Category Archives: Pictures from an Institution

The State of the Art: 500px and Flickr as a Window Into Social Media (II)

II. Algorithmic Culture: Code and Agency New media theorists and digital humanists, most prominently Alexander Galloway, have been writing over the last decade about “algorithmic culture”, about practices, interpretations and readings that arise within and around algorithmic media. Galloway often … Continue reading

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The State of the Art: 500px and Flickr as a Window Into Social Media (I)

I’ve been exploring Flickr and 500px a lot over the last month, partly as a way of sharpening my own growing interest in photography and visuality. Both sites, however, are also fantastic case studies of the evolving character of social … Continue reading

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Pictures From an Institution 12 (Archives)

Archival research is another of those jobs that some faculty do that isn’t particularly photogenic, like reading secondary literature or doing peer review. At least many scientists have a machine that goes ping or a cage full of fruit flies, … Continue reading

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Pictures From an Institution 11 (Events)

I keep pining for the creation of an “events czar” who would rule the college calendar with an iron fist, cutting down the sheer number of events while also keeping them from overlapping. It’s not going to happen, because each … Continue reading

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Pictures From an Institution 10 (Spring)

Ok, I give you this, spring around here is beautiful. But I rarely experience it as exuberance. The cool weather in fall always energizes me, but that’s probably because I have energy to spare. By the time I hit April, … Continue reading

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Pictures from an Institution 9 (Visitors)

Catching up here with some photo sessions from the fall. Broadly speaking, my theme of the visual documentation of faculty work always has two accompanying problems. The first is that some of the work of faculty makes for a lousy … Continue reading

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Pictures From an Institution 8 (First Day)

We’re actually a whole week into the semester now, including Labor Day, which is not a holiday at Swarthmore. The first day of classes is always a bit of a puzzle for me as a teacher. There are obvious things … Continue reading

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Pictures from an Institution 7 (Advising)

I would wager that if you could chart the most restlessly revised institutional systems at small liberal-arts colleges, you would find that advising would be one of the top two or three on that list at most colleges. Advising is … Continue reading

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Pictures From an Institution 6 (Course Design)

I usually spend time in the last half of the summer, somewhere around the end of July onward, working on the design of upcoming courses. I think I’m probably at one end of a spectrum as far as making more … Continue reading

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Pictures From an Institution 5 (Training)

Another thing that happens in the summer in most colleges and universities is training with new technologies, pedagogies and subjects. Some faculty and staff go elsewhere for one or two week programs, and some programs happen at home. Today I’m … Continue reading

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