I’m Steppin’ Out to Salon 294 Bowery tonight to the opening of BODYWORK. classic car aficionados, gawkers, technophiles and marxists alike will be out in full force to see this rigged-up combo of my personal favorite, the classic El Camino truck, with the cab of an East German Trabant. Of course this car display would [...]
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Count Me In!
by natureculture
Published on October 7, 2010 2:35 pm.I plan to attend. I am interested in the myriad ways it is possible to study, present, archive/store and “translate” cultural ephemera. Given that my research makes use of ads in National Geographic Magazine (NGM), which as I understand it, are not even included on the CD-Rom’s that the National Geographic Society sells each year. [...]
Concept to Content or Vice Versa?
by natureculture
Published on April 20, 2010 1:53 pm.My Dearest Thinkers – click here to view this post with the video clips that inspired my conceptual breakthrough! Eureka!!! I am currently working on the design concept and information flow for the host website for my research project. My ultimate goal for this visual project is to create an engaging, jargon-free website to interest regular [...]
View my Brain online!
by natureculture
Published on October 9, 2009 8:54 pm.I am using PersonalBrain© technology in this project to to visually map out the relationships between emergent themes from the visual and textual analyses of the extant literature. Eventually this personal brain will be embedded into the dedicated project website and will serve as both a navigation tool and allow users to explore the associated [...]
Recent National Geographic Magazine Covers
by natureculture
Published on June 2, 2009 11:00 am.National Geographic Magazine Covers A quick scan of National Geographic Magazine covers, both the image and lead stories provides us preliminary insight into of nature and culture promoted within its pages visit photostream at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thinkfeelgrow/sets/72157619144070502/show/] Nature reads in terms of flora and fauna and pristine, geographically distinct areas, whereas culture reads in ethnic, low-technology, geographically [...]
Welcome to Nature Culture!
by natureculture
Published on April 24, 2009 3:39 pm.This blog will host excerpts from the data for my study Manufacturing Nature: Myths of Nature in National Geographic Car Advertisements. For more about my study, please visit the ‘About’ page. Given my narrow focus, most posts will contain ‘nature-based’ car advertisements scanned from National Geographic Magazine. This means that car ads expressing different ideologies will [...]
