Strange Interactions
Made by Raisa Chowdhury
Made by Raisa Chowdhury
Meeting and talking to stranger is a different experience for each person. But can the experience be influenced by the region a person grew up in? Growing up in Alabama and then moving to Pittsburgh, I've noticed that people act differently when interacting with a stranger depending on which region they're from. Thus, I've decided to explore how it could be true for all kinds of different regions in the US.
Created: September 14th, 2014
Meeting and talking to stranger is a different experience for each person. But can the experience be influenced by the region a person grew up in? Growing up in Alabama and then moving to Pittsburgh, I've noticed that people act differently when interacting with a stranger depending on which region they're from. Thus, I've decided to explore how it could be true for all kinds of different regions in the US.
I think this turned out well. My one question is this: do you mean for this project to be only in a physical gallery space, or could it also be adapted for an online version as well? It sort of reminds me of those things that roll around social media with a list of "30 pictures representing ____"
I really like the way in which you decided to collect the data- with pictures of people. I think you also did well to address the fact that sometimes the data will not create a single unique expression, and therefore will be "fuzzy", and that is ok. In what situations though do you see these pictures being taken? Approaching strangers on streets, or also in elevators? It also might be interesting to eventually break this down into more data- such as age, and gender, along with the location, and see if any trends arise from that.
Naomi, I think those are all really great suggestions. To keep the project more controlled, I would probably just approach the strangers in similar situations. It would most likely be the street, since it's easiest to find people there. But I think those kinds of data streams could also give rise to great patterns such as the change in attitudes over time in a particular region. Thank you!
Tonya, I think it would be best in a gallery space, so comparing and contrasting the different images would be facilitated, as opposed to an online version, where it would be harder to see the project as a whole when you have to scroll or click on new images.
It is a great idea! One question I have is that for people from different backgrounds, they may greet strangers in different ways due to their cultures. It looks like the combination of greeting strangers pictures will be synthesized into one fuzzy one, but are you going to eliminate the outliers(like people who have strange reaction to stranger)? Otherwise, the final fuzzy picture may turn out to be a very strange one(since you also include the body language in the graph).
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