In which Leshu Torchin thinks aloud about Henry Gates Jr's Signifyin(g), Marlon Riggs's Black Macho, Blaxploitation, and Dolemite is My Name. ...
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In 2018-2019, St Andrews student Sasha Potter '19, with the support of the Undergraduate Research Assistant Scheme, conducted a study of the St Andrews Green Film Festival. Here is her report. ...
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NOTE: As a piece designated 'Thinking Aloud', I recommend reading it as that. On Tuesday, 29 October 2019, U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) abstained from voting on a mesaure to have te US officially recognise the Armenian Genocide. She did not vote against this measure (the...
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So many have hailed VR as the ultimate ‘empathy machine’ capable of deepening empathy and recognition of another person’s humanity. But what really are we to make of this technology, the capacity for producing or enhancing empathy, and the ethics that attend it? Once we...
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Join us for a public conversation on The Handmaid's Tale and its multiple cultural and political expressions featuring scholars from Film Studies, International Relations, Philosophy, and Russian as well as you, the audience. We will explore ways of approaching this phenomenon (and Atwood’s recently released...
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The acclaimed sound duo Herschel 36 provide a live accompaniment of experimental soundscapes that breathe new life into a classic Weimar-eraprecursor to Cosmos, Wunder der Schöpfung (1926), 26th October at the Byre. ...
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On 27th August, 13 Reasons Why (Bryan Yorkey, Netflix, 2017-) returned to Netflix for a third series and it has me reflecting on the ways media are seen to influence audiences and are used as tools for influence....
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Charisma on Command, an organisation of two young men dedicated to cultivating one's charisma, extrovertedness, and relationships recently released a video listicle entitled '5 Common Habits That Make People Instantly Dislike You'....
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On 29th July, the third annual DocSalon took place at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Our subject for discussion: Is Empathy Enough? ...
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Israeli high-tech entrepreneur Mati Kochavi has set up an Instagram account for the real life figure of Eva Heymann, a 13-year-old Hungarian girl. The account interprets the diary she started in 1944, using selfies, pictures and videos, from her that chronicle the more mundane events of...
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