The last texts we examined in ASTU this year was the film American Sniper and the article Redeployment. Both texts illustrate the concept of militarization which is a new term I learned this year. From my understanding, we encounter militarization in our everyday lives whether we are aware of it or not. While watching the […]
On January 13th, 2018 I visited the Museum of Anthropology. This wasn’t my first time visiting, although going there with a motivation this time made me carefully explore areas in the museum I would not have not done so the first or second time. This post will focus on my experience at the “Amazonia” exhibit. […]
On October 31st, 2017, my ASTU class took a field trip to the RSBC Library. During this visit, we were divided into groups who each received one of Joy Kogawa’s archival materials. The documents that my group analyzed consisted of many documents by the Dominion Department of Labour which were for Japanese Canadians. The purpose […]
One of the main themes in the graphic narrative Persepolis, is identity; in particular, the restriction of identity. Identity can be understood as characteristics, beliefs and values that help distinguish individuals from one another. In Persepolis, Satrapi exemplifies many ways in which she experienced identity oppression during the revolution in Iran in 1979. The first […]
This is a question that has been discussed thoroughly in my ASTU class. We examined the different forms of genre and what elements are required for something to be considered a genre. From these class discussions, I now understand that a genre is made up of a situation and form. In other words, the purpose, […]