Author: agra387

What does it mean to be “of age” or to be deserving of political inclusion? Kiwis who are too young either to vote or to be taken seriously by adults often undertake actions which are quietly political anyway.  For example,...

Patrick Thomsen’s seminar on genealogies of knowledge and the construction of research questions made me reflect on why I even want to do research. He described the complexities of the social world, such as how the several...

As a student of Global Studies and Sociology, my learning often centres on people and social structures. This involves a fair amount of generalising and theorising about people whom I have no lived experiences with. For example,...

What standards must be met to label something as art in regards to food and art based on food? Food is only artful if it evokes emotion. That’s what art does. As so much of our national identity is expressed through rituals, the...

Should food be a topic that requires us to take up and defend a political or ethical position?  Emma Sharp’s concept of conscious consumerism explains our need to take up a political and ethical position around food...