Essays about: "photographic locality"

Found 2 essays containing the words photographic locality.

  1. 1. The ecology of photography crowdsourcing : metadata, locality, and cultural representation

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

    Author : Mihaela Sirbu Andra; [2021]
    Keywords : photography; crowdsourcing; sociability; GLAMs; record-making; local culture; representation; Sweden;

    Abstract : This study explores the social and cultural implications of photography and metadata crowdsourcing at the level of smaller communities as a means of preserving, rekindling, and representing local culture. A multiple case study approach is used, each case focusing on various instances of photography crowdsourcing both in and outside the digital environment, in order to quantitatively analyse a hand-picked selection of photographic material, its respective metadata, and the social ecosystem. READ MORE

  3. 2. Why it felt wrong to remove the glass – investigating site and site-narratives at Regjeringskvartalet, Oslo, Norway

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Oskar Airijoki; [2020]
    Keywords : The travelling transect; hermeneutics; Gadamer; photographic locality; site; landscape;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to find out in what ways site narratives emerge in the interaction between the human and the site, with Regjeringskvartalet (the site of the July 22, 2011 attack) in Oslo as case study. The purpose of the investigation is to shed light on how immaterial aspects can affect the understanding of the specific site. READ MORE