1) Du Boi describes the sorrow songs as the sole American music, being the most beautiful form of human expression to come from the new world. These songs are significant to African-American history as they are […]
Damon Krukowski’s “Power” episode explores the effects of digital distribution of art and how it affects our choice/selection of music. He elaborates on this idea by describing the function of the algorithms used […]
In Krukowski’s “Love” episode of Ways of Seeing, he shares his past personal experiences on the fidelity of analog phone calls. He informs me on the information lost in digital phone calls in the modern […]
In Krukowski’s podcast “Ways of Hearing” he explores the concept of privatized spaces, one of them being personal bubbles. It hadn’t dawned on me till I heard Kurkowski’s description of today’s modern climate, bu […]
Oppressive and racist institutions still shape the material conditions of all POC today. All while inadvertently benefitting from white press, who’s intentions were to gather sympathy for POC from white readers. […]
He considers publicity as the manufacturing of glamour. Publicity influences consumers by alluring them with this glamour. This is rendered more effective because of the nature of our society. Under capitalism we […]
John Berger believes that nakedness is to be oneself, but a nude is to be seen as naked to others and not be recognized as oneself. I’d add that in today’s society this form of objectification has moved over to a […]
The advantages according to the authors are as followed. It’s applicability in real life conversations and dialogue. It encourages active listening. Nothing we say is left without a response, especially if […]
