CUNY Academic Commons | Usha Lama | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/usha0207/activity/ Activity feed for Usha Lama. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 050c8edcd4b9108ba19ea5c3a17fee18 Usha Lama commented on the post, The Critical Mind and the Mechanical Reproduction of the Work of Art, on the site Benjamin's "Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" https://nycmar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/the-critical-mind-and-the-mechanical-reproduction-of-the-work-of-art/#comment-24 Sat, 18 Dec 2021 17:16:58 -0500 I agree with you. Mechanical reproduction of art detaches it from its origin.

]]> a710f3c1af3246b2576e3fcd2fe818b8 Usha Lama wrote a new post on the site Benjamin's "Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" https://nycmar.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=327 Sat, 18 Dec 2021 06:40:05 -0500 Walter Benjamin discusses that mechanical reproduction introduced an entirely new and revolutionary change in the experience of the artwork. Benjamin’s argument is that all art loses its aura when it can be c […]

]]> e0aa7bdb591e02d0759088912fd4083a Usha Lama commented on the post, Blog post #8, on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (0746) https://lagcccomp10746.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-8-5/#comment-5138 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:12:03 -0500 Although I agree there are many advantages of digital technology, there are also some disadvantages like using headphones or earphones because it might cause accidents, ear problems, and disconnect people from […]

]]> 6d469852bc825a55bb8c44f78bacfb9c Usha Lama wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (0746) https://lagcccomp10746.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4256 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 06:57:54 -0500 I will be writing an essay about “Living with Music” by Ralph Ellison, and ways of hearing episode 2 “space” by Krukowsi.

In “Living with Music” Ralph Ellison says that his life in those days was either live […]

]]> 3880b15f41cc74a39e1ac008e68fea4b Usha Lama wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (0746) https://lagcccomp10746.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4234 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 23:49:27 -0500 At the beginning of the “Power” episode Krukowaki asserts, “the marginal-the rejected-the represses- is whatever the powerful have decided is of no use at the moment.” He means that people nowadays buy or downloa […]

]]> c6d06aef9b5f3dfec497cd032799130d Usha Lama wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (0746) https://lagcccomp10746.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4156 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 08:04:47 -0400  

In “Living with Music”, Ralph Ellison describes how music affects his living experience in his New York City apartment building. After moving from Oklahoma City to New York city, he learned what the si […]

]]> 5994210d0eedafbf6a0b35d580403105 Usha Lama wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (0746) https://lagcccomp10746.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4064 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 05:25:56 -0400  

 

 

There are differences between “hearing” and “listening”. Hearing means that the sound you hear everywhere and every day, but you don’t really pay attention. For example, the sounds of trains, airp […]

]]> d056c42c1b57cc78b69a118da670a757 Usha Lama wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (0746) https://lagcccomp10746.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=3982 Thu, 07 Oct 2021 19:13:12 -0400 In the introduction “Seeing Through Race”, Martin Berger tells us that newspapers and magazine editors selected photographs based on their perceived power to draw out their white readers. He also says that whi […]

]]> 66131c51a3a5d5286218f95a3bd9d742 Usha Lama wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (0746) https://lagcccomp10746.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=3889 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 06:42:27 -0400 According to Berger, wherever we go we are surrounded by images on the wall and newspaper for “publicity”. He says that “publicity is  capitalism because publicity changes ourselves and our lives by buying more. […]

]]> 4f6813c9a4d51cafc4629fd03f709f38 Usha Lama wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (0746) https://lagcccomp10746.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=3791 Thu, 23 Sep 2021 04:40:37 -0400 In Episode 2 “Way of seeing”, Berger tells us that women in Renaissance painting would be shown naked to give pleasure to men. He also says that nude were an important part of their tradition in European art and […]

]]> 527bfb691f989ecd95a2539e3fd9f052 Usha Lama wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (0746) https://lagcccomp10746.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=3732 Sat, 18 Sep 2021 16:10:36 -0400 In the introduction “They say/I say”, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein believe that writers should use the model of “entering the conversation” in their writing. According to the article it helps us success […]

]]> 8c45040e2883f497bd050f538cd24f99 Usha Lama commented on the post, Introduction, on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (0746) https://lagcccomp10746.commons.gc.cuny.edu/introduction-2/#comment-3133 Tue, 14 Sep 2021 04:44:26 -0400 Hello Professor, thank you so much!! Great to meet you too.

]]> 6b55c8a4fed7e31874bcb68385b72861 Usha Lama wrote a new post on the site ENG 101: an Introduction to Composition and Research (0746) https://lagcccomp10746.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=3588 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 18:03:12 -0400 Hi everyone,

My name is Usha Lama. I am from Nepal and I have been living in the United States for 10 years. Before coming to the United States, I completed my high school in Nepal. I am 28 years old, married, […]

]]> 4a554c933a04f9df20ecab8f9982f509 Usha Lama became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/783009/ Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:39:11 -0400