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    Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing

    In episode 5 of “Ways of Hearing” by Damon Krukowski talks about how companies use algorithms to give us more personal suggestions on what we might like. Music, movies, ads and friend suggestions are all based on […]

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    Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing

    Television is always the main source of my procrastination. If I’m watching a series on Netflix, I will watch multiple episodes and look at the time and notice how it just vanished. Watching Netflix all day d […]

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    Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing

    Kehinde Wiley’s oil painting is giving a twist to the classical European paintings by substituting a white man with an African American one. I interpret this as him showing us that we live in a new world, one w […]

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    Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing

    To society, wealth equals success. If you wear all the high end brands, own a nice car and live in a huge house, everyone looks at you as someone who has it all. In episode 3 of “Ways of Seeing” with John Ber […]

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    Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing

    In episode 2 of John Berger’s, “Ways of Seeing” he expresses how women were depicted during the nude era of Western art. Women were painted in the nude to show vulnerability and submission to men. Their poses […]

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    Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing

    Binta Ngom

    John Berger emphasizes how seeing comes before words. In his book “Ways of Seeing” he says “We never look at just one thing; we are always looking at the relation between things and ourse […]

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