David Fi&erdjfiander@code4lib.social
Sep 4, 2026, 1:32 PMWhere's the football stadium? On the semiotics of the framing of aerial campus photographs.
In this paper I will...
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- David Fi&erdjfiander@code4lib.socialSep 4, 2026, 2:54 PM
An aerial photo of the University of Colorado, Boulder with the football stadium prominently front and centre.
William Dentonwdenton@cosocial.caSep 4, 2026, 3:07 PM@djfiander Years ago I went to U Maryland and had a great visit at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (though missing @ed, as I recall). I asked, "What's that huge building out there? It's six stories tall and has no windows." "What building?" "Down there a block, after such-and-such." They gaped. "That's the back of the football stadium." I thought, "Right, I'm in the States now."
- David Fi&erdjfiander@code4lib.socialSep 4, 2026, 3:12 PM
Sep 4, 2026, 4:23 PM@wdenton @djfiander I know someone who wouldn't let his son go to UMD because of the way the campus is built around the football field, as if in reverence. His other son ended up going there anyway though.
