Dr. Willis’ lecture, to me, demonstrated the ability of almost anything to be a story in some context. The two main examples she covered were the historical narratives that ‘dark tourists’ absorbed through their tourism, and the...
Read MoreThis year has not been the first time I have had the pleasure of encountering Patrick’s work. I was initially assigned his article on gay men in Seoul and Seattle last year for my gender studies paper. I’m ashamed to admit that...
Read MoreDr Stephen Winter’s research into the process of redressing the abuse suffered by those in the care system in New Zealand was fascinating to look at. For a long time now, governmental care systems like orphanages have been...
Read MoreAs a researcher who has jumped from practical performance in dark tourism to the politics of kindness, Emma Willis really stuck out to me as a reflection of the vast world that is research in the humanities. Willis’s lecture...
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Over the past semester, I have found myself transitioning from the “passion project”...
Read MoreOne of the most important takeaways I have gained from Art Scholars this year has been from Patrick Thomsen’s lecture on his research on Gay men in Korea. “Understand that your lived experiences and things that appear as...
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Since the very start of the semester, Arts Scholars has raised one central question: ...
Read MoreStephen Winter’s seminar on redressing historical abuse in New Zealand state care offered a comprehensive breakdown of the issue and challenges faced, while exemplifying core research and presentation techniques applicable to...
Read MoreDr. Patrick Thomsen’s seminar on knowledge genealogies demonstrated to me how much knowledge can be filtered through the worldviews of those who hold it. Sometimes this will be unavoidable — history can’t change, so...
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