The clearest definition of Visual literacy I would say is understanding our world through sight when we look at things in the world around us. It doesn't matter how it works because our minds are responsible for the function of interpreting it, and by extension translating all the things we look at to words and logical speech.
The video below illustrates how our mind understands the flucuation of visual events around us.
In fact, a culture has something to do with visual literacy. What I mean by that is that visual literacy can change the behaviour of a person, and how the person looks at things. People from different places will view things differently based on the culture that they are subjected to, as well as other factors (such as access to technology, etc.). We are all human,but we grow up in different areas.For example, a person lives in rich countery , of course he or she will see different than person from poor country . As i said a culture has a lot to do with the way we are exposed to visual images .
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This topic poses some interesting questions about the impact of our surrounding environment on our budding minds.
ReplyDeleteAs we grow up, the surrounding environment does much to determine our outcome. This post makes a good point that visual literacy is by in large the medium we use to interpret these various sources.
If this is the case, visual literacy has a great deal more to do with our development then we may have previously considered.
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Ian Brinton
I'm glad that this blog has expanded your view of visual literacy. It certainly has mine.
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