Homecoming: fairytale or nightmare?
Watch first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnEnhmrOHwk Okay, so I’m guessing I’m not the only one in this class who has stumbled upon videos…
The Falling Man and The Sleeping Boy
Recently in ASTU we have been continuing our studies about how trauma is communicated. Specifically, this week we have been…
Representing Others Histories and Traumas: how this was achieved at c̓əsnaʔəm, The City Before the City at the MOA
Last week in ASTU we went to the Museum of Anthropology to learn about local Musqueam culture, practices and histories…
How We React To Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Welcome back everyone! With the new year we have started discussing new themes in our ASTU class. We have started…
The Kogawa Fond: Becoming a Literary Detective
Recently in ASTU, the class read local author Joy Kogawa’s novel Obasan, an account of a family of Japanese-Canadians during…
Unveiling the Veil
As I mentioned in my last post, we have been reading and discussing the graphic narrative “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi….
Persepolis: A Forgotten City and a Book that Won’t Let Us Forget Again.
While reading Marjane Satrapi’s graphic narrative Persepolis, a personal account of growing up in Iran during the War on Terror,…
Interpretive communities and the Globalization of Education
During these first few weeks of classes in the Global Citizens Stream, we have touched on a few important questions:…