1. Journey of Creation
Steps taken to
create digital self-representation
For
this assignment, I am critiquing my own Ai generated self identity in terms of
technical and social dimensions. I chose King Kangxi’s image to mash with my
image because I admired the emperor’s legacy. Kangxi is a very generous and
ethical ruler and he holds great respect for Roman Catholicism. He was
introduced to Catholicism by the missionary when he was young and became one of
the greatest emperors in Chinese history. I have great admiration for
Catholicism and ethical ruling.
Tools and
technologies used
For
my selfie, I used Deevid AI to generate five prompts.
Share any
challenges faced and how you overcame them
I did not encounter
challenges.
2. Self-Representation and Identity
How digital
representation aligns with or diverges from my physical-world identity, identity
performance, audience perception, and the influence of online platforms.
As
Liu argues, “Selfies,” or photos of oneself, and stories have the potential to
give a face to the social issues experienced by marginalized groups. Selfies
with an accompanying hashtag become a major form of participation in online
social movements, where they are used to challenge stereotypes. (Liu, pg.72)
Many movements have gained wide popularity and international attention,
challenging stereotypes around topics such as race, gender, appearance, and
professions (e.g #YesAllWomen, #IfTheyGunnedMeDown, #ILookLikeAnEngineer).
(Liu, pg.73) I argue that Manchurian people is a marginalized minority group in
China. Its population is around 10million but fairly represented. However,
since the Qing dynasty, Manchu has made significant progress in terms of
politics and culture for China.
3. Ethical and Cultural Dimensions
Ethical or
cultural implications
Although Manchu is a minority but it's actually well represented. I
tried to mesh my selfie with the Qing dynasty emperor Kangxi since he is a
great emperor with tremendous passion for ethical governance. He rarely travels
outside of the forbidden city. This is
an idealistic portrayal of an ethical emperor.
4. Transliteracy Reflection
Process of
translating my academic critical analysis into a blog post.
I find translating
critical analysis into a blog post is a great way to share information and get
feed back.
How adapting to the blog format impacted the delivery of your message.
I think when doing a blog post, we need to take into consideration of how
our readers perceive the content we wrote.
To be more persuasive, we need to be more transmissive and connect with our
readers emotionally rather than just giving out facts.
5. Multimodal Enhancement
Kangxi Youtube Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh3WL_NZyho
Reference
Liu, Fannie & Ford, Denae & Parnin, Chris & Dabbish, Laura. (2018).
Selfies as Social Movements: Influences on Participation and Perceived Impact
on Stereotypes. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 1.
10.1145/3134707. Retrieved from:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319650312_Selfies_as_Social_Movements_Influences_on_Participation_and_Perceived_Impact_on_Stereotypes
The Gradient. (2019, June 3). The Past Present And Future of AI Art. Retrieved
from https://thegradient.pub/the-past-present-and-future-of-ai-art/
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