Part 2 (collection of images)

We were given five Artifacts :

• Cars (for cars i tried to look at different angels to take the car, and i though about the wheel and rings can determine the way a person drives their car, how fast they go, and how much time they take, to clean and change their car)
  
• Clothes (i looked at what people wear in their daily lives at school/workplace)
  
• Food ( i looked at the type for food that we all eat, and it was obviously "junk" so i made a collection of that)
  
• Phone ( with phones i took the photograph through the angle that i would usually choose a phone, where i would look at the screen, keypad & hold it in the middle to see how it fits in my hands)
  
• Furniture ( i looked at classical furniture, and tried to focus on the armrests)

Then i added my own artifacts:

• Shoes (with shoes i chose to focus on trainers, i tried to take a variety of different types of trainers, for different uses)
  
• Bags ( i looked at different bags for different ages and occasions)
  
• Jewelery ( i focused on bracelets and tried to take bracelets on occasions and ages)
  
• Ground texture ( i felt that ground texture could what life a person lives, by how expensive it is. it could determine that type of occupation the do)
  
• Toys ( i looked at what younger children play with. i thought it would be interesting to see what different ages play with.

While taking photographs, i tried to look at the person that i might be taking the artifacts from, then put them in the stereotyped category, but then see what lifestyle they could be living.

P2 process: Research

Wanted to share this
http://www.exactitudes.com/

Felt like they did something close to what
we are working on now. Their photographs
show identity and show it's variations.

They call their series Exactitudes: a contraction
of exact and attitude. By registering their subjects
in an identical framework, with similar poses and
a strictly observed dress code, Versluis and
Uyttenbroek provide an almost scientific,
anthropological record of people's attempts to
distinguish themselves from others by assuming
a group identity. The apparent contradiction
between individuality and uniformity is, however,
taken to such extremes in their arresting
objective-looking photographic viewpoint
and stylistic analysis that the artistic aspect
clearly dominates the purely documentary element.

P2.1 Research/a

Lifestyle vs. Personality

Lifestyle: the way in which a person lives. Way of living. Life. Situation. Customs. Culture. 

Personality: the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character. Qualities that make someone interesting.

When we were given this task, to research or think about how Lifestyle differs from Personality, I kept asking myself what the differences were. My understanding of Lifestyle is how you live life. What kind of food you eat. If you're cultured or not can also be considered a Lifestyle. Usually you live a certain Lifestyle, or follow a certain Lifestyle based on your personality, or based on what you believe is suitable for you. Whatever that makes you comfortable. 

Now looking at Personality, to me it means behavior. How you act in life situations. If you're calm, if you're hyper, those are characteristics of Personality and not Lifestyle. When a certain person lives a specific Lifestyle, you immediately as human assume a STEREOTYPE. But we are not always right. That would be a wrong judgement. 

In my personal life, I've been through different phases of Lifestyle, and I believe that many of us do, because we grow and learn as we face daily situations and experience life. The way I live my life now has changed comparing to two years ago, but I still am the same person. Some may see it, some may not. It all depends on how you define Lifestyle and Personality. 

Fatma J, P2.1 Research/a

Lifestyle VS. Personality

Personality

Almost everyday we describe and assess the personalities of the people around us. Whether we realize it or not, these daily musings on how and why people behave as they do are similar to what personality psychologists do. 

While our informal assessments of personality tend to focus more on individuals, personality psychologists instead use conceptions of personality that can apply to everyone. Personality research has led to the development of a number of theories that help explain how and why certain personality traits develop.

Components of Personality

While there are many different theories of personality, the first step is to understand exactly what is meant by the term personality. A brief definition would be that personality is made up the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make a person unique. In addition to this, personality arises from within the individual and remains fairly consistent throughout life. 

Some of the fundamental characteristics of personality include: 

• Consistency - There is generally a recognizable order and regularity to behaviors. Essentially, people act in the same ways or similar ways in a variety of situations.


• Psychological and physiological - Personality is a psychological construct, but research suggests that it is also influenced by biological processes and needs.


• Impact behaviors and actions - Personality does not just influence how we move and respond in our environment; it also causes us to act in certain ways.


• Multiple expressions - Personality is displayed in more than just behavior. It can also be seen in out thoughts, feelings, close relationships, and other social interactions.

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Lifestyle 

In sociology, a lifestyle is the way a person lives. A lifestyle is a characteristic bundle of behaviors that makes sense to both others and oneself in a given time and place, including social relations, consumption, entertainment, and dress. The behaviors and practices within lifestyles are a mixture of habits, conventional ways of doing things, and reasoned actions. A lifestyle typically also reflects an individual's attitudes, values or worldview. Therefore, a lifestyle is a means of forging a sense of self and to create cultural symbols that resonate with personal identity. Not all aspects of a lifestyle are entirely voluntaristic. Surrounding social and technical systems can constrain the lifestyle choices available to the individual and the symbols she/he is able to project to others and the self.

The lines between personal identity and the everyday doings that signal a particular lifestyle become blurred in modern society.

For example, "green lifestyle" means holding beliefs and engaging in activities that consume fewer resources and produce less harmful waste (i.e. a smaller carbon footprint), and deriving a sense of self from holding these beliefs and engaging in these activities. Some commentators argue that, in Modernity, the cornerstone of lifestyle construction is consumption behavior, which offers the possibility to create and further individualize the self with different products or services that signal different ways of life.

My Opinion:

A lifestyle does not create a personality. 

If someone is living a High class lifestyle, doesn't mean that he likes Classical Music or drive Classical cars or even act high and mighty. 

a way to live your life is not equal to the way you act and behave