India's ancient Buddhists capitalized on the lure of stories, portraying them visually in stone reliefs and painted murals, to introduce viewers to the Buddhist faith and to confirm them in their belief. Commencing in the first century BC, Buddhist monasteries across the Indian subcontinent were extensively decorated with visual narratives of varying sizes, from a mere twelve inch panel to an extensive fifty foot wall. This book is a pioneering exploration of the manner in which stories are told. It identifies seven modes of visual story-telling used by the artist in early India, considers the reason for one mode being chosen over another, and explores how the effect of a story on the viewer varied according to the manner chosen to portray it. The book is a contribution to the expanding sphere of art, historical investigation and also to the field of Buddhist studies. Contents Preface Photographic Sources Discourse and Story 1. On Modes of Visual Narration 2. The Multivalent Sign in Early Buddhist Art 3. Text and Image II. Sites Of Narrative 4. Towards Narrative : Sanchi Stupa 5. Emergence of Visual Narrative : Bharhut Stupa 6. Narrative Achieves Assurance : Sanchi Stupa 7. Variations in Narrativity : Lesser Monasteries 8. Maturity of Narrative : Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda 9. Narrative Cycles at Gandhara 10. Ajanta's Painted Murals 11. The Narrative Tradition Recedes 12. Concluding Remarks

Book Black in White America

Download or read book Black in White America written by Leonard Freed and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Grossman Publishers, 1969.

Book Sites of Inexclusion

Download or read book Sites of Inexclusion written by Rita Crocker and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the history of textiles, education theory, and critical social discourse to frame my research, I documented how creative action provides a dialogical space for understanding elementary school students' experiences of cultural belonging. Using the term inexclusion as a point of departure, I touch on what the author Salman Rushdie defines as the experience of being culturally inside and outside, with limited access to the dominant culture and its inherent powers. The research took place over the course of seven weeks in an elementary school in South Berwyn, IL, a suburb bordering Southwest Chicago in what is now a predominately Mexican American community. During my lessons, students created artworks with paper painted with disperse dyes and heat press printing processes to translate their own collaged narrative images into contemporary interpretations of memory cloths. These memory cloths, which reference the artworks of subaltern communities in South Africa and Chile, are a collection of stories that not only document my students' understanding of new processes and artistic references, but serve as an archive that highlights places and visual interpretations of inexclusion. Through textual analysis of this work, I identified emerging themes to address ways in which students negotiate their cultural identities in their homes and school, and in public and transient places. The timing of this research also parallels the 2016 presidential primaries and reveals how the Republican presidential candidates' derogatory comments aimed at people of color have impacted Mexican American elementary school students' experiences of belonging. There is evidence to suggest that these debates combined with students' exposure to the media influence their perceptions of self and their cultural status. With exclusion being enacted on a larger political stage, I also found evidence in their written work, artworks, and recordings that one can be the excluded and the excluder simultaneously, and that belonging-cultural or otherwise--impacts classroom culture. As a student teacher, these exchanges challenged emotional walls that I had erected when faced with similar experiences, and invited questions about perceptions of cultural authenticity and children's political voice.

Book Rich Pictures

    Book Details:
  • Author : Simon Bell
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2016-03-17
  • ISBN : 1317482719
  • Pages : 277 pages

Download or read book Rich Pictures written by Simon Bell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich Pictures focuses on the value of developing visual narratives – Rich Pictures – as an important component and starting point for community participation. A key device for the community to share ideas and perspectives on current and potential future situations, Rich Pictures provide a shared space for members to set out ideas and negotiate. While Rich Pictures are widely and globally used, this is the first book discussing their use, and how and when to use this technique for maximum participatory value. A valuable read for community engagement professionals, planners, politicians, and members of affected communities, Rich Pictures is richly illustrated with examples and authors’ testimonials.

Book The Visual Story

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bruce Block
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2013-04-02
  • ISBN : 1136043454
  • Pages : 303 pages

Download or read book The Visual Story written by Bruce Block and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you can't make it to one of Bruce Block's legendary visual storytelling seminars, then you need his book! Now in full color for the first time, this best-seller offers a clear view of the relationship between the story/script structure and the visual structure of a film, video, animated piece, or video game. You'll learn how to structure your visuals as carefully as a writer structures a story or a composer structures music. Understanding visual structure allows you to communicate moods and emotions, and most importantly, reveals the critical relationship between story structure and visual structure. The concepts in this book will benefit writers, directors, photographers, production designers, art directors, and editors who are always confronted by the same visual problems that have faced every picture maker in the past, present, and future.

Book Not Funny Ha Ha

Download or read book Not Funny Ha Ha written by Leah Hayes and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not Funny Ha-Ha is a bold, slightly wry graphic novel illustrating the lives of two young women from different cultural, family, and financial backgrounds who go through two different abortions (medical and surgical). It follows them through the process of choosing a clinic, reaching out to friends, partners, and/or family, and eventually the procedure(s) itself. It simply shows what happens when a woman goes through it, no questions asked. Despite the fact that so many women and girls have abortions every day, in every city, all around us, it can be a lonely experience. Not Funny Ha-Ha is a little bit technical, a little bit moving, and often funny, in a format uniquely suited to communicate. The book is meant to be a non-judgmental, comforting, even humorous look at what a woman can go through during an abortion. Although the subject matter is heavy, the illustrations are light. The author takes a step back from putting forth any personal opinion whatsoever, simply laying out the events and possible emotional repercussions that could, and often do occur.

Book Data Visualization

Download or read book Data Visualization written by Lauren Magnuson and published by Lita Guides. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sculpting data for a successful visualization / Eric Phetteplace -- Designing public visualizations of library data / Angela Zoss -- Tools and technologies : visualizing research activity in the discovery layer in real-time / Godmar Back and Annette Bailey -- Using the Google Analytics superProxy to create public website usage visualizations / Lauren Magnuson -- Minding the gap : utilizing data visualizations for library collection development / Roger Taylor and Emily Mitchell -- Visualizing inter-library loan data with OBILLSK / Ryan Litsey, Kenny Ketner, and Scott Luker -- Visualizing the topical coverage of an institutional repository using VOSviewer / David E. Polley -- Visualizing archival context for digital collections / Stephen Kutay -- Using R and ggvis to create interactive graphics for exploratory data analysis / Tim Dennis -- Integrating data and spatial literacy into information literacy instruction / Charissa Jefferson -- Using infographics to teach data literacy / Caitlin A. Bagley -- Appendix. data visualization technologies discussed in this volume

Book Research into Design for Communities  Volume 1

Download or read book Research into Design for Communities Volume 1 written by Amaresh Chakrabarti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book showcases cutting-edge research papers from the 6th International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD 2017) – the largest in India in this area – written by eminent researchers from across the world on design process, technologies, methods and tools, and their impact on innovation, for supporting design for communities. While design traditionally focused on the development of products for the individual, the emerging consensus on working towards a more sustainable world demands greater attention to designing for and with communities, so as to promote their sustenance and harmony - within each community and across communities. The special features of the book are the insights into the product and system innovation process, and the host of methods and tools from all major areas of design research for the enhancement of the innovation process. The main benefit of the book for researchers in various areas of design and innovation are access to the latest quality research in this area, with the largest collection of research from India. For practitioners and educators, it is exposure to an empirically validated suite of theories, models, methods and tools that can be taught and practiced for design-led innovation. The contents of this volume will be of use to researchers and professionals working in the areas on industrial design, manufacturing, consumer goods, and industrial management.

Book Photostories

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ricardo Gomez
  • Publisher : Ethics International Press
  • Release : 2024-08-06
  • ISBN : 1804417807
  • Pages : 185 pages

Download or read book Photostories written by Ricardo Gomez and published by Ethics International Press. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's complex and interconnected world, understanding the lived experiences of underserved and marginalized communities is of paramount importance. Traditional qualitative research methods often fall short in capturing the rich, multifaceted narratives of these communities. This book seeks to address this gap by introducing "Photostories" as an innovative and transformative method for conducting qualitative research. Photostories harness the power of participatory photography to enable individuals from underserved and marginalized communities to visually articulate their stories, experiences, and perspectives. “Photostories” aims to be a pioneering resource for researchers, educators, and practitioners seeking to add a participatory visual method to their menu of research approaches, while at the same time offering ways to empower marginalized communities and amplify their voices through the transformative power of photography. By delving into the nuances of Photostories, readers will gain valuable insights into a groundbreaking research method that has the potential to reshape the way we conduct qualitative research and engage with underserved populations. Scholars in the social sciences, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and related disciplines will benefit from the methodological insights, practical guidance, and case studies presented in the book.