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iv) it is often said that one image expresses more than a thousand words – but this isn’t necessarily the case; this rule might apply to a photograph or an architectural plot, but even a photograph needs interpreting.
 
iv) it is often said that one image expresses more than a thousand words – but this isn’t necessarily the case; this rule might apply to a photograph or an architectural plot, but even a photograph needs interpreting.
  
The central problematic is that of '''contestation'''. If a person ''says'' something then you can ''say'' something else, you can ''contradict'' him or her, and this is where human language developed over a period of tens of thousands of years is simply unbeatable. Precisely by “expressing more than a thousand words” the image robs the onlooker of the right to answer back. Putting a picture in the middle of a text is the opposite of engaging the reader in dialogue.}}
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The central problematic is that of ''contestation''. If a person ''says'' something then you can ''say'' something else, you can ''contradict'' him or her, and this is where human language developed over a period of tens of thousands of years is simply unbeatable. Precisely by “expressing more than a thousand words” the image robs the onlooker of the right to answer back. Putting a picture in the middle of a text is the opposite of engaging the reader in dialogue.}}
 
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Revision as of 13:04, 6 September 2015



Apache OpenOffice has a module Presentation (similar to Microsoft’s PowerPoint). I won’t say much about it except that you should keep presentations simple e.g. only using black print on white background (which also makes printing cheaper) and avoid frames and any other basically unnecessary elements. On the whole there is a danger that the audience concentrates too much on the projection and not on what you are actually saying, so it’s a technique I would be pretty wary of.

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