Short) Assignment for Thursday 10.24
Now that you've read about what Pelias/Shaffer had to say about
storytelling and myth and listened to a real-life depiction of this
issue from the RadioLab podcast, I'd like you to think about how these
concepts relate to your re-framing of your Intermedia/Ethnography issue.
For Thursday please post 3-5 sentences describing how the process of coming up with a new perspective for your issue relates to the content of the "Yellow Rain" podcast and/or Ch. 4 of Pelias/Shaffer. Some issues to consider when posting:
For Thursday please post 3-5 sentences describing how the process of coming up with a new perspective for your issue relates to the content of the "Yellow Rain" podcast and/or Ch. 4 of Pelias/Shaffer. Some issues to consider when posting:
- How does culture shape people's perceptions/opinion on the issue?
- How has your own personal experience(s) shaped your perception of the issue?
- What is the difference between Truth and Fact in this case?
- Does your process of coming up with an alternative perspective on your issue resonate more with the Hopper Method or the Personal Narrative Method? To reiterate from the reading:
- Hopper Method - objective is to replicate the storytelling as closely as possible to the original
- Personal Narrative - the objective is to be as authentic as possible to the performer’s own interpretation of the event
The most poignant theme from our assignment media, to me, was realizing that there can be multiple truths, according to different people that might conflict with each other. I think I am guilty of not always considering multiple perspectives on certain issues, and these assignments have really become aware of the importance of considering 'the other side of things.' The process began with the consideration of another position, which I really hadn't put much thought into. The podcast really drove this notion home, for obvious reasons.
In shaping another perspective for my issue, I had to put myself in a beaurocrat's shoes. The United States governement has a lot of people to keep safe from very evil and dedicated enemies. Sometimes it is very hard to draw a line as to wear protection ends and privacy starts. After reading Yellow Rain, I followed the Hopper Method, trying to represent all the facts, some which support the government, and some that show where legislation has slipped and allowed some gross invasions of privacy. Seeing as I am not a terrorist, I am inclined to be appalled by my internet and phone activity being in the hands of the government. The difference in Yellow Rain between truth and fact, is that the facts were originally wrong, so the truth came later.
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