Mobile Photography & Communication Discussion

Question 1Provide a recap of the Week 7 material and note three key points that you have taken
away from this content. Be sure to comment on at least one of your classmate’s key
points as well.
Instructions
Provide a 200+ word summary of the learning materials (readings and videos).
Following this summary, highlight three key points that you found surprising from this
material, including which source you got it from.
Be sure to comment on at least two of your classmate’s key points as well.
Readings
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Readings
○ Cole, D. (2014, March 13). A Message From Your Brain: I’m Not
Good At Remembering What I Hear
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○ Neubart, J. (n.d.). How to Tell a Story Through Your Photos: 6
Photographers Share Their Tips and Experiences
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○ Simolo, G. (2016, July 21). When Words Meet Pictures: How to
Use Text and Images to Create Striking Articles for Readers
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○ Hussain, A. (n.d.). The Power of Visual Communication
[Infographic]
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○ How to source and use Creative Commons images online
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○ Copyright and Creative Commons are Friends
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Videos
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○ Creative Commons-Get Creative
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overview video of what Creative Commons is all about
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Creative Commons Kiwi
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Creative Commons Image Search
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Optional content to consider but not required:
VICE. (2012). Entering New Worlds through Photography
Peter McKinnon. (2016). 5 Tips to Instantly up your PHoto Game
PIXEL VIILAGE. (2018). 6 Mobile Photography Tips you must Know in 2018
Responses
1 The First reading was about making stories strong by framing our stories in the
interest of the general public. If your story is soft, it needs to be contextualized by
framing it one of several ways. The second reading was about how many
journalists have published academic research that does not hold enough
objective value to be cited for research. There is value to be recognized in using
verifiable sources and providing transparency when discussing data.
The third reading was a helpful article about 10 tips for improving your research for a
paper. I like the tip that says google search does not tend to bode good results. This
does seem pretty obvious, but it is really easy to start your research by going to google
first. It is good to use more trustworthy search engines so that you are presented with
cited material. The fourth reading was another article discussing different sources to find
information along with their pros and cons. The article praises books as a great
resource despite being an older form of media.
The first video was about writing tips to improve our work overall. The teacher points out
several specific conventions in grammar to avoid to keep our writing concise. The last
three videos are showcasing different workflows that can be very helpful for keeping
your research and writing process streamlined and organized. The tools that these
programs offer keep your paper looking good and make the process easier for deeper
research.
2 According to the National Geographic article, humans are more likely to
remember things when they see and touch them, versus just hearing them.
Furthermore, the article, The Power of Visual Communication, shares that visuals
are processed 60,000 times faster than text is processed. This is important to
remember when you write, because clearly the use of images can help people to
better connect with your writing. The article How to Tell a Story Through Your
Photos: 6 Photographers Share Their Tips and Experiences identifies helpful
information on photojournalism. The article explains how photojournalism aims to
take photos that push barriers, and have the ability to share a story. Photos in
contrast to words have the ability to portray a story without ‘diluting’ the story.
The Free Lance Writing article provides readers with reasons images can be a
great tool to provide in your writing. Images in an article can help to create a
‘pause’ in the text. Images can help readers to tie the writing together better with
an image, it help them better understand it. This does not mean it has to be a
photograph either. Diagrams and graphs can help reader as well. Something that
is very important regardless of what kind of image you use is that the image is
good quality. This includes clarity, color, and connection to text. Something to
remember when using images is to make sure you can trace where the image
originated so you do not get into trouble with Copy Right infringement (How to
Use Creative Commons Images). It is important to understand the different ways
to cite information, and the different classifications they fall under.
Question 2
My topic is online education
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to find images that show your news feature visually.
Using the Creative Commons (CC)
Links to an external site.
type of license condition
Links to an external site.
Here are sources to look for CC license images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Links to an external site.
Pixabay.com
Links to an external site.
Instructions
In a document, note your the title of your news feature topic. Then, insert the five
images you selected to represent your news feature visually. Under each image
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What the image is and why you think it represents your topic?
Where you retrieved the image from, including the active link?
Who is the original creator of the image?
What type of license condition
Links to an external site.
Submission Details
Please submit your photos and summary on a Word doc or Google doc.
Grading Criteria
This assignment is worth 10 points. See the rubric below for details. Late assignments
will be penalized 10% per day.
Question 3
Instructions
Please read the Guidelines for Inquiry Essays and submit your essay below as a Word
document. This essay should address one or more of our required readings/videos from
Modules 3-5.
Due Date
Sunday at 11:59 pm PST
Rubric
Inquiry Essay
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Introduction
The inquiry essay is a critical analysis that addresses one or more of our learning
materials for the period covered before the due dates.
Word count: 750-1000 words (equivalent 3-4 double-spaced pages).
Timeline:
● Inquiry #1 is due at the end of Module 3
● Inquiry #2 is due at the end of Module 5
Points: 150 points each.
Background
You are coming to this course from different degree programs, different areas of study,
and varying interests. Therefore, there is no “one-size-fits-all” essay topic in this course.
These two essays ask you to choose an issue, question, theme from relevant learning
materials. You are also welcome to pair or juxtapose 2 of the learning materials.
● For Inquiry essay #1, please address one or more of our required
readings/videos from Modules 1-3.
● For Inquiry essay #2, please address one or more of our required
readings/videos from Modules 3-5.
These assignments are purposely brief (750-1000 words) to encourage you to focus.
The goal of the inquiry essay assignments is threefold:
● To help you focus your attention on questions and issues which interest you
the most;
● To serve as springboards for your culminating research project;
● To help you think relationally, not only across and among our varied learning
materials, but across affiliated issues/topics in related disciplines.
Guidelines
This is not a personal or informal response to reading. This is an analytical essay
informed by your areas of interest. You may use first person “I” in the service of your
analysis, but do so only as it relates to the topic. Your inquiry papers should be titled,
clearly written, well focused, and carefully edited. Because these are short essays,
every word counts. Avoid long introductions. Quotes and examples are necessary,
serving as supporting evidence for your analysis. Include a works cited at essay’s end,
using either Chicago or APA style.
With this short inquiry essay, the expectation is not some perfect resolution or easy
closure to the issue/concept you address. Instead, aim for a substantive, focused
discussion of the questions you ask and observations you make. Ultimately, I am more
interested in your concerted efforts to tackle questions that are engaging you rather
than worrying about a tidy conclusion and 5-paragraph formatted essay.
Feedback and Consultation
I always welcome an opportunity to provide feedback or address specific writing/drafting
questions. You are welcome to set up a Zoom appointment on either of these
assignments. If that is not possible, we can communicate over email.
Grading Criteria
The expectations for these essays are as follows:
● Clearly presented, well-focused, effectively supported critical analysis of
course-relevant learning material(s)
● Carefully edited, including spellcheck
● Sources are accurately cited
● Meets minimum word count
Each essay is worth 150 points and will be graded as follows:
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Meets all expectations: 135 – 150
Largely but does not fully meet 1 of the expectations: 121 – 134
Does not meet 2 of the expectations: 105 – 120
Does not meet 3 or more of these expectations: 0 – 104
Readings
Readings
● Confronting Racial and Economic
Disparities in the Destruction and
Protection of Nature in America
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● The Intersectionality Wars
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● Racism in the Great Outdoors:
Oregon’s Natural Spaces Feel OffLimits to Black People
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● “Jungle Fever” (Chapter 2) from Black
Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining
the Relationship of African Americans
to the Great Outdoors
Carolyn Finney, “Black Faces, White Spaces:
Reimagining the Relationship of African
Americans to the Great Outdoors” (University
North Carolina Press, 2014)
● Black Bodies, Green Spaces
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If you need a pdf version of “Black Bodies,
Green Spaces it is here” Opinion _ Black
Bodies, Green Spaces – The New York
Times[5].pdf
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Optional Materials
● This Man Cycled 2,700 Miles for
People of Color
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● For reference: Race & Environment
Critical Resources & Bibliography
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Readings
● A Fable for Tomorrow (preface to
Silent Spring)
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● (Not so) Strange Bedfellows
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● What’s in a Name
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● Trace Amounts
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Optional Materials
● Environmentalism’s Racist History
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● From Calm Leadership, Lasting
Change
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● The Story of Silent Spring
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Readings
● Speaking of Nature
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● Native American Tribes Gaining
Recognition for Timber & Forestry
Practices
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● The Klamath River Now Has the Legal
Rights of a Person
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● The Tolowa People Work with
Western Science to Monitor Coastal
Health
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● Native Solutions to Big Fires
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Videos
Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of
Grass (21:23)
Robin Kimmerer, “Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of
Grass”
Optional Resources
If you are interested in TEK, here are additional
research references:
● TEK vs Western Science
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Question 4
Step 2
Address the prompt below:
Robin Kimmerer often speaks of “grammar as a way of seeing.” Identify one insight from
Kimmerer’s video or essay that illustrates (or helps explain) this core observation about
the relationship between language use and land use. Make sure to be specific. How do
the broad Indigenous philosophies addressed in her work inform your understanding of
one of our other course readings? Again, be specific.
As a caution, as of March 2020, there are 574 federally recognized tribes in the US and
many more that are state recognized and not currently “recognized.” Each tribal nation
has distinct knowledges, histories, and understandings. At the same time, as Kimmerer
shows, there are broadly shared ways of thinking about the land and environment.
Step 3
Make sure to respond to at least one peer’s post, with a thoughtful question, a follow-up
idea, or an elaboration. Remember we are building on our shared community guidelines
for engaging one another in these interactive spaces.
Due Dates
● Your initial post is due Friday at 11:59 pm PST
● Your peer response is due Sunday at 11:59 pm PST
Grading Criteria
This discussion is worth 30 points. To see the grading details, click on the three dots in
the top right corner and select “Show Rubric”.
Responses
1 My first experience of learning from Robin Wall Kimmerer was while listening to her
book, “Braiding Sweetgrass,” through Audible. I have yet to complete the book because
I’m putting schoolwork first and I don’t have the stamina to read past what I am currently
learning. I am about halfway through the book and very much looking forward to getting
back to the book once I am able to. She has a way of explaining things that I feel when
connecting with nature but couldn’t think of how to describe clearly. For me it feels good
to learn words, and ways of describing these feelings. Which leads to the importance of
words and the ways they are used. The ways in which words are utilized can make a
difference in the ways we connect with what we are talking about. For example, in
Kimmerer’s, Speaking of Nature, she makes the point that using pronouns for all that is
living in the natural world creates a deeper connection, which leads to more respect for
the lifeforms that are other than human. The way the English language lacks in
pronouns for other than human life creates a separation, which can lead to feeling like
other life forms are just objects. Creating a disconnect between human life and other
life forms such as plants, animals, and even insects.
As Kimmerer put it in her video, The Teachings of Grass, “The whole notion of, land is a
set of relationships and moral responsibilities, was replaced by the notion of land as
rights, rights to land as property and what our people called the gifts of the land
suddenly became natural resources, ecosystem services and capital.” Then made the
point furthermore when she stated, “Is the land a source of belongings or a source of
belonging?” Which ties into the concept of environmental ethics as we learned about in
the article, The Klamath River now has the legal rights of a person, ” in other words,
recognizing non-human entities not as resources, but as rights-holders.” (Smith)
Works Cited
Kimmerer, Robin. “Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of Grass”

Links to an external site.
Kimmerer, Robin. “Speaking of Nature” (Orion Magazine))
Smith, Anna. “The Klamath River now Has the Legal Rights of a Person,” (High
Country News, September 24, 2019)
Q 4 Readings
● Speaking of Nature
● Links to an external site.
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Robin Kimmerer, “Speaking of Nature” (Orion
Magazine)
● Native American Tribes Gaining
Recognition for Timber & Forestry
Practices
● Links to an external site.
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Brian Bull, “Native American Tribes Gaining
Recognition for Timber & Forestry Practices”
(KLCC – NPR for Oregonians, January 30, 2019)
● The Klamath River Now Has the Legal
Rights of a Person
● Links to an external site.
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Anna Smith, “The Klamath River now Has the
Legal Rights of a Person,” (High Country News,
September 24, 2019)
● The Tolowa People Work with
Western Science to Monitor Coastal
Health
● Links to an external site.
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Brittani Orona (KCET, November 15, 2018)
● Native Solutions to Big Fires
● Links to an external site.
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Thomas Fuller, (New York Times, January 24,
2020)
Videos
Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of
Grass (21:23)
Robin Kimmerer, “Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of
Grass”
Optional Resources
If you are interested in TEK, here are additional
research references:
● TEK vs Western Science
● Links to an external site.
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QUESTION 5
Discussion Prompt
What is panoptic surveillance, and how is it applied today? Describe one unique
example of panoptic surveillance that you have experienced or that you are otherwise
familiar with. Then compare the ethical and political implications of your chosen
example to the case of the massive government surveillance exposed by Edward
Snowden. How are they similar and/or different? Which is more potentially dangerous?
● 4 Points (two for an original post; one for each reply). Post once by
Wednesday at 11:59 PM PST and two responses/rebuttals by Sunday at
11:59 PM PST. See Rubric below.
5 – Readings
● Foucault, “Panopticism”
● Links to an external site.
● (pp. 195-228)
● Lyon, “The Snowden Stakes”
● Links to an external site.
● (pp. 139-152)