Tag Archive: Newspaper
October 19th, 2010 by Rachel | Tags: Anthropology, Book, Camera, Material Culture, News Media, Newspaper, Photography | No Comments »
Camera is not merely a tool to capture images, but also to educate photographers about the culture and issues of their surroundings, meet new people on their travels, and to appreciate the landscapes they were viewing. Karen Strassler, author of Refracted Visions: Popular Photography and National Modernity in Java, makes these points in her captivating […]
September 8th, 2010 by Rachel | Tags: Anthropology, News Media, Newspaper, Video | 1 Comment »
Reading news on many days is like reading books by Shakespeare, Edith Wharton and William Faulkner where I hear people dying and/or living in depressing lives. Oil spills on the Gulf, people dying in Afghanistan, and Iranian women being whipped to death are all examples of news that depict sadness and depressing dramas. Is our […]
February 21st, 2010 by Rachel | Tags: Anthropology, Magazine, Material Culture, News Media, Newspaper, Technology | No Comments »
Since the the iPad has been in the spotlight, there has been a big buzz about how it is going to change the landscape of the news media. Of course papers are dying, and I will admit that it can be a good thing as we’ll be able to help reduce the demolition of the […]