Forms of Life and Subjectivity

Daniel Rueda Garrido

Description

Forms of Life and Subjectivity: Rethinking Sartre’s Philosophy explores the fundamental question of why we act as we do. Informed by an ontological and phenomenological approach, and building mainly, but not exclusively, on the thought of Sartre, Daniel Rueda Garrido considers the concept of a "form of life” as a term that bridges the gap between subjective identity and communities.

This first systematic ontology of "forms of life” seeks to understand why we act in certain ways, and why we cling to certain identities, such as nationalisms, social movements, cultural minorities, racism, or religion. The answer, as Rueda Garrido argues, depends on an understanding of ourselves as "forms of life” that remains sensitive to the relationship between ontology and power, between what we want to be and what we ought to be.


Structured in seven chapters, Rueda Garrido’s investigation yields illuminating and timely discussions of conversion, the constitution of subjectivity as an intersubjective self, the distinction between imitation and reproduction, the relationship between freedom and facticity, and the dialectical process by which two particular ways of being and acting enter into a situation of assimilation-resistance, as exemplified by capitalist and artistic forms of life.

This ambitious and original work will be of great interest to scholars and students of philosophy, social sciences, cultural studies, psychology and anthropology. Its wide-ranging reflection on the human being and society will also appeal to the general reader of philosophy.

Sujets

• Philosophie
• Métaphysique
• Épistémologie
• Philosophie de l'esprit
• Éthique et morale
• Epistémologie
• Epistémologie
• Epistémologie
• Conversión
• Form of life (philosophy)
• Philosophy
• Facticity
• Phenomenology
• Intersubjectivity
• Social sciences
• Psychology
• Ontology
• Capitalism
• Anthropology
• Jean-Paul Sartre
• Power
• Freedom
• Identity
• Cultural Studies
• Imitation
• Life
• ART
• Reproduction
• Metaphysics
• Ethique et morale

Informations

• Publié par: Open Book Publishers
• Date de parution: 02 novembre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781800642218
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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DOCUMENTARY MAKING FOR DIGITAL HUMANISTS

Documentary Making for Digital Humanists
Darren R. Reid and Brett Sanders


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Contents
Introduction
1
1.
The Humanist Auteur
5
The Digital Wave (and the Power It Gives Us)
7
Film as Scholarly Tool
11
The Filmmaker-Scholar
14
The Filmmaker-Scholar as Auteur
19
Looking for Charlie
23
2.
Learning to Love the Camera
25
3.
The Production Process
29
Pre-Production
30
Production
33
Post-Production
37
4.
Concept and Planning
41
Schema One — Essay Films
42
Schema Two — Discussion/Interview Films
43
Schema Three — Full-Production Films
44
Schema Four — Subjective Explorations
44
Achievability
45
Case Study — Signals
48
Planning
51
5.
Collaboration
55
6.
Precedent
63
7.
Choosing Your Filmmaking Equipment
75
Smartphone Kit ($100–1,000)
76
DSLR Kit ($300–5,000)
77
8.
Core Methods
81
Stabilise your Camera
81
Focus your Camera on your Subject
82
Compose your Shots
83
Plan to Capture Contextual Footage
86
Take Control of your Camera’s Settings
91
9.
Settings, Lenses, Focus, and Exposure
93
Camera Settings
94
Lenses
95
Stylised Focus
98
Exposure
99
Summary
102
10.
Composing a Shot — Tips and Techniques
103
Head Room
104
Looking Room
107
The 30° and 180° Rules
107
Fundamentals
110
11.
Shots and Compositions Considered
111
12.
The Visual Language of Cinema
119
Frame Rate
120
Vulnerability, Strength, and Significance through Camera Angles
120
Wide Shots, Close-Ups, Mid-Shots
123
Aspect Ratios
124
13.
Interviews
127
Oral History and Interviewing
128
Designing an Interview
130
Formulating Interview Questions
132
The Phrasing of Questions
133
The Role of the Interviewer
133
The Interviewer/Subject Relationship
135
The Ethics of Interviewing
137
The Interview Process
138
Participant Information Sheet Template
140
Informed Consent Form Template
142
14.
Recording Audio and Creating Soundscapes
145
Recording Sound on Site
146
Rough and Ready
146
Lavaliere Microphones
147
Run and Gun
147
Clipping
148
On-Site Tips
148
Engineering Ambience
150
Voice-Overs and Commentary
152
15.
Light
155
Core Rules
155
Hard Light and Soft Light
156
Lights and Lighting
160
Lighting Quick-Reference Guide
162
16.
Camera Movement
165
Going Handheld
165
Handheld Tracking
168
Camera Pans and Tilts
169
Dolly Shot
170
Tripod Dolly
173
17.
The Two-Page Film School
175
18.
Post-Mortem: Making a Short Documentary about the 2016 Presidential Election
179
Pre-Production
182
Production