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  Re: Portrait of a Posthuman

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  Timothy Welsh Loyola University New Orleans

  Sunday, March 13, 2011 — 7:15 am

  "whole" to begin with. I think that is the context in which I read their expressions, as resolved and ...
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  "All Your Subversion Are Belong to Culture Industry" (That Means You Too, Banksy!)

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  Benjamin Thevenin Brigham Young University

  March 16, 2011

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  "All Your Subversion Are Belong to Culture Industry" (That Means You Too, Banksy!) primetime animation culture industry Banksy animation Curator's Note  Not long ago, the Internet was ablaze with talk of guerrilla artist Banksy’s contributi ...
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  Gleaning Alex Haley's Scriptural "Roots"

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  Richard Newton Claremont Graduate University

  March 21, 2011

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  in the first eighteen months and millions have sold since. The novel was translated into at least ...
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  "'It's Tough Being Different'": The Pitfalls of Colorblindness in CW's The Vampire Diaries

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  Kristen Warner University of Alabama

  March 22, 2011

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  In a disarming moment (beginning at 2:59), Luka tells her that “it’s tough being different.” In ...
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  Re: Gleaning Alex Haley's Scriptural "Roots"

  Mediated historical references

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  Shilpa Davé University of Virginia

  Thursday, March 24, 2011 — 5:35 pm

  least Kunte Kinte has become part of pop culture vernacular.  The scene from The Wire is both a racial ...
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  The medium is not the only message: making a case for the importance of content (and context) in media as public art

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  Micah Stansell Contributor

  March 30, 2011

  2 comments

  with because there are exciting things afoot, but, when I begin with the technology, my brainstorm ...
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  Gaming on the Spectrum: Autism and Xbox Live

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  Steven Boyer University of Glasgow

  April 04, 2011

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  Gaming on the Spectrum: Autism and Xbox Live video games Media Literacy autism Curator's Note  In January, a  local news story  about an eleven-year-old autistic boy's punishment on the  Xbox Live  gaming service caused an internet uproar. The i ...
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  Autism, Automaton, Alibi

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  Samir Dayal Bentley University

  April 06, 2011

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  Autism, Automaton, Alibi autism in the media South Asians Bollywood South Asian films India terrorism Curator's Note The Bollywood film My Name is Khan invokes   autism as alibi. T he lead character’s autism is reminiscent (derivative?) of Rain Man, ...
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  "Just the random musings of a former Playboy bunny": Negotiating "Mommy Instinct" and Scientific Expertise in the Vaccine/Autism Debate

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  Emily Chivers Yochim Allegheny College

  April 07, 2011

  3 comments

  defended.   Taking these two narratives together, we wonder how public discourse might begin to take ...
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  Re: Gaming on the Spectrum: Autism and Xbox Live

  Rights and Knowledge

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  Steven Boyer University of Glasgow

  Thursday, April 7, 2011 — 3:48 pm

  a spectrum? To a certain degree, I would say "yes" in that it at least brings the subject to ...

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