Monday, November 2, 2015

Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel

Rhetorical Analysis of Multimodal Texts:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/182606959861376899/

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/219164/the-best-parmesan-chicken-bake/?internalSource=popular&referringContentType=home%20page

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVa7TAxS1Hw


Researching Your Project Idea:

Aasa, Maja, et al. Editing Havana: Stories of Popular Housing. Copenhagen: Aristo Publishing, 2011. Print.

Aponte-García, Maribel. "Foreign Investment and Trade in Cuban Development: A 50-Year Reassessment with Emphasis on the Post-1990 Period. Bulletin of Latin American Research 28.4 (Oct. 2009): 480-496. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.

Carpenter, Craig C. "Copyright Infringement and the Second Generation of Social Media: Why Pinterest Users Should be Protected from Copyright Infringement by the Fair Use Defense." Journal of Internet Law 16.7 (Jan. 2013): 1-21. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.

Con Nuestros Propios Esfuerzos: Algunas Experiencias Para Enfrentar el Periodo Especial en Tiempo de Paz (With Our Own Efforts: Some Experiences to Face the Special Period in Time of Peace)

Cunha, Miguel Pina, and Rita Campos Cunha. "The Role of Mediatory Myths in Sustaining Ideology: The Case of Cuba after the 'Special Period.'" Culture & Organization 14.3 (Sept. 2008): 207-223. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.

Gold, Marina. "Peasant, Patriot, Environmentalist: Sustainable Development in Havana." Bulletin of Latin American Research 33.4 (Oct. 2014): 405-418. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.

Londoño, Johana. "The Latino-ness of Type: Making Design Identities Socially Significant." Social Semiotics 25.2 (April 2015): 142-150. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.

Oroza, Ernesto. Statement of Necessity. Miami: Alonzo Art, 2008. Print.

Piercy, Emma, et al. "Planning for Peak Oil: Learning from Cuba's 'Special Period.'" Engineering Sustainability (163.4): 169-176. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.

Powell, Kathy. "Neoliberalism, the Special Period and Solidarity in Cuba. Critique of Anthropology 28.2 (June 2008): 177-197. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.

Sevitt, David, and Alexandra Samuel. "How Pinterest Puts People in Stores." Harvard Business Review 91.7/8 (Jul./Aug. 2013): 26-27. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.


I'll have to keep my comments about the ways in which the two exercises from Writer/Designer might inform the work I do for the final project short, because, as you can see, I got a bit carried away with the research process. There are a whole lot of interesting takeaways from these two assignments, particularly when you juxtapose the prospects for design against research considerations. The multimodal "texts" that I found were interesting to me in terms of the way the materials that were needed to compose another object were represented and, in many cases, taken for granted. For example, the multimodal "text" from Pinterest did not list materials; it just included photographs that provided a step-by-step guide for composing the "pop bottle idea." The "allrecipes" example was generally sensitive about the specific ingredients that were needed while the tools that were required to bring the recipe to fruition were subsumed by and in the instructions. The "Dry Wall Patch Repair" video was generally clear about the tools that were needed, but I found it interesting that it didn't linger on these details in the beginning stages of the video; rather, the gentleman who provided instructions simply launched into how to approach the matter of dry wall patch repair. (It's also important to note that the video was sponsored by Craftsman, a company that obviously manufactures the specific tools that were being used in the video.) These examples are in stark contrast to the DIY solutions articulated in Con Nuestros Propios Esfuerzos: Algunas Experiencias Para Enfrentar el Periodo Especial en Tiempo de Paz, something I will have to keep in mind as I attempt to represent these issues through design in potent and compelling ways. More on this later.

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