Category Archives: Group1

The wolf pack minus Beau So, it’s the holiday season, what does this mean for us at St. Lawrence? Free cider at the bookstore, formal season, finals, negative degree weather, and puffy jackets. It also means gift-giving and receiving, as … Continue reading →

As the majority of our Cafe Discussion Group are seniors, we decided to do a analysis of a cultural practice specific to senior year at St. Lawrence; Senior Blues. Last night was Tuesday Blues and all of us were in … Continue reading →

In “De-Eurocentricizing Cultural Studies”, Stam and Shohat explain the importance of a multicultural outlook on international affairs, and recognize that Eurocentric discourse has generated a bound set of world power relations in favor of the West. European discourse isn’t limited … Continue reading →

The Battle of Algiers depicts a situation in which ideology is created and shows how it works to suppress the Arab inhabitants of the city. The French colonial power is strict and powerful, but the Arab FLN (The National Liberation … Continue reading →

Orientalsim is a term used to describe the Western perception of the Middle East. Edward Said notes its difficult to understand true Orientalism due to principles of the production of knowledge. the first principle being, that it is difficult to … Continue reading →

During our discussion group we talked about what St. Lawrence represents and the main type of person you think of when you think SLU. Slu Culture as a whole: Work Hard, Play Hard – Boarding School, Outdoorsy, Active, Community oriented, … Continue reading →

Our group found similarities in Appadurai and Patterson in that they both use globalization to explain the spread of culture and ideas through technology and transportation. The fast-paced interchanges between countries circulate different ideas to various cultures that before they … Continue reading →