{"id":394,"date":"2022-09-06T01:29:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T05:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-461\/f2022\/?p=394"},"modified":"2022-09-06T13:14:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T17:14:28","slug":"processes-and-truth-reading-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-461\/f2022\/kcotton\/09\/06\/processes-and-truth-reading-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Processes and Truth – Reading 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Processes that centred on measurement did not always have to\u00a0dispense with the pictorial\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"\"\r\nSarah Lewis explores the relationship between racism and the camera.\r\nhttps:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/04\/25\/lens\/sarah-lewis-racial-bias-photography.html<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
What I found to be most enlightening \u00a0about the reading is the strenuous correlation between anthropometry<\/a> and scientific racism and the impact these ideas had on the history of photography. This reading helped me reconsider antiquated and \u201cnewer\u201d technologies ability \u00a0to measure and classify the world around us. The author allows us to re-examine photography\u2019s complicated relationship with truth and objectivity. It\u2019s been eye-opening to recontextualize \u00a0my relationship with the image through an evidence based practice. I\u2019m excited to continue to explore a methodology that is adaptive and considers the boundaries of the device\/mechanism.<\/p>\n
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Artworks that came to mind while reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n
Lisa Reihana<\/a> is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice spans film, sculpture, costume and body adornment, text and photography.<\/p>\n