Considering+Perspectives


 * Perspective influences how we view a particular topic. Think about these two examples and bring your own perspectives to our Round Table discussion. **

====Emile Durkheim, a French sociologist, states: “One shouldn’t say that an act offends the common conscience because it is criminal, but that it is criminal because it offends the common conscience. We don’t disapprove of it because it is a crime, but it is a crime because we disapprove of it.” (« Il ne faut pas dire qu’un acte froisse la conscience commune parce qu’il est criminel, mais qu’il est criminel parce qu’il froisse la conscience commune. Nous ne le réprouvons pas parce qu’il est un crime, mais il est un crime parce que nous le réprouvons ».) (Durkheim as quoted in Faget. Translation Palmer). Durkheim’s quotation suggests that the definition of a delinquent act is subjective. There is no one, set definition of delinquency. Rather, its definition is created by and contingent on those who define it. ====

Considering Perspectives of Film Director:
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==== [An image is a composite of visual signs, a position taken by the authour, a choice of framing, playing with foreground and background, a personal interpretation of the author, and a personal reading by the reader. ==== You must never forget these when you are making an image You must never forget these when you are looking at an image. ]