John Berger looks at how the act of seeing or being seen affects the formation of art and the social relations that surround it.
ToKTutor's insight:
may2024 Q1 'Viewing angles', mystification & commodification: Exploring how subjectivity in artistic reproductions helps or hinders communication of knowledge...
The movement of wakes left by large boats can look deceptive, and to the untrained eye could easily be mistaken for a monster in Loch Ness
ToKTutor's insight:
may2024 Q1 'Wakes', 'standing waves' & monsters: Explaining how 'Lacking knowledge, the human brain comes to the best conclusion known and can create features to make the image fit with preconceptions.'
Research into a vase in Colchester reportedly provides the "only evidence" of such fights staged in Britain.
ToKTutor's insight:
may2024 Q1 Gladiators, Roman Britain & expert snobbery: fairly condemning subjective interpretations of the past by means of following new evidence leads to 'startling new conclusions'...
For the first time in decades, humanity is making its way back to the moon. As you might imagine, conspiracy theorists who deny the original moon landing are not taking this well.
ToKTutor's insight:
may2024 Q1 Apollo moon missions vs Artemis 1: how moon-landing denialists are filtering their present subjective criticisms through the arguments of the past...
Human beings are at the centre of the knowledge universe. This is why in your TOK studies everyone explores the ‘Core Theme’. Figure 3 pictures ‘Me as a knower and thinker’. Anyone who pursues knowledge, whether an expert or not, will at some point have to reflect on the fact that there are various factors, both internal and external, which either promote or constrain their endeavours.
ToKTutor's insight:
may2024 Q1 Human subjectivity, biases & reputations: subjective perspectives can help or hinder the pursuit of knowledge...
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