Locating Visual-Material Rhetorics. Amy Propen
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Visual Rhetoric
Series Editor: Marguerite Helmers
The Visual Rhetoric series publishes work by scholars in a wide variety of disciplines, including art theory, anthropology, rhetoric, cultural studies, psychology, and media studies.
Other Books in the Series
Visual Rhetoric and the Eloquence of Design, ed. by Leslie Atzmon (2011)
Writing the Visual: A Practical Guide for Teachers of Composition and Communication, ed. by Carol David and Anne R. Richards (2008)
Ways of Seeing, Ways of Speaking: The Integration of Rhetoric and Vision in Constructing the Real, ed. by Kristie S. Fleckenstein, Sue Hum, and Linda T. Calendrillo (2007)
Locating Visual-Material Rhetorics
The Map, the Mill, and the GPS
Amy D. Propen
Parlor Press
Anderson, South Carolina
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Propen, Amy D.
Locating visual-material rhetorics : the map, the mill, and the GPS / Amy D. Propen.
p. cm. -- (Visual rhetoric)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-60235-254-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-60235-255-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-60235-256-8 (adobe ebook : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-60235-257-5 (epub : alk. paper)
1. Visual communication. 2. Visual perception. 3. Space perception. 4. Material culture. 5. Cartography--Social aspects. 6. Public spaces--Social aspects. 7. Geographic information systems. I. Title.
P93.5.P76 2012
302.2’22--dc23
2011036238
Cover design by David Blakesley.
Cover image: “Topographic Map.” © 2006 by Brandon Laufenberg. Used by permission.
Printed on acid-free paper.
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Contents
1 Visual Rhetoric and Spatiality
2 The Visual-Material Spectrum
3 Empathizing with Marginalized Bodies
4 Navigating the Mediated, Posthuman Body
5 Advocating for Nonhuman Bodies
6 Locating Visual-Material Rhetorics
Appendix A: Interview Questions, Chapter Four
Appendix B: Coding Categories and Subcategories Derived from Interviews in Chapter Four
Illustrations
Figure 1: NASA Photo AS17–148–22727, 1972: “View of the Earth seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.”
Figure 2: Park Map: Lowell National Historical Park.
Figure 3: Visitor Center: Main arches, approaching visitor center from parking lot.
Figure 4: Visitor Center: Just under and past the main arches, looking west.
Figure 5: Market Mills: Approaching the visitor center.
Figure 6: Market Mills: Under the arches with visitor center to the left.
Figure 7: Market Mills and Visitor Center: View from the northeast, Market Street side.
Figure 8: Wayfinding Sign.
Figure 9: Wayfinding Sign: Lucy Larcom Park.
Figure 10: Lucy Larcom Park: View of park facing northeast.
Figure 11: Informational Plaque: Industry Not Servitude.
Figure 12: Steps Sculpture.
Figure 13: Circular Fence Sculpture with Poem.
Figure 14: Path Marker 1: Front.
Figure 15: Path Marker 1: Back.
Figure 16: Path Marker 2: Front.
Figure 17: Path Marker 2: Back.
Figure 18: Path Marker 3: Front.
Figure 19: Path Marker 3: Back.
Figure 20: Path Marker 4: Front.
Figure 21: Path Marker 4: Back.
Figure 22: Seating Circle: Truth Loses Nothing Upon Investigation.
Figure 23: Seating Circle: Truth Loses Nothing Upon Investigation.
Figure 24: Fourteen Hour Clock: Front view.
Figure 25: Fourteen Hour Clock: Side view with petition inscribed.
Figure 26: Fourteen Hour Clock: Close-up view of inscription.
Figure 27: Lucy Larcom Park: From the north, facing southwest, with view of Fourteen Hour Clock and last path marker.
Figure 28: Boott Mills.
Figure 29: Boardinghouse Park: View with Boott Mills in the background.
Figure 30: Morgan Cultural Center (formerly a boardinghouse): View with side of Agent’s House/Park Headquarters visible in background.
Figure 31: Park Headquarters (formerly the Agent’s House).
Figure 32: Informational Plaque: