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Hello!Sabina BaciuNational School of Political and Administrative StudiesMaastricht University
Photo Albums between Analogue and Digital
technologies
Pierre Bourdieu, Photography: A Middle-brow Art, Cambridge,
Polity Press, [1965]1996, p.13
Constructing your identity online
Remembering important moments from the past in a familial context
Marshall McLuhan
RaymondWilliams
Jay Bolter &Richard Grusin
Traditional photography
• Familial function
• Tourism and special occasions
• Photo album = the story of the family and of the role of the individual in his community
Pierre Bourdieu
Experience
Right here, right now
Digital photography
Study case
Etnographical research
- Taking the photograph - Developing/uploading- Selection process - Editing - Arranging the pictures in albums - Looking at the albums
Methodology
Two types of album with two different functions
Traditional album Digital album
Past Present
Self, family and very close friends
Online community of friends
Low: Maybe write on the back of the photo time and date
High: Tags, comments, descriptions
Technical selection when developing
Rigorous selection of pictures
Temporal dimension with which it is associated
Audience
Level of interaction with the audience
Photographs selection
Two types of album with twodifferent functions
Digital folder vs. online digital album
Entertainment
Results
As a conclusion…
• Partially validated hypothesis • The role of virtual identity• Bourdieu’s findings are still applicable
