KWI Essen · @kwi_essen
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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 , & , & .

Interested in becoming a Thyssen@KWI Fellow or KWI International Fellow? Apply to join our next cohort from Mar-Sep 2024 by 31 Aug! Info: kulturwissenschaften.de/kwi-international-fellowship-programmes/

#visualliteracy #sciencecommunication #culturalsociology #literary #culturalsciencestudies

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¡No Pasarán, Mate! · @nopasaran
35 followers · 314 posts · Server mastodon.nz

101: combinations can create an in the viewer’s mind.

Pairing generated images to messages is deceitful:
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2. , and
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#visualliteracy #imageandtext #idea #ai #political #ethically #culturally #practically

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Theodore Kuechel · @theok
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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.

youtu.be/Sp6K3qpVFO0

#phtoshop #digitalliteracy #visualliteracy #images #generative #AI

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KWI Essen · @kwi_essen
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What turns an image into a cliché?

Now on the : 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.

blog.kulturwissenschaften.de/b

#visualliteracy #kwiblog

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KWI Essen · @kwi_essen
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BETWEEN WRITING AND IMAGE – Today, Tanja Kapp (Uni Tübingen) analyses how non-fiction engender a spectrum of based on iconic and symbolic signs placed within sequential frames: blog.kulturwissenschaften.de/d

#visualliteracy #Comics

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KWI Essen · @kwi_essen
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Fotografie und Exponat – Kulturwissenschaftler Francisco Vogel (Folkwang Universität) betrachtet heute im die Sitzfigur des Ägypters Hem-iunu, Erbauer der Pyramide von Giza. Sie ist aktuell in Hildesheim ausgestellt: blog.kulturwissenschaften.de/e

#visualliteracy #kwiblog

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KWI Essen · @kwi_essen
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Die Lust am Bild – In der Reihe erkundet KWI Fellow Samir Sellami auf dem die „Queere Überwältigungspädagogik“ der Arte Serie „Merci de ne pas toucher“: blog.kulturwissenschaften.de/q

#kwiblog #visualliteracy

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anja schürmann · @schalkewins
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🥁 out now 🥁

meine blogreihe zum thema , 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!

blog.kulturwissenschaften.de/a

#visualliteracy

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KWI Essen · @kwi_essen
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Alle verstehen alles? – Was es bedeutet Bilder zu verstehen, untersucht die neue Reihe zu auf dem . Anja Schürmann @schalkewins startet mit einem Beitrag über die Rolle von Konventionen in der visuellen Lesbarkeit: blog.kulturwissenschaften.de/a

#kwiblog #visualliteracy

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Theodore Kuechel · @theok
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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. filmsforaction.org/watch/bewar

#visualliteracy #communication #Art #images #visuallanguage

Last updated 2 years ago