vra 2013 visual literacy, beene
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Presented by Stephanie Beene at the Annual Conference of the Visual Resources Association, April 3rd - April 6th, 2013, in Providence, Rhode Island.TRANSCRIPT
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Visual Literacy: Critical Inquiry for Today’s World
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The Science
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• Lascaux and Chauvet Caves @ 32,000 years ago
• Ochre body paint and shell necklaces @ about 100,000 years ago
• Human color vision evolved to detect color contrast as a primitive response for survival
Visual Anthropology
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• Visual information processed instantaneously & subconsciously through a complex system perfected through evolution, by at least 3 dozen anatomically distinct regions of the brain
• Studies continue to prove & expand upon the impact of visual information on cognition & neural networks
So what’s the big idea?
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Christoph Niemann
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Christoph NiemanFriday, February 8, 13
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Christoph NiemannFriday, February 8, 13
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Lewis & Clark College:
• Small
• Liberal arts
• Interdisciplinary research
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Pedagogy & Practice
Iterative
Time-intensive
Collaborative
Integrative
Personal
Experimental