Refocusing the Vision, the Viewer & Viewing Through an Interdisciplinary Lens

Front Cover......Page 1
Inside Cover......Page 2
Advisory Board......Page 3
ISBN......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Introduction: Phil Fitzsimmons and Barbra McKenzie......Page 8
Section I: The Outsider Perspective of Looking In......Page 13
The Camera as Prosthesis: Roger Archibald......Page 15
Reality Eclipsing Romance: Reading Luther Standing Bear's My People the Sioux against Buffalo Bill's Violent Frontier: Ryan Burt......Page 23
Constructing a European Identity through Visual and Verbal Representation: Kenneth Marunowski......Page 33
The Blue Page: Visual Literacy as Self, Sense and Sentiment: Phil Fitszimmons......Page 43
Different Images-Different Literacies: Towards the Understanding of Media Images: Katharina Lobinger......Page 51
Section II: The Insider Perspective of Looking Out......Page 61
Child Art and Modernity: Ourania Kouvou......Page 63
Threat or Thrill: Rediscovering the Suburban Landscape, A Framework for Visual Arts Research: Jennifer Kamp......Page 75
Visual Literacy for Deciphering Cultural Identity: The New Central Bus Station in Tel-Aviv: Shoshana Sitton and Malka Ben-Peshat......Page 81
The Value of Visual Literacy Practices in the Education of Deaf Students: The Experience of Deaf Teachers: Tatiana Bolivar Lebedeff......Page 91
Section III: Not Looking but Seeing: Visions of the Past and Visions of the Future......Page 101
Attention and the Visual World in the Society of Risk: Beatriz Tomsic Cerkez and Primoz Urbanc......Page 103
Reading Medusa: Sibylle Baumbach......Page 111
The Vocabulary of Ageing: Image and Word in Antjie Krog's Body Bereft: Adele Nel......Page 121
The Visual Elements of Flowcharts: Barbra McKenzie......Page 129
EduArt: Encouraging Creativity: Jaroslav Vancat......Page 141