Visual representation is critical to opening minds, but we also need more open minds to properly create representative images and spaces, and ensure that they way we interpret them doesn’t immediately lead to stereotyping.
In addition, to more open minds creating and producing, we could each think more about HOW we consume information. Empower ourselves to question & critical think what we see, triangulate information.
as you say 'It requires constantly pushing comfortable boundaries, exposure to new things, and education along with the box-ticking of representation.'
Where and how we get our information/images can create a preset filter.
Things like Clickbait news, the Attention economy, social conditioning, echo chambers, and unconscious bias are just some things that can confound, or at worst blinker, many people now that information is faster and more omnichannelled for different work/personal use!
Thanks! Another absorbing article. Say Hi to Leif - I've a little concert envy. The John Williams documentary on Netflix is great!
Yes Victoria, how we consume information is key, especially now! We have so much more information available, but less transparent is where it coming from, with what agenda, etc. This lack of transparency and information overwhelm is being exploited to our own detriment.
I hear you, Anna. I agree very much with this...
Visual representation is critical to opening minds, but we also need more open minds to properly create representative images and spaces, and ensure that they way we interpret them doesn’t immediately lead to stereotyping.
In addition, to more open minds creating and producing, we could each think more about HOW we consume information. Empower ourselves to question & critical think what we see, triangulate information.
as you say 'It requires constantly pushing comfortable boundaries, exposure to new things, and education along with the box-ticking of representation.'
Where and how we get our information/images can create a preset filter.
Things like Clickbait news, the Attention economy, social conditioning, echo chambers, and unconscious bias are just some things that can confound, or at worst blinker, many people now that information is faster and more omnichannelled for different work/personal use!
Thanks! Another absorbing article. Say Hi to Leif - I've a little concert envy. The John Williams documentary on Netflix is great!
Yes Victoria, how we consume information is key, especially now! We have so much more information available, but less transparent is where it coming from, with what agenda, etc. This lack of transparency and information overwhelm is being exploited to our own detriment.
The concert was pretty cool indeed!
Yes! There's no clear context/backstory when sensationalist news headlines dominate the everyday news.
Tim Marshall's book, 'The Power of Geography' was enlightening for me.