Comments on: Counternarratives http://mith.umd.edu/digitalstorytelling/2012/10/14/counternarratives-6/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=counternarratives-6 HDCC 208B / Seminar in Digital Cultures and Creativity / Fall 2012 Mon, 11 May 2015 07:39:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Edward http://mith.umd.edu/digitalstorytelling/2012/10/14/counternarratives-6/#comment-80 Edward Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:48:58 +0000 http://mith.umd.edu/digitalstorytelling/?p=1034#comment-80 Item 49 Counternarrative The main reasoning for making the campaign shirts was to attract potential voters by having a unique color no other campaign had adopted and to advertise a very simple, yet powerful, phrase "Clark For Clerk". While the choice of color for all campaign shirts is important, the main reasoning behind making the campaign shirts purple was honor Mr. Clark's daughter Garyn. Garyn's favorite color is purple and that color has nothing to do with the campaign: It is simply a metaphor for the voice of the unheard. Due to the election season falling in the summer and fall seasons, Garyn was not able to help out because she was working tirelessly. Consequently, the shirt serves dual functions which are to support Garyn because her voice is unheard and adopt a campaign slogan that stands out from our competitors. These dual functions are what lie beneath the picture. The action of Edward wearing the shirt symbolizes his own views on giving a voice to the unheard and being individual in a society that emphasizes competition. Instead of focusing on the shirt as being the focus of the picture, the real focus should be placed on the wearer of the shirt, Edward, because the shirt points towards the evidence of Edward's political endeavors and thereby tells the same exact story of Edward campaigning. Item 49 Counternarrative

The main reasoning for making the campaign shirts was to attract potential voters by having a unique color no other campaign had adopted and to advertise a very simple, yet powerful, phrase “Clark For Clerk”. While the choice of color for all campaign shirts is important, the main reasoning behind making the campaign shirts purple was honor Mr. Clark’s daughter Garyn. Garyn’s favorite color is purple and that color has nothing to do with the campaign: It is simply a metaphor for the voice of the unheard. Due to the election season falling in the summer and fall seasons, Garyn was not able to help out because she was working tirelessly. Consequently, the shirt serves dual functions which are to support Garyn because her voice is unheard and adopt a campaign slogan that stands out from our competitors. These dual functions are what lie beneath the picture. The action of Edward wearing the shirt symbolizes his own views on giving a voice to the unheard and being individual in a society that emphasizes competition. Instead of focusing on the shirt as being the focus of the picture, the real focus should be placed on the wearer of the shirt, Edward, because the shirt points towards the evidence of Edward’s political endeavors and thereby tells the same exact story of Edward campaigning.

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