The document discusses the ethics of looking at online exhibits and how technologies have changed viewing protocols. It addresses how the internet and social media have disrupted traditional gazes and given more control over how images are viewed. The document argues that culturally-sensitive viewing requires understanding the context and meanings of images.

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on not looking: the ethics of
aesthetics in online exhibits
Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009

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“I really cannot
read another
cultural studies
analysis of
Madonna or the
Sopranos.”
cultural studies on the edge
Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009

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the act of looking...
image: ckaroli@flickr
Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009

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image: Tomas Rotger@flickr
Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009

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the eyes hold truth...
image: Tambako@flickr
Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009

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“...museums
are part of the
check list for
being a nation.”
-Ivan Karp (2008)
Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009

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Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009

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“...photography
brought the
faraway near and
made visible the
previously
invisible...”
photography changes everything
Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009

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“At the Smithsonian we believe that being familiar with an image’s
context is an important part of understanding its meaning. We also
believe that being culturally literate requires you to use the visual
language of photography in an active, critical and creative way.”
Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009

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who/what is made visible?
*all images from SPI website: http://photography.si.edu
Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009

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where the eye falls
Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009

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image: Jeff the trojan@flickr
technology
changes everything
Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009

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“...being culturally
literate requires you to
use the visual
language of
photography...”
image: pand0ra23@flickr
Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009

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web 2.0 technologies

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viewing protocols
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disrupting the gaze
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system of accountability
death of kin
gender
country connection
open ritual affiliations
closed
family relations
ancestral relations
Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009

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Nyinkka Nyunyu Art & Culture Centre
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http://www.vectorsjournal.org/issues/3/digitaldynamics/
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“...organize the world’s information &
make it universally accessible and useful..”
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seeing and being seen
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RESTRICTED SACRED DEGRADING DISRESPECTFUL
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image: tschorda@flickr
Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009

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look differently
image: gutter@flickr
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thank you
www.kimberlychristen.com
Kimberly Christen | kachristen@wsu.edu | ‘On Not Looking’ | University of Rochester: Visual and Cultural Studies | 10.02. 2009