Author Archives: Rosemary Coffey

These are the top four filters I will be including as references in my essay: After analysing and interpreting my ethnographic observations, these are four filters which I observed were being used extremely frequently. They also showcase my cyborg theory … Continue reading →

I was inspired by one of the ethnographic observations, when going over them again which saw a kind of ‘moving portrait’ emerging in the story section. Inspired by Andy Warhol’s screen tests, as a way of analysing subtle facial expressions … Continue reading →

I felt better going in to the tutorial today as I had spent the week focusing on writing my methodology section, I haven’t full written up the outcomes but was happy with it thus far. Lucy gave me advice on … Continue reading →

Inspired by Cindy Sherman and Amalia Ulman, as part of my practice-based research, I have been experimenting with face tune as this represents the editing of the self that is done externally of Instagram. I based the visual outcomes on … Continue reading →

I went to a really wonderful online talk run by CFSS about methodologies for fashion research and i was very inspired about how to write about my thesis methods – particularly my practice with the intent of broadening the scope … Continue reading →

I had a tutorial with Lucy today where I sent her my essay so far, she gave good feedback as to how I can improve and keep my word count low. Her main piece of advice was that I stop … Continue reading →

I have been back and forth about whether to use ‘presentation’ or ‘representation’ in the thesis. I realised I had been using it interchangeably so need to establish the definitions of both and decide which one is more appropriate. Goffman … Continue reading →

Itai told me to have a look at Cindy Sherman’s Instagram – I can’t believe I have never seen this! I have loved Sherman’s portrait work for years and love the exploration of identity, character and societal ideals / constructs. … Continue reading →

In this tutorial with Lucy, I went over the recent developments of my project as I hadn’t spoke to her since I started my tutorials with Kelly. I explained that I had refined my area of research and had ironed … Continue reading →