Category: ARTSCHOL 200 2020

Has the definition of beauty changed due to new technologies and resources? During early modern Europe, “Recipe books” were used as a step by step guide to reach beauty ideals. Dr Erin Griffey sourced over 400 recipes that...

  Although simple and unassuming, cuneiform tablets, originating from the rich society of Mesopotamia, are the earliest known examples of writing. The earliest tablets were used for accounting and record-keeping, but as the...

Almost every day of this lockdown I would take long walks around my neighbourhood, wandering aimlessly around the shuttered shops near my house. I would peer into the windows and read the coronavirus closure signs on the doors....

Many researchers may aim to keep a neutral political stance when conducting their investigations in order to prevent ‘bias’. Tracey McIntosh argues strongly against this goal. Within her research, McIntosh maintains that this is...

In reflection on the Youth Voting Rights and the 26th Amendment in the USA lecture, I appreciated that Dr. Jennifer Frost refused to accept the supposition that youth in the late 60’s – early 70’s America were...

Dr. Stephen Winters’ lecture on monetary redress was very thought-provoking, and in particular, the strains monetary redress programs face in protecting their applicants’ privacy. Dr. Winters highlighted the...

Sometimes before you can start a conversation with someone you have to knock before entering, and man is one of the most nerve-wracking things to do. Nicole’s words of reflexivity resonated with me, acknowledging that when you...

For me, Patrick Thomsen’s session was a reminder of the value of drawing on personal experience to shape research. Patrick’s ability to embrace his formative experiences and develop them into questions that would come to shape...