Write approximately 500-1000 word response to the MET’s photography 1969 special exhibition “Harlem on My Mind”: The Cultural Capital of Black America, 1900–1968.

Reflect on the controversies around representation and inclusion in art institutions. Consider the specific ways black artists were represented and included in the Harlem on My Mind exhibition and relate that to one example of representation of a marginalized group in another exhibition or another medium entirely e.g. film, magazine, social media

Two different paragraphs

Read:

When Is a Photograph Worth a Thousand Words? by Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie from the book Photography’s Other Histories

Reflect:

Your reading responses should not simply summarize articles but synthesize and analyze important concepts or highlight productive insights that you glean from the texts. When reading a text, think about why the author(s) wrote the piece, how the article addresses issues in the field or opens up new avenues of research, and how it relates to other articles that we have read in the class.

Your posts should strive to do some of the following:

1.identify the central claim(s) and argument(s) of the readings

2.synthesize arguments from the readings

3.consider how the readings work in conversation with previous readings from the class

4.examine, critique or extend ideas or concepts that you find particularly generative

5.reflect on the author’s method and how they argue their thesis (e.g. what sources do they use? Whose voices are included or excluded?)

6.identify an author’s assumptions or rhetoric that might trouble their own text

7.perform a close reading of a particular passage from a text

8.use a reading or readings to analyze a visual object/image/artwork of your choice.