Exploring Cultural Identity Within Visual Communication Josh Zimmerman Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona

Works Referenced

Faigley, Lester. “Material Literacy and Visual Design.” Rhetorical Bodies. Seltzer, Jack and Sharon Crowley Eds. The University of Wisconsin Press. 1999. 171-201.

Lippard, Lucy R. Mixed Blessings:  New Art in a Multicultural America. The New Press New York.  2000.

Marin, Cheech.  Chicano Visions:  American Painters on the Verge.  Bullfinch Press.  2002.

Messaris, Paul.  Visual Literacy:  Image, Mind, and Reality.  Westview Press.  1994.

Moore, David M. and Francis M. Dwyer. Visual Literacy:  A Spectrum of Visual Learning.  Educational Technology Publications. 1994.

Relevant Websites:

This website offers an article about a Fulbright scholar from Brazil who brings visual literacy and cultural identity to a photography class at Massachusetts Association of Portuguese Speakers.

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/04.03/18-brazil.html

This website briefly discusses various forms of literacy on which students have researched. Reading about some of these projects might help stir up ideas for assignments.

http://fnopress.com/PLOZ/vislit.htm

This website explains some of the first few steps toward critically analyzing images. It also offers links to visual literacy resources.

http://vpa.csumb.edu/worldwall/2worldwithout/wwwamalia/

This website supplies a basic synopsis of visual literacy, some of its history, and multiple links to resources about visual literacy.

http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/bvlc.htm

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