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05/14/2004 Archived Entry: "Picture This: Photoblogging for Literacy"

I'm excited about a new research/community project I'm going to be working on with Monique Silverman that will teach written and visual (and digital) literacy to women primarily in Surrey's immigrant community-- using weblogs/photoblogs. The program will update Wendy Ewald's Literacy through Photography. I have a ton of links from my initial research, but here are some of the best:

Linked Out: Blogging, Equality and the Future: Blogging beyond A-Lists and Echo Chambers: "Rebecca Blood shares Mason's view that blogs provide a space for change, particularly for marginalised voices. "Bloggers (particularly women) can talk anonymously about personal subjects that are normally taboo. That's a huge cultural shift, and it will surely have ramifications in time."

Visual Literacy and Art Meritocracy: "At the moment, photography becomes an interesting example. Compared to other visual media, the advent of digital technology encourages its use dramatically. Disincentives like cost and delayed gratification will soon become issues of the past. Most likely, digital photography will integrate into common communication practices with near textual ubiquity. Furthermore, increased experience will raise the average level of photo-literacy and encourage more curious amateur practitioners to investigate the language at higher levels of sophistication."

Do you blog? "My blog is freedom," Natalia says. "It's an outlet for ideas and thoughts that don't have another place to go."

Jill Walker: Notes on "Weblogs, Learning to Write in the Network"