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Lecture using TopHat response System, Linking to Lab<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Around the seventh week of the VISA 110 Large Foundation Digital Media studio class is the start of the final unit on Appropriation techniques in digital visual arts.\u00a0 The one-hour lecture introduces them to the idea of appropriation.\u00a0 I start the lesson via visual culture, by presenting students with \u201cI love Rock n\u2019 Roll\u201d by Joan Jett.\u00a0 I open up a dialogue with the class asking them what the piece stands for in culture.<\/p>\n

Some points I direct students to think about:<\/p>\n

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  • The scene depicts a rock n\u2019 roll band fronted by Joan, a female, not seen often as a lead in a rock band<\/em><\/li>\n
  • It is recorded in a dingy bar and filmed on gritty film<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Rock has \u201cswagger\u201d attitude, the opposite of female passivity<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Joan is known as the Godmother of Punk, a feminist icon, one of only two women on Rolling Stones greatest 100 guitarists of all time<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Feminism, revolution belonging to female, breaking rules allowed for women too!
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    I soon follow up with a clip of the remake by Britney Spears.\u00a0 Students then asked to dissect how this represents culture and societal values of the time, and what it does with the \u2018meaning\u2019 from Joan\u2019s.<\/p>\n

    Questions to pose:<\/p>\n

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    • Is it a tribute?\u00a0 Is it \u201cgirl empowering\u201d?<\/em><\/li>\n
    • Vocal shift from gritty to sultry<\/em><\/li>\n
    • Mechanical instruments vs. rock guitar<\/em><\/li>\n
    • Depiction of the female, how has it changed?<\/em><\/li>\n
    • Is it a new power?\u00a0 Or codes of old patriarch?<\/em><\/li>\n
    • What kind of power is it?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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I then go on to inform them that the Joan Jett version was a remake of the Arrows, and that Rock n\u2019 Roll was known as an image and sound stolen from African American culture.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The lecture then explains Appropriation through definition and significant keywords:<\/p>\n