Located in the Ruhr area, the KWI provides space for innovative research in the humanities as well as opportunities to engage the public. Currently, our research focuses on #culturalsciencestudies, #literary & #culturalsociology, #sciencecommunication & #visualliteracy.
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#visualliteracy #sciencecommunication #culturalsociology #literary #culturalsciencestudies
#VisuaLliteracy 101: #ImageAndText combinations can create an #idea in the viewer’s mind.
Pairing #AI generated images to #political messages is deceitful:
1. #ethically
2. #culturally, and
3. #practically
#visualliteracy #imageandtext #idea #ai #political #ethically #culturally #practically
A significant step in use of AI for generating images and a far cry from the early faux surrealist/sci-fi tinged examples from Dall-E etc. This will affect every typ of image use we can think of advertising, design, illustration, stock images, journalism/news. We will have to look at images in a new way. Just downloaded the beta to try.
#AI #Generative #Images #VisualLiteracy #DigitalLiteracy #Phtoshop
#phtoshop #digitalliteracy #visualliteracy #images #generative #AI
What turns an image into a cliché?
Now on the #KWIBlog: Regina Karl (@RutgersU) on Emanuele di Terlizzis photograph of Bergamo and the potential of digital images to be suspended between gratuitous snapshot and historical icon.
BETWEEN WRITING AND IMAGE – Today, Tanja Kapp (Uni Tübingen) analyses how non-fiction #comics engender a spectrum of #VisualLiteracy based on iconic and symbolic signs placed within sequential frames: https://blog.kulturwissenschaften.de/drawing-from-life/
Fotografie und Exponat – Kulturwissenschaftler Francisco Vogel (Folkwang Universität) betrachtet heute im #KWIBlog die Sitzfigur des Ägypters Hem-iunu, Erbauer der Pyramide von Giza. Sie ist aktuell in Hildesheim ausgestellt: https://blog.kulturwissenschaften.de/ein-museumsbesuch/…
#VisualLiteracy
Die Lust am Bild – In der Reihe #VisualLiteracy erkundet KWI Fellow Samir Sellami auf dem #KWIBlog die „Queere Überwältigungspädagogik“ der Arte Serie „Merci de ne pas toucher“: https://blog.kulturwissenschaften.de/queere-uberwaltigungspadagogik/
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meine blogreihe zum thema #visualliteracy, in der ich mich u.a. mit a. sekula frage, was die denkfigur der fotografie als universelle sprache impliziert.
und please stay tuned, es kommen noch großartige beiträge von:
@VerenaKick , Tanja Kapp, Francisco Vogel & Samir Sellami!
Alle verstehen alles? – Was es bedeutet Bilder zu verstehen, untersucht die neue Reihe zu #VisualLiteracy auf dem #KWIBlog. Anja Schürmann @schalkewins startet mit einem Beitrag über die Rolle von Konventionen in der visuellen Lesbarkeit: https://blog.kulturwissenschaften.de/alle-verstehen-alles/
From cave paintings to virtual reality, Beware of Images, a film by Sergio Toporek. Including some iconic images and clips it takes us on a fascinating history about the use of images from pre-history through art propaganda and advertising. The film can be streamed free from the Beware of Images site or downloaded for a small charge. https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/beware-of-images-documentary/ #VisualLanguage #VisualLiteracy #Images #Art #Communication
#visualliteracy #communication #Art #images #visuallanguage