Archive: Journal
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The Culture of Power in Mexico through the lens of Corruption
From Idealism to Corruption: Power in Mexico from gnovis on Vimeo. Abstract Author Carlos Fuentes (2003) and filmmaker Luis Estrada (1999) have used their work to depict the culture of power and corru
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Carmen Miranda – The Digital Story
Carmen Miranda: The Digital Story from gnovis on Vimeo. Abstract Specifically through images and narratives of Carmen Miranda, singer and actress, this digital story attempts to examine and questio
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Mapping Our Worlds
http://mappingourworlds.wordpress.com/ http://www.vuvox.com/collage/detail/0316a9692a Abstract Mapping our Worlds is an interactive online exhibit exploring new ways of mapping material experiences. T
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"Hated It: Humor, Homo, and the Heterosexual"
Hated It!: Humor, Homo, and the Heterosexual from gnovis on Vimeo. Abstract "Hated It" addresses the use of parody as a transgressive practice to subvert essentialized constructions of gender, sex, an
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Digital Cover Scrape
http://digitalcoverscraper.wordpress.com/ Abstract This project seeks to provide a new method of interpretation for historical phenomenon. While the majority of history is presented in the form of n
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(Pop)ulism
(pop)ulism from gnovis on Vimeo. Abstract “(Pop)ulism” is a Eisensteinian montage of the tropes and practices of contemporary and recent populism in America and the UK. This mixed media project seeks
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Queering the Gaze: Psychoanalysis and Homosexuality in Main Hoon Na
Queering the Gaze: Psychoanalysis and Homosexuality in Main Hoon Na. from Lakshmi Padmanabhan on Vimeo. Abstract This digital project uses the film Main Hoon Na, (Farah Khan, 2004) to make two, interr
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The Griot: The Rhetorical Impetus of African American Fiction
Abstract: The paper addresses the West African oral concept of griot, as it utilizes nommo, a Bantu term that denotes the magical power of words to cause change, as a critical African American lexical
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Tracing Apollo’s Descent: Nietzsche’s Aesthetic Ontology and the Myth of Safe Spectatorship In Post-9/11 America
Abstract: The photographic record that emerged from the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 depicts human suffering the likes of which Americans rarely have occasion to empathize with directly. As
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You’ve been hit by a Smooth Liminal: Framing Michael Jackson’s Ailing Celebrity Body
Abstract: This paper is interested in the construction and performance of disease by the media in the widely publicized life (and death) of the pop music icon, Michael Jackson. It explores the key di