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QCQ 4: How to See the World  by Nicholas Mirzoeff Chapter 7: Changing the World 

Quote: “ Occupy and other urban protests had the advantage of working in a media environment that was already saturated with images and therefore with an audience  skilled in visual analysis (even if they might not put it themselves). The 99% Tumblr and the pepper-spray video went viral in part because their audiences were adept at sharing and disseminating media content.”

QCQ #4- HOW TO SEE THE WORLD: The World of War

Quote:

Napoleon always said that his visualizing tactics did not work in cities or mountains. These are most often the terrain of today’s insurgencies. Furthermore, most people now live in cities. The era of the battlefield is over, but it has been replaced by the anxiety that anywhere on the planet might become the sight of insurgency or terrorism at any time. And in the digital age, the war of images changes the traditional balance of power.

Comment:

Living in the digital age that we live in today, it is difficult to know what to believe. Living in the age of Photoshop and other image editor programs makes it difficult to know what is true and what has been altered. I know to not believe things such as magazines or social media images because some of those things are the work of someone sitting at a computer editing the images. While I am an average citizen, when the government sees images or videos like those of ISIS doing executions they have more of a responsibility to act for the safety of our country.

Question:

Q:  “In 1962, the photograph stood by itself. In 2003, two images were incorporated into a highly annotated PowerPoint slide. Whereas in 1962, the captions were discreet and simply descriptive, the 2003 annotations dominate the photographs. This was perhaps the first political use of Microsoft’s PowerPoint software, which is designed to allow simple comparisons of this kind.  Powell distinguished ordinary seeing from specialized visualizing

C: There is a stark contrast in comparison with how the two photographs looked, the one from 1962 was more about the image and letting people see and almost decide for themselves, while the 2003 photo was filled with graphics and words, it became more about that then the image itself. We also see the progression of technology and software, and how that begins to aid military efforts and political gains. This also leads to a specific part of the quote “Powell distinguished ordinary seeing from specialized visualizing” the way I take it, in 2003 with the use of PowerPoint, graphics, and larger bolder text they were trying to tell the viewer what they were seeing to have greater leverage and reason to complete their agenda as opposed to letting them see it for themselves and maybe have a different opinion and further consider their decisions. Later on in the book it describes how Powell said that it took photo experts with years and years of experiences to decipher and examine what was in the photo, really selling it up to be very fool-proof information giving who ever viewed the image very little room to differ.

Reiniel Fonseca

11/2/17

Professor Scicluna

QCQ #4

How To See The World, Chapter 2: How We Think About Seeing

Quote: “Seeing is something we do, rather than something that just happens naturally.”

Comment: I do not agree with this statement for many reasons. One of them being that although we do choose to see, it most commonly occurs naturally than it does by choice. One example of this being that sometimes I find myself without a thought, starring at something or someone for too long without even noticing. When I finally notice what I’m doing, I quickly stop starring at whatever it is I was staring at and continue to do what I was doing before. At that moment I did not choose to stare at that for so long. Without a choice, I zoned out and it accidently happened. Therefore it naturally happened to me in this situation.