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Week 1 video reflection round up | CultureMediaEd (online) - Fall 2014 — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 02:49:18 +0000

[…] 2. Ways of Seeing by John Berger – episode 1 (all four parts) – http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/07/18/ways-of-seeing-by-john-berger/ 3. The Machine is Us/ing Us (re: web 2.0) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g 4. […]

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REAR VIEW MIRROR #2 « — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:55:31 +0000

[…] an art critic in the early 1970s, Berger co-wrote and produced a BBC documentary series called Ways of Seeing. For most of the first episode he stands in front of a camera in London’s National Gallery, […]

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Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:26:43 +0000

[…] Ways of Seeing was originally a documentary, which is now available online; see here and especially here for more information. It’s the second episode that is most relevant […]

By: Ways of Seeing & Ideal Women in Popular Culture | The Illusionists

Ways of Seeing & Ideal Women in Popular Culture | The Illusionists — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:03:55 +0000

[…] wonderful blog Sociological Images, when an article literally stopped me in my tracks. In “Ways of Seeing by John Berger” Lisa talks about a 1972 documentary produced by John Berger for the […]

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Ways of Seeing « Ben — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:12:50 +0000

[…] Jul From Sociological Images I became aware that the first episode of Berger’s BBC documentary from 1972, Ways of Seeing, […]

By: das

das — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:04:26 +0000

Man, why can’t we have more documentaries like this? I’m fascinated by science and nature, but sometimes I feel like that’s the only realm that people feel is appropriate for captivating, eye-opening ‘edutainment’. We could certainly stand to have some more ‘popular’ works that elucidate _very_ interesting ideas about culture, history, art, etc., especially ones that shake up popular understandings.

By: Ames

Ames — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:17:17 +0000

Berger’s book indeed opened my eyes when I studied it as a young, naive art student. I’m looking forward to seeing the ideas in video format. Also, if you want the complete picture for some of these ideas, you really have to read “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” by Walter Benjamin, on whose shoulders Berger absolutely stood to make his points. And you can round it all out by reading Marshall McLuhan or at least seeing “McLuhan’s Wake” a fascinating film that puts many of these ideas, and those related, in interesting light and interpretation.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:05:39 +0000

Same. I’ve read the book and it is absolutely fantastic; easy to digest too.

By: naharnahekim

naharnahekim — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:28:53 +0000

I would highly recommend his book by the same name, Which I believe is derived from the video, although it might be the other way around. Changed the way I look at the world, and really helped me when I started dealing with issues of race and sex/gender/what have you.

By: lisa

lisa — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:25:15 +0000

Oh yikes! Thanks, fixed. :)

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By: PF

PF — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:22:03 +0000

“Berger was a artist, author, and art critic”–actually, he is all of those things–he’s very much alive and writing for Harper’s Magazine, among other outlets.

By: Vidya

Vidya — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:17:21 +0000

Berger’s series is one of the best ever made, IMHO, and ranks up there with Sagan’s Cosmos and Burke’s Connections. An excellent example of making academic theory accessible to the masses.