Posted by Emma Burns | May 24, 2020 | ARTSCHOL 200 2020 | 0
Dr Patrick S. Thomsen’s research about the evolution of the sexual identity of Korean men in America was incredibly revelationary. Thomsen’s work was spring boarded by identifying the intrinsic flaws in the Cass Homosexual...
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I found Associate Professor Erin Griffey and Victoria Munn’s research investigating the origins of beauty cultures and visual cultures of beauty to be fascinating. By referring to the Renaissance, the ‘Great Works’ they relied...
Read MorePosted by Emma Burns | May 8, 2020 | ARTSCHOL 200 2020 | 0
One of the messages that resonates mostly strongly with me was Carisa Showden’s reminder that the assumptions one brings to the research process need to be treated delicately. It is far to easy to let ill-founded...
Read MorePosted by Emma Burns | May 22, 2019 | ARTSCHOL 100 2019 | 3
Gym and diet cultures entone responsibility, declaring that appearances resemble a choice of our own making, not the product of misleading advertisement and genetic dispositions. Anthony Warner’s work on the deceptive...
Read MorePosted by Emma Burns | Apr 3, 2019 | ARTSCHOL 100 2019 | 3
For me, offering and recieving food has become synonymous with cultivating a sense of security. The biblical connections of sharing food prompted me to contemplate the modern-day expectation that, despite whether or not someone...
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