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Indigenous Media Allow for Indigenous Voices

In Faye Ginsburg’s “Embedded Aesthetics: Creating a Discursive Space for Indigenous Media,” she explores how the indigenous communities of Australia are attempting to create a space for themselves in Australian consciousness and popular culture through media. Immediately, we drew on … Continue reading

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the local and the global

Upon our reading of Hall’s “The Local and the Global: Globalization and Ethnicity”, Chloe and I immediately drew parallels to our shared abroad experience this past spring in Kenya. Kenya is certainly a (rather new) nation-state attempting to secure and … Continue reading

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What does the US Navy and SLU have in common?

As we sat down on Sunday evening, we tried to decompress the section “Myth Today” from Roland Barthes Mythologies. Immediately, the consensus was that we hoped we didn’t have a quiz. However, we did agree on other things dealing with … Continue reading

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Hello aura? Are you there?

Chloe  (Scribe), Kate As Kate and I sat down on a Sunday evening in the library, we agreed that the Frankfurt School offers an interesting connection between technology and culture, especially during a time where our society often defines our … Continue reading

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