Austin Howard
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Re: "Norm" Behavior
Re: "Norm" Behavior
Mark and Darryl, For me both of your ideas coincide together. From my writing, I stated that there are typically 3 behavior responses to any action or visual. A person will either do nothing, respond in a passive way, or respond in a radical way. When cre ... -
Re: Visibility
Re: Visibility
To me, the question if obedience is good or bad doesn't matter. Having security is the ultimate goal. The ideology of law and order is that if you do something wrong then it is wrong. Depending on the crime there are certain sanctions or punishments. ... -
Re: Visibility
Re: Visibility
The true answer for this depends on the space for me. In today's society, it's conceptually realized that a camera is always watching. Even if it's fake, the panoptic ideology is still present. The camera itself is just the tool but with th ... -
Re: "Norm" Behavior
Re: "Norm" Behavior
This idea follows what I think Ewald was trying to make aware in his writings. The government, society, and local community has established a depiction of what is to be expected in a day to day life within the city, the wildlife, the suburbs, and so forth ... -
Re: "Norm" Behavior
Re: "Norm" Behavior
I completely agree. The portion of my observation I wish I did was engaging the people, or subjects, and asking them those questions about how they felt with me holding a camera or what they personally thought. There were several times where I held the ca ... -
Re: Visibility
Re: Visibility
With the observations we encountered, I would say everything is done for a purpose and therefore does act as a disciplinary function. With the flow of traffic in an area like Main Street, there was a flood of cameras in several places mostly targeting whe ... -
Re: System of Obedience
I was intrigued that a lot your observation of Obedience seemed to be a Call and Response interaction. While the people you engaged or watched interacted with society you seemed to react to their reactions. Does observing to not stand out make one stand o ...