MGP Visually Annotated Bibliography
Visually Annotated Bibliography (15% of course grade)
Due on Thursday, March 29, by 2:00 p.m. to Canvas
Project Purpose and Goal
For the second step in your Multi-Genre Project, I will ask you to begin to articulate your theory through what you read, using ~10 peer-reviewed sources from our required and recommended readings, and including textual and visual annotations for each source. (You may wish to include additional case studies or sources found elsewhere. If so, please consult with me ahead of time so that I can ensure you are drawing on those sources in the best way possible.)
Due on Thursday, March 29, by 2:00 p.m. to Canvas
Project Purpose and Goal
For the second step in your Multi-Genre Project, I will ask you to begin to articulate your theory through what you read, using ~10 peer-reviewed sources from our required and recommended readings, and including textual and visual annotations for each source. (You may wish to include additional case studies or sources found elsewhere. If so, please consult with me ahead of time so that I can ensure you are drawing on those sources in the best way possible.)
Organization and Scope
I'd like you to teach your reader through this annotated bibliography, so you will need to frame it in such a way that all of its parts cohere. Very early on, the annotated bibliography should offer a thesis (~2-3 paragraphs) in which you present a tentative but clear answer to your critical question. It will then consist of 10 entries (one per source, ~3-4 paragraphs each), each with the following elements:
Visual Elements
Think of your visual elements for this bibliography as demonstrations of what makes your project complex. So, they should not just relate to your sources in a superficial way; rather, they should help to communicate what makes each source relevant. For example:
Some Sources of Digital Images
You are welcome to take the photographs for this assignment, or to work with visuals already photographed. Please keep in mind that Web content is copyrighted, even if it is available in fair-use contexts. So, I'd like you to get into the habit of attributing web creation or source information, especially for digital images that are royalty-free. If you are uncertain about where to go for royalty-free images, here are only a few popular sites (also available in our blog's "Course Links" list):
Please follow any and all instructions provided on these sites to secure your download. This will ensure that you get an actual .jpg or image file, rather than the "preview" file with embedded tags still showing in them.
Format
You may create your Bibliography as a document in Word, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, Powerpoint, or Prezi, but I encourage you to use a program that makes the bibliographic annotations very clear (hence, Microsoft Word is still a popular choice).
As always, plan ahead and start early. Send any questions my way in advance, and see me anytime if you want to start brainstorming ideas.
- an MLA-formatted citation for the source;
- a distilled summary of the source, paying attention to main claims, key terms, and/or foundational concepts;
- a critical discussion of how you have extended the source or how it contributes to your theory, including significant phrases or passages you want to remember; and
- a visual element accompanying each source to demonstrate its relevance to your theory.
Visual Elements
Think of your visual elements for this bibliography as demonstrations of what makes your project complex. So, they should not just relate to your sources in a superficial way; rather, they should help to communicate what makes each source relevant. For example:
- challenging the diabolical distinction between what is a “local” problem vs. what is a “global” problem
- helping us to recognize patterns, assumptions, or behaviors in how discourse communities circulate images or text
- revealing hidden interpretive rules that some discourse communities rely on when interpreting images
- arguing for the importance of a perspective that usually gets overlooked
- showing how “audience” becomes a concept that includes the observation of many onlookers at once
- challenging the universality of supposedly “universal” concepts (such as civil rights, globalism, capitalism, economics, femininity, masculinity, etc.)
- showing how the form of the image actually informs some aspect, assumption, or truth about what it is trying to represent.
Some Sources of Digital Images
You are welcome to take the photographs for this assignment, or to work with visuals already photographed. Please keep in mind that Web content is copyrighted, even if it is available in fair-use contexts. So, I'd like you to get into the habit of attributing web creation or source information, especially for digital images that are royalty-free. If you are uncertain about where to go for royalty-free images, here are only a few popular sites (also available in our blog's "Course Links" list):
- The American Rhetoric website
- British Library on Flickr (archive/album)
- Digital Public Library of America (dp.la)
- Wikimedia Commons
- New York Public Library Digital Gallery
- Creative Commons
- Morguefile
- AP Images
- Time/Life Image Archive (Google hosted)
Please follow any and all instructions provided on these sites to secure your download. This will ensure that you get an actual .jpg or image file, rather than the "preview" file with embedded tags still showing in them.
Format
You may create your Bibliography as a document in Word, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, Powerpoint, or Prezi, but I encourage you to use a program that makes the bibliographic annotations very clear (hence, Microsoft Word is still a popular choice).
- Double-spaced, please (if you're composing in Microsoft Word).
- Visual elements inserted as .jpg where possible (or .png if needed).
- Please create a “Works Cited” list at the end of the bibliography with MLA-style citations of all your visuals. If you're uncertain how to cite images or visual texts, you can find MLA citation patterns at the Purdue OWL (use the left-hand drop-down menu to find the type of source you are trying to cite).
As always, plan ahead and start early. Send any questions my way in advance, and see me anytime if you want to start brainstorming ideas.
-Dr. Graban