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  Re: "A River Runs Through It": Visualizing Fluency

  Thought-provoking post!

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  Aisha Jamal Sheridan College

  Wednesday, August 26, 2015 — 1:37 pm

  Thanks for this great piece, Michelle. I thought about the various symbolisms you pointed out and also about the history and importance of water to each culture, particularly in relation to power. I was looking for a good companion piece to discuss Paul G ...
• In Media Res
  Re: The 'Afghan girl" Sherbat Gula's popularity with Afghans

  Good point

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  Aisha Jamal Sheridan College

  Friday, August 28, 2015 — 6:23 pm

  I agree Sara. That probably accounts for some amount of the photo's endless circulation in the West. I recently saw it printed on a towel. The second photo he takes of Gula seventeen years later is much more problematic in my view and opens a whole o ...
• In Media Res
  Re: The 'Afghan girl" Sherbat Gula's popularity with Afghans

  Thanks for your comments,

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  Aisha Jamal Sheridan College

  Friday, August 28, 2015 — 5:59 pm

  Thanks for your comments, Shohini. I am endlessly fascinated by how loaded this photo has become for scholars and the wonders it has done for McCurry's career. However, even more interesting is its reclaiming by Afghans (both in the Diaspora and in A ...
• In Media Res
  Re: The 'Afghan girl" Sherbat Gula's popularity with Afghans

  A great week of posts

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  Aisha Jamal Sheridan College

  Friday, August 28, 2015 — 6:07 pm

  I've also enjoyed the whole week's readings of art works, films, memes. Reminding ourselves of our subjective positions is important and paramount in the kind of work we do. ...