Monthly Archives: September 2017

Research Blog 1: The Rise of English as a Global Language in Music

For my research project, I will be looking at the relationship between languages and music. In recent years, there has been an apparent increase of musicians singing and writing songs in English as opposed to their native languages. Why is … Continue reading

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Research Blog 4 CAIR

This report is the proof that , According to research conducted by CAIR, the inner core of America’s Islamophobia network enjoyed access to at least $119,662,719 in total revenue between 2008 and 2011. “CAIR – Council on American-Islamic Relations – … Continue reading

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Research Blog 3 Why the West Fears Islam

A book called “Why the West Fears Islam, an exploration of muslims in liberal democracies” by Jocelyn Cesari is a great source for answering the question “Are Muslims threatening the core values of the West?” The Chapter “Salafization of Islamic … Continue reading

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Research blog 2 Islamophobia as an Industry

The book “The islamophobia Industry; how the far right manufactures fear of muslims” by Nathan Lean was recently published in 2013. In the forward of the book I have gathered information to back my thesis of my paper. Islamophobia IS … Continue reading

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Cafe Discussion Part 3

Harrison, Kiki & Monica In ” “On the Political Economy of the Fake”  by Ziauddin Sardar and “Recycling Modernity: Pirate Electronic Cultures in India” by Ravi Sundaram we discussed that Marx’s idea -the ruling ideas are the ideas of the ruling class- … Continue reading

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Cafe Discussion 1: Adam, Mishell, Rinzin

Our group decided to contextualize the many different topics of discussion brought up in class today both in and out of the reading. The reading which we will be referring to will be Bressler’s Structuralism. Language is a bridge between … Continue reading

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Research Post 2

I am specifically going to look at one of the most popular food markets in London, which is known as Borough Market. Since I was able to visit the market while abroad in London I can use my first hand … Continue reading

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Research blog 1 Al Jazeera

I had learned in my Islam religion class from a podcast that he would be much richer if he chose to speak for islamophobia, rather than against it. This intrigued me. I did some further research about the industry of … Continue reading

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Cafe Discussion Post #1

We discussed question three from the discussion questions in class. The question pertained to aura and authenticity. It also dealt with deciding if this was a good or bad thing if it was to be lost. We all agreed that … Continue reading

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Café Discussion Entry 1

          We began our discussion by addressing question 5 on the handout from class regarding whether or not digital technology alters the theory of painting versus photography quantitatively or qualitatively? McKenzie suggested that there was a … Continue reading

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