Music as Artifact as a Family Heirloom
Inspired by the exhibition No Wahala, It's All Good: A Spiritual Cypher Within the Hip-Hop Diaspora, presented at Photoville from September 12-22, 2019. Students look at the music traditions in their own lives and document them using various photography equipment and approaches. They use music as a way of beginning a conversation with a family member, whom they interview and create a photo essay about.nnLearning objectives: connect to music as a family artifact; interview a family member to understand the story behind the music; photograph a family member and musical experience using elements of photographic composition and technique.nnCreated during United Photo Industries' Spring 2019 Teacher Professional Development Day at the Annenberg Space for Photography presents Photoville LA, with support from PhotoWings.nnAuthors: Adama Delphine Fawundu, Tyrone Brown-Osborne, Ronda Johnson, Jorge Castro, Jacqueline Du, and Brenna McLaughlin u00b7 Facilitator/Editor: Brenna McLaughlin u00b7 Featuring photography by Adama Delphine Fawundu u00b7 Grade level: 6thu201312th u00b7 Subjects: Photography, Music, Social Studies, Journalism u00b7 Time: 4u20135 class sessions.
- Connect to music as a family artifact
- Interview a family member to understand the story behind the music
- Photograph a family member and musical experience using composition and technique