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John Berger, Paris Hilton, And The Rich Kids Of Instagram: The Social And Economic Inequality Of Image Sharing And Production Of Power Through Self-Promotion, Meghan M. Gallagher
John Berger, Paris Hilton, And The Rich Kids Of Instagram: The Social And Economic Inequality Of Image Sharing And Production Of Power Through Self-Promotion, Meghan M. Gallagher
Scripps Senior Theses
This thesis updates John Berger's work of critical visual theory, Ways of Seeing, to accommodate emerging web 2.0 technologies and new social media platforms. It analyzes the symbols of wealth and status encoded in both 15th century oil paintings and contemporary Instagram posts and attempts to dissect how American celebrity culture complicates methods of self-promotion and upscale emulation.
Interior, Concept And Clay: A Study Of Self And Space, Lily Alan
Interior, Concept And Clay: A Study Of Self And Space, Lily Alan
Scripps Senior Theses
This paper considers theories of perception, interaction, and being as a historical and philosophical foundation for themes of space and the self within art; namely, my senior installation, Interior, Concept & Clay. Beginning with a biological discussion of the eye’s perception, the paper moves on to Kant’s theories of Differentiation of Direction in Space. From there, I discuss Gaston Bachelard’s text The Poetics of Space as an investigation of personal awareness within domestic interiors. Finally, I study the vast and varied philosophical notions of selfhood and no-selfhood with the help of John Canfield’s The Looking-Glass Self: An Examination of …