A Place for Imagery in Composing Histories: Available Means of Memory at the Gettysburg Museum

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Author(s): Megan Brenneman (Kent State University, USA)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 15
Source title: Visual Imagery, Metadata, and Multimodal Literacies Across the Curriculum
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Anita August (Sacred Heart University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2808-1.ch007

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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This chapter discusses the affordances and constraints for the visual modes of meaning making at the Gettysburg Museum of the American Civil War. The past is remembered in terms of available memory tools, which effectively shape an understanding of history when carefully presented with context to an audience. Visual imagery at the museum presents material in ways that other modes cannot; however, it is dependent on other modes to set proper context during the audience's meaning making process. The museum at Gettysburg relies heavily upon visual modes to compose Civil War histories. The multimodalities (visuals, objects, texts) work synchronously as fragmented pieces of history to create a more whole understanding for the audience.

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