Artifacts for the autoethnographic project are objects that poses a deeper meaning than the simple physical representation. These artifacts are special emblems with a strong relevance to the stakeholder. Possible artifacts are the following: the national PR flag, El Morro, or the coqui. The flag is a national symbol like no other as it has two versions. The color blue changes from the US navy blue to a clear light blue to resemble an independent identity isolated from American imperialistic influence. The flag also carries a heavy significance of the past as it assimilates with the brother island of the Caribbean, Cuba. El Morro is a Spanish fort and historical landmark that amounts the origin of the Puerto Rican blending of a variety of cultures. The fort was the main front the Spanish rule had to defend the entrance of the the Caribbean and other colonies. The coqui is a small tree frog that emits a loud resonating call that is iconic to the nights of Puerto Rico. In addition, the coqui is the national animal of Puerto Rico and is of great significance to the locals of Puerto Rico. For this project I will most likely choose one of the three artifacts.
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A landing page is the first sitting and impression the autoethnographic has on the audience. It must capture the attention and illustrate the main idea in a simple visual manner. A radiant image or impactful title to greet the observer will catch the eye and interest of any individual. The title should be short and concise, but if not, it must be perplexing or controversial. Another possibility for the landing page would be to form an irregular style/format to catch the audience unexpectedly. What one shouldn’t do is to have lengthy block of text to great the visitor. The goal is to make the audience remember the title, the topic, the image, the project in any way, shape, or form. If one can spike the memory with the landing page the intrigue factor and state of interest is maximized to maintain the attention.
A stakeholder is the person or group of people that the auto ethnographic project is aiming as the audience that will be affected. Stakeholders is the community that is directly under effect due to the autoethnography. The project is about Puerto Rico being the 21st century modern colony that is masked as a commonwealth. The project’s purpose is to display the critical political-economic crisis locals and politicians are suffering to hopefully inspire a change. The direct stakeholders would be the Puerto Rican people and politicians. The secondary stakeholders would most likely be the people who could potentially take notice and make a change to the modern American imperialism such as the United States representatives, United Nations representatives, and historians (stopping documented censorship).
In the book “Writing & Editing” chapters 4 to 6 explain and discuss how to create a webpage from interactivity to spacing. There are tools to expand space, control navigation, set hyperlinks, correct and revise, format text, edit images, and the list goes on. In chapter 4, there is an emphasis on the creation of titles, but especially on making great headlines. The headline is the first seen on a webpage so it must be simple, have a shock factor to grasp the reader’s attention and interest, summarize content, and function as visual identity for following information. I was surprised the detail the chapter goes into explaining how to develop an ideal headline from what to omit to how to write. Another important tip was about hyperlinks and if a new tab is needed or completely different window should be used or even just using the same window all depending what information is going to be presented and how to manipulate the audience’s navigation through the website. Other interesting topics such as page planning, tone, website usability, and information architecture. In summary, I must make a plan of the website identifying hyperlinks, headline placement, data location, and the overall interaction between links, tabs, and pages.
In the book “Writer/Designer” chapters 4 and 5 discuss the use of sources and the use of all technologies needed for the designated purpose of the multimodal project. The focus of chapter 4 is how to find resources, cite correctly, the permission of use, and balancing one’s citation style. I believe that the difficulty is giving the reader enough information without being a mosaic of citations. This means the writer must prove a point and use citations to either to reinforce claim or use as evidence without the oversaturation of quotation marks. Chapter 5 suggests understanding all the programs one can use and integrate into a webpage to bring unique navigation created by the collaboration of multimedia diversity. Using more than one form of media allows for the audience to be engaged in more ways in order to gain a greater interest. Even though there is copious amount of information about the effects on the people due to Puerto Rico’s subordination, a primary source such as a real-time interview captures an honest personal record of history that a secondary source could never portray. I want to obtain the first hand experiences of individuals from different backgrounds and ages in order illustrate the transformation of a suffering island over modern times. The factors I want to ponder are mainly national identity and individuality, the economical struggles, and the political involvement and understanding of each individual. I am going to interview a total of three subjects from three consecutive generations. The first interview will be with someone who was born and raised in Puerto Rico and is around my same age group to identify contemporary problems observed by the young adults of the 21st century. The second subject would be an individual who is a parent of a 21st century young adult in order to observe modern effects of political instabilities and short term economical inflammation. The third subject would be my grandfather, an individual of unparalleled experience and wisdom who not only possesses the treasure of time but also predicted the economical calamities Puerto Rico is suffering currently. A few drafted interview questions are the following:
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