When I was 15, my family went on a holiday to America. It was here that we visited the site of the Twin Towers to acknowledge and remember the past. I often look back on this memory, especially around this time of year, and...
Read MoreInnovation concepts can be used to promote different historical perspectives. In Peter Rachor’s lecture, I was asked how my research essay relates to some of the innovation concepts discussed. At the time, I had no idea what to...
Read MoreWhen looking at the various depictions of war that we’ve seen thus far – in art, literature, music and even sand -, there is a notable exception: the humble videogame. Ever since rising to prominence in the 1980s, videogames...
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When engaging with media the essential nature of context to conflicts becomes obvious as context...
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“New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements…the modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in the old forms of the...
Read MoreI love documentaries. Simple, narrated story-lines which require minimal attention from the viewer. They provide a fantastic (and frankly much needed) escape from everyday life. It’s so easy to chill in bed with a laptop...
Read More‘All visions and stories and narratives come from bias.’ – Marcus Winter What are we as a culture if not a collection of widely understood images and narratives? After Marcus Winter’s lecture on his artistic practise of...
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It is September in the year of our Lord 2020, and the world is ending once again. In the midst of...
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Read MoreA lot of people think the war on drugs is an example of structural racism. They’re not wrong. Crack and cocaine are, chemically, virtually the same substance. However, crack is, due to its low price, used predominantly...
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