Identity Zine - MSP MA Final Project Posts

(Blog Post Week 12) As we are winding down a semester in MA Project Workshop, it’s time to look back on what has been achieved so far. The goal of this class was to give the participants clarity on what…

(Blog Post Week 11) Sheldon Stryker’s article “Identity Theory and Personality Theory: Mutual Relevance” is a review of the symbolic interactionism and psychology framework that made way for these theories and the way in which they interact with each other.…

(Blog Post Week 10) Jo Spence’s article “The Politics of Photography” was published in 1976 in the journal Camerawork. This article is Chapter One in her book “Cultural Sniping”, whose Chapter 14 I previously reviewed on this blog. The subject…

(Blog Post Week 9) Douglas Ezzy’s “Theorizing Narrative Identity: Symbolic Interactionism and Hermeneutics” is an article on the relationship between an individual’s view of the self and the narrative that same individual assigns the interactions and story of his life.…

(Blog Post Week 8) The assignment for Week 7 was to create and bring in an initial media sample of the work we are creating for our final project. Since my project is a zine on identity through photography, I…

(Blog Post Week 7) The past two weeks have focused on a series of activities outside the classroom in developing several aspects of the MA Project. Among these activities was a professional observation which I undertook earlier this week. I…

(Blog Post Week 6) José van Dijck’s “Digital Photography: Communication, Identity, Memory” is an article on how the technological and cultural shifts surrounding photography have also shifted the purpose and framework of photography as a device for communication and identity…

(Blog Post Week 5) Stephen Duncombe’s “Notes From Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture” is a critical study of Zines, their history and the art of their creation. Chapter One of his book, aptly named Zines, covers his…

(Blog Post Week 4) Jo Spence’s book “Cultural Sniping” compiles many of her published writings during the 1980’s and 1990’s. Chapter 14 of the book, “Identity and Cultural Production”, was published in the US Photography Journal Views, and touched on…

(Blog Post Week 3) This week I have two objectives in the continuing development of my project: identifying areas of research and specific readings, as well as describing some of the specific technical skills required to make the project a…