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Tag: MFA

  • Scanning

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    Scanning

    As note earlier in my post Remnants, I’ve returned to scanning photographs from the family photo albums.  I came across one of my grandfather’s office when he worked in Sonneberg Germany (about 1927).   Looking more closely at his desktop, after noting the telephone, I saw something else: his pen holder set.  The outline is…

  • Potato Dumplings

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    As I noted earlier (Christmas Break), I’m using food and diet as a culture marker within my documentary work.  Potato dumplings were a big thing in my family.  Dumplings are interesting because they are a part of many diets, including Chinese and Indian, and thus there is an interesting point in common. In any case,…

  • Remnants

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    Remnants

    I have returned to scanning.  I have a pile of old photographs that I want to scan, some simply to archive the physical copy, and others for my project work.   In going through the photographs, I noted a couple of things.  First, when I contacted relatives to see if they had any photos they, more…

  • Christmas Break

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    School has diverted my attention away from this blog.  But now I’m on Christmas break.  Not that it means things stop; I simple don’t have classes.  But my project work continues.   I am regularly impressed by the detail and nuance of these things broadly referred to as the arts. I find myself often with…

  • Place Attachment Theory

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    Place Attachment Theory

    One of the foundational theories for my work relates to Place Attachment, that is how people develop bonds with the spaces they inhabit.  There are several means by which one can attach: events or history; people; homes; landscapes, food, etc. Renate’s manuscript provided several vignettes, like Home Coming that I included in an earlier post,…