Week 2

The Republican National Convention is underway- be it, the activities have been suspended for the time being due to weather. But even as the Hurricane Isaac bears down on Tampa, the virtual Convention Without Walls is in full swing. For one of the entries this week I want you to visit the official RNC Flickr photosteam and write a post addressing the pictures posted on the site. You may choose a particular image or images (if you do so, paste them into your blog) or comment more generally on the photostream. 

Welcome to the Fall 2012 A-H 360 Visual Culture of Politics blog. As a student enrolled in the course, you are expected to create your own blog focused on the course content, that is visual culture of politics here in the US and abroad. One entry per week is the minimum required, but you are free to blog as much and as often as you want. Be sure to include images, videos, and links to websites. Some weeks I will require one entry addressing a specific topic, other weeks you will be free to pursue your interests. Please keep in mind that your blog is public and visible to anyone. Be considerate and thoughtful, check your spelling, write in full sentences. This is not Twitter - you can and you should expand and develop your ideas.

In your first entry I would like you to provide your own definition of the term 'politics' - how you understand it, what does it encompass - and discussion of an image that according to your definition would be considered 'political'. Feel free to think locally and globally as well as historically. You don't have to limit yourself to 'politics' of the moment or to the American political process - the elections, political campaigns, political issues in the news. Consider what politics means on the level of the city like Lexington, and on the level of the planet - the sphere of international relations.