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The Stories of Chernobyl The Factual Story At 1.23 a.m. on 26 April 1986, Reactor Number 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/guides/456900/456957/html/nn1page1.stm, accessed 17/08/2018). Engineers at the plant had been undertaking a test to see if the cooling pump system in the reactor would still operate if the auxiliary power system failed. … More THE STORIES OF CHERNOBYL
REFLECTIONS ON CHERNOBYL In Assignment 3 we were asked to write a diary and to include ourselves in the assignment. I did not have the time to write the diary while in the Chernobyl area but wrote my reflections while waiting for my onward flight from Kiev to Russia a couple of days after our … More PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON CHERNOBYL
These terms are used in some of the readings and the coursebook: Translation – the process of translating words or text from one language to another; the conversion of somethingfrom one form or medium into another. Interpretation – the action of explaining the meaning of something; a stylistic representation of a creative work or dramatic … More PART 4 – Terminology
Jaques Derrida Grundberg (in LaGrange 2005) outlines Derrida’s theory of ‘deconstruction’ as a way of undercutting the modernism or the assumptions around the role of art in culture and the artist’s place therein. Deconstruction is based on a ‘philosophical theory of perception linked to structuralism’. Structuralism posits that things/images do not have meanings in themselves … More Part 4 – Research Notes
Nikki S Lee Boothroyd (2017:79) describes Lee as finding: “subcultures, transforms herself physically, and includes herself in the picture so that she blends in with the group and becomes one of them, or infiltrates a particular subculture and appears as though she is genuine.” I did some further research into Lee’s work as … More Project 2: Masquerades
Francesca Woodman (1958-1981) “It is difficult not to read Woodman’s many self-portraits – she produced over five hundred during her short lifetime – as alluding to a troubled state of mind. She committed suicide at the age of twenty-two” Bright, 2010, p.25 cited in Boothroyd, S. (2017) Cooke, R. (2014). Searching for the … More Part 3: Project 1: Autobiographical self-portraiture Notes
RESEARCH FOR ASSIGNMENT 2 In preparing for this assignment I started by researching handkerchiefs. My initial thoughts were around the emotions that one might need a handkerchief for i.e. happy tears/sad tears. As I researched I found more meanings for handkerchiefs in terms of cultural, and sexual beliefs and the use of handkerchiefs as a … More Research for Assignment 2 – Handkerchiefs
RHETORIC OF THE IMAGE BY ROLAND BARTHES Once again I struggled with the terminology used by Barthes in this essay. The below is my attempt at a summary of what he is saying. Barthes (1967) points out that there has been suspicion as to whether the image can provide a linguistic understanding. It is felt … More Notes on Roland Barthes – The Rhetoric of the Image
The course book states that this is an ‘influential poststructuralist position’. I found this article very difficult to read given the language used. Barthes (Robinson, 2011) states that Barthes look at the semiotic or the particular use of signs and symbols in literature and the interpretation of these. Townsend ( 2015 ) describes the sign … More Notes on The Death of the Author by Roland Barthes
Notes on The Dad Project by Briony Campbell I read several articles on this project after being stuck in Manchester after not being able to land back on the Isle of Man due to fog the previous evening. For me I found it emotional having lost my own father many years ago. In my case … More Notes on The Dad Project by Briony Campbell
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