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  GTMO as Museum Artifact

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  Michael Welch Rutgers University

  May 13, 2016

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  GTMO as Museum Artifact war on terror human rights GTMO Curator's Note GTMO as Museum Artefact Michael Welch, Professor, Rutgers University, USA In my recent book, Escape to Prison: Penal Tourism and the Pull of Punishment (2015, University of Califo ...
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  Poems from Guantanamo: A Staged Musical Work Inspired by Poetry of Detainees Held in Guantanamo

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  Sam Krahn Independent

  May 13, 2016

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  a CRT-style TV on one side and the narrator and violas on the other, behind a scrim. For a composer brought ...
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  What CBS News Is (and Is Not) Saying about the Battle over Closing Guantánamo Bay

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  Kristen A. Traynor Kent State University

  May 12, 2016

  action. The danger of this portrayal is that the facts of each side’s case take a backseat to the battle ...
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  Re: GTMO as Museum Artifact

  the critique of imprisonment from within and without

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  Alexandra Moore UNC Greensboro

  Wednesday, May 11, 2016 — 6:12 am

  more about the relationships that make that exchange possible? I wonder, too, about the visitors to the ...
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  "Talk Bernie to Me": Political (and Sexual) Authority in an Unofficial Bernie Sanders Campaign Song

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  Dana Gorzelany-Mostak Georgia College

  May 09, 2016

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  "Talk Bernie to Me": Political (and Sexual) Authority in an Unofficial Bernie Sanders Campaign Song music video feminism campaign song Curator's Note During the 2008 election, Obama Girl positioned her namesake candidate as an object of bot ...
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  Re: Rethinking Thinkpieces: Pop Criticism as Pop Culture

  ripple effects

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  Michael Lawrence Unaffiliated

  Friday, May 6, 2016 — 8:25 pm

  song" gets truncated. Another possible significance, which connects back to the first point you raise, ...
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  Rethinking Thinkpieces: Pop Criticism as Pop Culture

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  Michael Lawrence Unaffiliated

  May 06, 2016

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  Rethinking Thinkpieces: Pop Criticism as Pop Culture “think piece” “social media” “digital content” “criticism” Curator's Note Like any parody or remix, critical cultural commentary is itself a form of recontextualization — and in this moment of ‘the ...
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  Re: Cross-Cultural Appropriation of Pop Songs

  I’m interested in what you

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  Aaron Dickinson Sachs Saint Mary's College of California

  Thursday, May 5, 2016 — 4:09 pm

  I'm interested in what you mean by "transcending boundaries" here. It reminds me a little of the use of "cross-over" in U.S. music circles, which we know refers to when a song written by a person of color (most often an African-Am ...
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  Cross-Cultural Appropriation of Pop Songs

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  Brianni Nelson University of Texas at Dallas

  May 04, 2016

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  Cross-Cultural Appropriation of Pop Songs Youtube viral video viral vine video snapchat recontextualizing pop songs recontextualization of pop songs r&b pop music pop nineties next music meme internet hip hop cultural appropriation appropriation 90s C ...
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  Re: Harmonies of Discord: Pop Oldies and Horror Trailers

  Hi Michael Yes, the knowing

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  Leanne Weston University of Warwick

  Tuesday, May 3, 2016 — 10:39 pm

  ones – even though we’re aware of its shared nature. Since I’m not a music theorist or a musician, I’d ...

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