Jessica Wang Comic reads are traditionally associated with fictional, naïve, illiterate, and humorous features. They are often deemed inappropriate in serious occasions. Nonetheless, ever since the publication of Art Spiegelman’s graphic memoir, Maus, in 1980s, the public impression of comic reads was almost revolutionized. Being the first book representing the Holocaust in comic visuals, Maus …
Jessica Wang In this blog post, I would like to extend on our discussion in class about the gun from Diamond Grill by Fred Wah. In class, we concluded that the gun symbolizes racial privilege: people of white race are the “gun”, and has power and domination; people of coloured race are the “target”, who …
Jessica Wang “Amazonia: The Rights of Nature” is an exhibit in the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. The Amazonian Exhibit displays objects such as art works, ceremonial decorations, clothing, and articles of daily use… by the Amazonian Indigenous groups. The exhibit challenges its visitors to reflect on the silence and marginalization Amazonians experienced from …
Jessica Wang During the last decade, YouTube channels featuring family vlogs (or “video blogs”) are becoming increasingly popular. Young parents document their daily family life with vlogs, and upload them to the family YouTube channel to share with the public. These YouTube channels could represent diverse families, varying from bicultural families (e.g. Maddox …
By Jessica Wang Question: In the beginning of the book, I am Malala, the author frequently talks about her culture, history, legends, and connects them to her personal experience. How is this significant? In Malala Yousafzai’s autobiography, I am Malala, the author shares her story as a Pakistani teenager girl who has been shot …
by Jessica Wang Abstract To investigate selfies as a new form of genre arise with social media. Connect nationalism, a concept discussed in sociology, with rituals in memorial sites. Can selfie be a new way to remember and witness historical traumas? In the research article, “Youth, trauma and memorialisation: The selfie as witnessing”, …