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into action. Part of the issue stems from a collective visionary standstill influenced by bleak climate communications in the media portraying climate change as too complicated, too distant, and too late to even attempt to confront. The goal of this project is to investigate how Climate-Fiction narratives can be effective in influencing the public understanding of the climate crisis and consequently serve as a tool for influencing environmental political mobilization. The methods for this project
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, the US, and Latin America, from the early 20th century until today: from George Orwell’s literary ethnographies of service and industrial workers during the Great Depression to Diego Rivera’s murals of Detroit autoworkers to Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman to Paul Schroeder’s 1978 film Blue Collar.IHON 258: 1968: A Year of Revolution and ReactionThis course is an in-depth, inter-disciplinary, and multi-media examination of the year 1968. Global in scope, it is based on written accounts by
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to see actors who look like them and to viewers looking for media that goes beyond long-held Hollywood norms. Some viewers may not take the significance into account, but many will and do. This is why, when Mary makes egotistical quips that mildly challenge gender norms during arguments with her husband, it can have an exasperating effect. The film flirts with structural racism when it would benefit from considering the actors beyond the casting process and updating the script with them in mind
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invisible to mass media. There are a lot of kids who are reluctant readers as well as avid readers. It’s impossible for me to try to write to them as one giant audience. The nice thing about YA is that it has a built-in reader advisory thanks to the role of librarians and teachers, who help get the right books into kids’ hands. Q: When did you know you HAD to write?I’ve always written. Kept a journal. It’s really the only thing I consistently do and am consistently good at. It’s the one activity that
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graduating May 26, the communication major and aspiring long-form writer will pursue a Master of Science in Journalism at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School. The nine-month, 36-unit program commences in July. Thanks to her impressive list of accomplishments — editor-in-chief for Mast Media and contributing writer at The News Tribune, to name a few — Thames received a hefty stipend and full-ride tuition, influencing her decision to attend USC. “I was accepted into every program I
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, media influence on the attitudes toward suicide, and conceptions of self—just to name a few. “What I remember about his approach to teaching was the way he drew students into the material by telling stories about his life,” says Sociology Chair Kate Luther, a former PLU student of Arturo’s. “For example, as he taught about racial justice and ethnic identity, he would share about his experiences growing up in Colombia in a Polish family. I was grateful to Arturo’s support as I learned to teach
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New documentary addresses Islamophobia in America, premieres Thursday, April 11, 2013 Posted by: Tod
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Pi Kappa Delta Hall of Fame recognizes one of PLU’s own Posted by: Todd / April 19, 2013 April 19,
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Professor Encourages Peers to Engage in Public Dialogue in New Book Posted by: Todd / April 22, 2014
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Resident Artist, Jessica Spring, Wins Major Award From Tacoma Arts Commission Posted by: Mandi LeCom
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