Week 6 Discussion Post A Discussion Board Posts 25 total As a measure of your participation you will write 200 word minimum responses to the readings as well as responding to at least one other post In these posts I want to see concrete examples where you critically reflect on the readings This can include citing specific photographs and photographers theoretical connections between different readings ideas themes and or the author s own argument Please refer to my separate guide on discussion posts for full details Posts are due by Sunday 6pm almost every week There will not be an opportunity to post after the deadline so make sure you enter the due dates into your calendar now so that you don t miss them Keep in mind that our reading assignments will cover similar but not identical material to the weekly lectures I have scheduled the readings so they foreshadow the content we cover in lecture that day so it is essential you do the readings prior to the lecture this form of assessment is designed to get you ready to engage with lecture content in a meaningful way Weekly readings are listed on the course schedule for the weeks they are due DR HUGH WELCH DIAMOND Mental Patient circa 1850 55 7 3 16 5 1 16 inches Albumen silver print from glass negative Photography seemed to be a mechanism that could produce faithful records whose authenticity could be certified by the institutions of power and control that made them As the British medical journal Lancet proclaimed Photography is so essentially the Art of Truth