Global Education Discussion Group

photo stories initiative

The Global Education Discussion Group (GEDG) invites all members of the SOE community (students, visiting scholars, faculty, staff) and GEDG event attendees to participate in our first ever Photo Stories Initiative!

Multimodal narratives can blur and perhaps break the traditional boundaries between research and storytelling, and visual imagery can play a powerful role in representing and highlighting the extraordinariness of everyday life. Through this photo stories initiative, we invite you to tell your stories about navigating life in transnational spaces of learning.

Submit your photos for inclusion in the GEDG photo stories initiative. Winning images will be featured at 2020 Campus Visit Day, displayed on SOE digital signage, and used in social media and future event promotion material.

“Photographs open doors into the past, but they also allow a look into the future.”

Sally Mann, photographer

Themes:

Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary (Everyday life in and beyond the School of Education that isn’t so common to new members of our community)

Navigating Spaces - Capturing the Unseen (Navigating your own educational experience)

Uncomfortable Learning (Learning outside your comfort zone)

Teaching and Learning Contexts (Remember … teaching and learning is not limited to the classroom!)

look for this event to return in 2022

Rules:

• Eligibility: Must be a member of the School of Education or a participant of the Global Education Discussion Group.

• Photo: Photo must be your original work. Digitally altered, black/white, sepia, duotone, and panoramic photos will not be accepted. Submit all photos electronically in JPEG format. Winning photos may be enlarged, so please consider the resolution and ratio of your photo.

• Description: A 40~50 word description of the event, situation, and location must accompany each photo. You may enter only one photo per category and the photo must have been taken in 2019 or 2020.

• DEADLINE: Friday, February 21, 2020, 5:00pm. Submit photos using this online form. You can upload your photos directly onto the Google Form.

• Permission: In submitting a photo, you are granting the School of Education royalty-free permission to use, reproduce, and distribute your photo(s) in displays related to the contest, future printed and electronic publications, fundraising and promotional materials, and the right to use your name and home country when giving credit to the photographer. You are also affirming that you have taken responsibility in receiving appropriate permission from any subjects who appear in your images.

• Judging and Recognition: Photos will be judged on subject matter, composition, technical quality, creativity, and originality. Winning photos will be displayed at the School of Education's 2020 Campus Visit Day.

If you have any questions, please contact the School of Education Global Education Discussion Group’s leadership team at GEDG.leads@umich.edu.

Congratulations to our 2019-20 GEDG Photo Stories Initiative winners!

Congratulations to our 2018-19 GEDG Photo Stories Initiative winners!