Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Visual Literacy

As we continue our study of Paolo Freire, we must take his words to heart:

“The pedagogy of the oppressed has two distinct stages. In the first, the oppressed unveil the world of oppression and through practice commit themselves to its transformation.”

To engage ourselves to be critically conscious of our communities, consider what you see!
How do you see power operating in your life? How do you see oppression in action?

Here are some of the visuals (as requested) from the tour of Kent Ave in Brooklyn.
Use these as an example of the type of "City as Text" documentary project you might take up.





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