Imagery Assignment and Exercise Find an example of imagery from everyday life or human services which is juxtaposed with devalued people. Good places to search are newspapers, the internet (google disability, schizophrenia, autism, etc), magazines, billboards, or human service settings. The image you choose could convey positive or negative images about devalued people. Consider the following questions: 1.
What message is conveyed by the image about devalued people?
2. Which of the “channels” does this image use to convey a message about people? yy Personal Presentation yy Physical Setting yy Social Environment (the people surrounding the person) yy Activities yy Language yy Miscellaneous (logos, symbols, funding) If possible, bring a picture or copy of the image with you to the workshop tomorrow, and be prepared to share it as well as your answers with other workshop participants. If you cannot bring the image itself or a picture of it, please be prepared to describe it.
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