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VISUAL PORTFOLIOS
 CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
COURSE OBJECTIVES

 1. KNOW
 2. CRITICALLY ANALYZE
 3. COMMUNICATE
OBJECTIVES   EXAMPLES   GUIDELINES
PROJECT OBJECTIVES

  1. CRITICALLY ANALYZE AND APPLY
     SOCIAL THEORY TO NEW
     IMAGES // SCENES // EVENTS
     IDEAS // CONCEPTS
    FROM SOCIAL LIFE
PROJECT OBJECTIVES

  2. SPACE FOR
     EXPLORING TOPICS
     INCUBATING RESEARCH
     QUESTIONS
    FOR FINAL COMPS PROJECT
VISUAL SOCIOLOGY

 IMAGE TO COMMUNICATE
 SOCIOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING
 DATA COLLECTION TOOL
 PHOTO ELICITATION
COMPONENTS
1. TAKE PHOTOS // IMAGES
2. POST PIECES
3. COMMENT ON PEERS’ WORK
4. PRESENT WORK IN CLASS
5. WRITE MEMO
PORTFOLIOS

8 - 10 INDIVIDUAL PIECES
ENGAGE VARIOUS THEORIES
RELATE TO WEEK’S READINGS*
DEVELOP RESEARCH IDEAS
PIECES

AT LEAST ONE PHOTO // IMAGE
2 - 3 PARAGRAPHS ANALYSIS
1 - 2 RESEARCH IDEAS // QUESTIONS
PIECES




image    analysis   questions
OBJECTIVES   EXAMPLES   GUIDELINES
ON PHOTOS

1. NO MAIN SUBJECT // KIDS PHOTOS
2. ERR ON SIDE OF PERMISSION
3. DO NO HARM
4. PAY ATTENTION TO POSITIONALITY
ON PHOTOS
FANCY: HIPSTAMATIC // INSTAGRAM
DIY: POLADROID
IMAGES: NO CHART
EXEMPLARS
                                                   BLOGROLL


                                                    ■   Citings and Sightings
                                                    ■   Cyborgology
                                                    ■   Digital Ethnography
Urban Outfitters is Obsessed with Navajos            ■   Everyday Sociology
                                                    ■   GOOD
Wal-Mart Education                                  ■   Graphic Sociology
                                                    ■   OrgTheory
Summer Blockbusters Traffic in Racist Caricatures    ■   Racialicious
                                                    ■   Racism Review
                                                    ■   Sociological Images
                                                    ■   The Sociological Imagination

Blog Roll at soctheory.iheartsociology.com          ■
                                                    ■
                                                        ThickCulture
                                                        Threadbared
                                                    ■   Understanding Society
OBJECTIVES   EXAMPLES   GUIDELINES
REQUIREMENTS
MUST


POST PIECES WEEKLY
COMMENT ON PEERS’ WORK
GIVE 2-3 MINUTE PRESENTATION
MEMO FOR BEST WORK
PIECES
MUST


CRITICALLY ANALYZE
APPLY SOCIAL THEORY
THEORIZE // USE SOC IMAGINATION
DEVELOP RESEARCH THINKING
ENGAGE
PROVIDE PEERS


THOUGHTFUL FEEDBACK
RESEARCH IDEAS
ADDITIONAL SOURCES
PRESENT

1. INTRODUCE “NEW” THEORIST
  OR
2. SHARE FAVORITE PIECE
MEMO

HOW WELL DO YOU FEEL VISUAL
PORTFOLIO TURNED OUT?
WHAT IS YOUR BEST WORK?
PROGRESS ON FINAL COMPS?
DETAILED STEPS
1. TAKE PHOTOS // IMAGES
2. POST PIECES
3. COMMENT ON PEERS
4. PRESENT WORK IN CLASS
5. WRITE MEMO
QUESTIONS?

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
  SYLLABUS
  COURSEKIT
  COURSE WEBSITE
THANK YOU!
DANIELLE DIRKS, PH.D.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE
DIRKS@OXY.EDU
DANIELLEDIRKS.COM
@DANIELLEDIRKS

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