{"id":25,"date":"2021-06-07T18:48:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T18:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/?p=25"},"modified":"2021-07-10T23:08:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T23:08:39","slug":"visual-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/primary-sources\/visual-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-subtle-pale-blue-background-color has-fixed-layout has-background\"><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"http:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/analyzing-paintings\/\">Paintings<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/plessy-v-ferguson-through-the-eyes-of-the-photographer\/\">Photographs<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/plessy-v-ferguson-through-the-eye-of-the-political-cartoonist\/\">Political Cartoons<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We analyze images through our cultural experiences&nbsp;and values, but since our values change over time, we know that our interpretation of visual items will also change. &nbsp; Our interpretation of visual accounts of history are related to  our social position  within society at that time, different people, will interpret  these accounts differently.&nbsp;So, how do historians use visual material as evidence of  the past?   How do they analyze paintings, photographs, cartoons and other images to construct meaning of past events and cultures?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Historical Thinking<\/strong><br>In this section we will consider the context  and social climate within which the visual items  were created, how the items may have been understood over time, by different groups and different people.  We will try to understand the perspectives  of the creators and examine how their creations reflect the views, opinions and lifestyle of past events and communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Information Creation Process<\/strong><br>In this section we will also examine the creation process of the visual items. Where the item was published and how this impacts its perspective and interpretation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;&nbsp;In this section you will: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Examine paintings, photographs and  some political cartoons that speak  to the doctrine of &#8220;Separate but equal&#8221; in order to understand the intent and message of the images  and explore how they contribute to the political and social commentary of the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-subtle-pale-blue-background-color has-fixed-layout has-background\"><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"http:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/analyzing-paintings\/\">Paintings<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/plessy-v-ferguson-through-the-eyes-of-the-photographer\/\">Photographs<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/plessy-v-ferguson-through-the-eye-of-the-political-cartoonist\/\">Political Cartoons<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographs, images, cartoons, Posters, Broadsides,  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,5],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-primary-sources","tag-14th-ammendment","tag-restrictive-covenant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":700,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanne.lornadawes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}