Step #1: Find the weekly quote in the Modules section. Place the quote in the context of the reading as a whole. What role does it play within the reading — what specific idea and/or issue does it help us focus on? Why is this idea and/or issue important for the reading’s overall argument?
Step #2: Discuss how this quote relates to the other required reading from the same week. How does this quote help us look more carefully at the historical dimensions of the technology/ies we’re discussing this week? In what ways does it complement the perspective(s) found in the other reading, and how does this connection further our knowledge or understanding?
Step #3: Come up with one research question we could ask by drawing on this quote. Why is this research question worth investigating? How will it encourage us to think more critically about the idea(s) and/or issue(s) you identified in steps #1 and #2?
The quote you will be using is: To photograph is to appropriate the thing photographed. It means putting oneself into a certain relation to the world that feels like knowledge – and, therefore, like power.” (Sontag, p. 174)