{"id":518,"date":"2017-11-16T11:23:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T18:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dh17.dralexlyman.net\/?p=57"},"modified":"2017-11-16T11:23:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T18:23:40","slug":"me-reading-a-computers-reading-of-vogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briancroxall.net\/f17dh\/student-posts\/me-reading-a-computers-reading-of-vogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Me Reading a Computer\u2019s Reading of Vogue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the reading, we were supposed to ‘read’ or look at a bunch of super interesting graphics about Vogue<\/em> magazine but I ran into a problem.<\/p>\n

I have almost no context.<\/p>\n

I’ve never read Vogue<\/em>. I have never even opened a magazine. It hasn’t been in my dentist’s office’s waiting room. None of my family members subscribe to it. I figure it’s about fashion, but that’s all.<\/p>\n

As I thought about this, I was reminded of our discussion on meaning in GIFs, how different people get different things out of them depending on background knowledge, shared experience, etc. That lead me to a question.<\/p>\n

Does my complete lack of Vogue<\/em> knowledge make me a poor observer of this work due to my lack of context, or a better one because of my complete objectivity?<\/p>\n

Something to think about.<\/p>\n

I’m sort of falling down a DH rabbit hole in my mind. What is the purpose of all of this Vogue<\/em> summing? What do we get out of the\u00a0Vogue<\/em> to computer to me chain of reading?\u00a0 Why Vogue<\/em>?<\/p>\n

The authors answer that question. Vogue<\/em> has been in consistent publication for over a century, and the magazines are already conveniently digitized. (Working with stuff already digitized seems to be a theme)<\/p>\n

I’d like to think Vogue<\/em> was also chosen because of its visual appeal. It is about fashion, color, space, and beauty. This makes for a much more interesting project than a summing of each issue of\u00a0Elevator World<\/em>.<\/p>\n

That’s a real magazine<\/p>\n

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Source: https:\/\/www.elevatorbooks.com\/Products\/CategoryCenter\/CEU!EW\/elevator-world-magazine-articles.aspx<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And it isn’t as visually appealing. I have thumbed through an issue of\u00a0Elevator World\u00a0<\/em>before. (But not\u00a0Vogue<\/em>. Crazy, right?)<\/p>\n

But maybe if someone digitized a bunch of copies of\u00a0Elevator World<\/em> and did a similar project, we would get more out of it. Maybe obscurity helps.<\/p>\n

Who knows?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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