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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 his research and its impact. Our lived...
Professor Jennifer Frost research on youth voting rights and the 26th amendment lead me upon a reflection of what it means to be youth in today's society. The young people who were involved in her research were activists that promoted social change in society. They...
Reflecting on research panels and back on my own thoughts, I looked in the mirror and wondered… how the heck could I possibly create research that is intellectually stimulating and has a greater impact beyond the benefit of myself? Big philosophical statement I know!...
Our second research seminar that was delivered by Erin Griffey and Victoria Munn explored beauty ideals from the Renaissance and how this might be reflected in art produced at the time. Their work involved translating historical beauty recipes from this period and...
CNN. Clinton drops a Pokemon Go reference at rally. From YouTube. Video, 0.46. March 8, 2020....
We’ve seen throughout the course so far that a research project can be on any topic, although it seems that a good research project is on that is in some way connected to life experiences. Patrick Thomsen had spoken in his lecture of the way his life experiences had...
Oh the glorious cake fail. Without you, google images would not be so nearly as enticing for the would-be procrastinator to make bad life choices. You are part hilarious, part instructive and part dream-destroying. But most of all, you stand testament to the harsh...
So far in Arts Scholars we have discussed many power imbalances in research, be it the western gaze on indigenous cultures, socio-economic bias when viewing underprivileged groups, or the control of the researcher over the researched. However, it was only after...
Why retell a story that is already in the confines of a fading memory? The reasoning behind the retelling of young Americans gaining the right to vote was discussed in our most recent seminar delivered by Jenifer Frost. Jenifer's current work on her book, 'Let...
Historian Jennifer Frost is publishing a book titled, “Let Us Vote,” dedicated towards the significant events that led up to the 26th amendment in 1971, which granted youth voting rights in America. Admittedly, I’m unfamiliar with American politics. Although I am more...
I respect that Erin Griffey and Victoria Munn had researched a topic that they are passionate about, even though they knew it was not going to be anything easy. Covering beauty is such a vast topic, with body ideals, makeup and skincare being around for hundreds of...
Frost's discussion of the fight for youth voting rights encapsulated many talking points about civil rights, democracy, protest and strength in diversity. What grabbed my attention the most, however, was one throw-away line in the middle of her lecture. “Youth today...