Örebro-Stanford Cross-Cultural Workshop on Photographs/ Other
Texts April 16, 2008
I. Welcome and introductory remarks
Time: 18.10–18.20 / 9.10– 9.20 10 minutes
You will be connected to room T217 (http://emeeting.tech.oru.se:8000/index.jsp)
Anders Eriksson (Örebro): Welcome and short introduction
John Peterson (Stanford): Example: Learning a Topic by Cross Referencing Text
II. Small group introductions
Leave T217. Switch to small group A, B, C or D at http://switchboard.stanford.edu
Time: 18.20-18.35 / 9:20-9:35 15 minutes
Introductions: Students talk about what they’ve been doing since last workshop
III. Small group analysis
Time: 18.35-18:55 / 9:35-9:55 20 minutes
Each group will be assigned one photograph and other texts. Look at the photograph,
discuss the focusing questions with your group, and then write an analysis and present it
to the class
Group A: Örebro Photograph #1 and other related texts
Group B: “Disco is Dead” photograph and other related texts
Group C: Örebro Photograph #2 and other related texts
Group D: “Wardrobe Malfunction” photographs and other related texts
Focusing questions:
Suggestion: You might start simply by describing to each other what you see in the
photograph – the setting, the people, the clothing, the details. Be aware of when you refer
to other texts to talk about the photo. Then move to the questions below.
1. What details do you most notice in the photo? What argument does it seem to be
making? How does kairos, or the image’s place in time, have something to do
with the photo?
2. What seems to be culturally specific in the photo? Why is it culturally specific?
How do the other texts help to construct a cultural context?
3. In order to understand the culturally specific components, what else do you have to
know? Where does this knowledge come from? In addition to using the other
provided texts, feel free to use the web to search for cross referencing sources.
4. Discuss how using the other texts inform a reading of this photo.
IV. Collaborative activity
Time: 18.55-19.10 / 9:55-10:10 15 minutes
Work together as a group to create a brief, informal presentation about your analysis of
one of the photos and other texts you reference to consider doxa as well as other contexts.
Write your analysis and presentation script on the Whiteboard. Rehearse and time your
presentation (speakers will be cut off at two minutes).
• Presentations will be 2 minutes long per group
• Give one person the speaking role
• Provide an overview and explanation of your analysis of the photo and how other texts
inform an understanding of the photo
• Present key points of the small group work (answers to focusing questions above)
• Identify what the group learned about different cultural perspectives from the analysis.
To read & comment on the Cross-Cultural Blog:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/ccr/blog/
To post your own entry to the blog: http://cgi.stanford.edu/%7Egroupccr/mt/mt.cgi
If you have time in class, post your own entry before the group presentation. If time is
short, assign one person to be the blogger to email the group analysis and script to
him/herself for posting later on the CCR blog. Follow the instructions for blogging at
http://ccr.stanford.edu/workshops/040908.html or
http://ccr.stanford.edu/workshops/041608.html
V. Group Presentations
Time: 19:10-19:25 /10:10-10:25 15 minutes
1. Present group work in closing “Virtual Student Conference.” In Marratech, leave
your virtual room and go to T217 (http://emeeting.tech.oru.se:8000/index.jsp) Tech
tip: You can click on the GLOBE icon and go “HOME” then choose Orebro; or ask
one of the CCR teachers to switch you to T217
Each group’s speaker will present the analysis.
We will go from Group A to Group D. (Note: Speakers will be cut off at two minutes.)
VI. Debrief at Individual Universities
Time: 19.30-19:45 / 10.30-10.45 15 minutes
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What did you learn about your group members today?
How might you now understand how texts inform each other and give direction to
research?
If you had more time, what kinds of sources would you like to have found?
In what ways can you use sharing ideas about images and cultural contexts with
students from another country?
What worked best or surprised you most in today’s class? In what ways does this
cross-cultural exchange help your learning?