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In our era when books are written on a word processor on a computer rather than on paper, drafts get harder to keep track of. This week we had the chance to go to the library’s rare archives to take a peek at the context in which Joy Kogawa’s book, Obasan, was written. What really struck me however was the amount of drafts that Joy Kogawa had to make in order to finalise her book. Having written drafts on paper enables us as a reader and scholars to reflect and…read more

Throughout the past week we read and discussed the graphic autobiography Persepolis; in which the author, Marjane Satrapi depicts her life in Iran post the fall of the last Shah of Iran. She starts off the book by telling her experience in the 1980’s when it became obligatory to wear the veil at school. This issue relates to a modern controversial situation on whether it should be legal or not to allow muslim women to wear the full veil. France, a country where over five million people are of Islamic…read more

What have you learned about academic culture or writing that has been surprising? What have you found inspiring or challenging about your introduction into this new culture and its attendant “genre”? Academic readings are stereotypically  considered to be long essays written about a research or a sensitive topic. This being said an essay written by Douglas Kate named “Youth, Trauma and Memorialisation: The Selfie as Witnessing.” challenges the norms, this essay touches on the topic of a viral trend on social media; selfies. Selfies are a new phenomena that have…read more

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