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    world, expertise lacks in value, after all, why hem your pants when you can just glue them? Pinterest is one of many social media sites that influences the digital culture by way of free access to barrier free zones, developing virtual communities, identities and even virtual dioramas. With that being said, without the skills of media and information literacy, some may unknowingly peruse low quality online information that denies intellectual challenges or imagination. There is much to be said about

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    to focus on. Secondly, oral tradition is seen as “stories about the past that local populations produce and reproduce through oral performative transmissions, as a means of preserving their history and consolidating or contesting a sense of belonging and identity” (Cooper 192). Cooper highlights two different critiques of oral traditions, the first one being the structuralist critique. Structuralists argue that oral traditions are more symbolic and universal than historical and literal (Cooper 195)

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    clothing brands with different marketing strategies that greatly influence the market they belong to. The different marketing strategies are unique, one uses a sexual appeal to draw in consumers and the other uses self-expression and the sense of belonging. Corruption of Young Minds “Hollister prides itself on its vintage beach look”

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    articulate our identity, who we are, what we believe, and what we love to do. Emily Dickinson once stated, “The Soul selects her own society.” A human soul is the most pure form of one’s true self. Who an individual wants or pretends to be is not included. Once people listen to this inner self and accept their own beliefs, ideas, and interests, they will discover where they belong in the world. For me, the past few years have bred clarity in discovering a new place of belonging. Despite my childhood

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    liberated form of expression. Therefore, it can address and influence all those who are willing to witness and interpret. Alongside the creative authority of being an artist he or she is held accountable for the contextual essence of their work as the creator, especially in relation to political art (Cohen. 2015). Once an artwork adopts a political identity it creates

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    In this paper I am interested to analyse AnjanDutta’sThe Bong Connection (2006), a representative, popular Bangla cinema on the Bengali diaspora in North America. This film, I argue, attempts to demystify the aura of homeland and nostalgia as idolised in Bollywood cinema. The liberalisation of Indian economy and socio-cultural growth of the Indian middle class in the nineties, prompted Bollywood film makers such as Yash Chopra and Karan Johar to import and recreate glitzy versions of the Non Resident

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    means that rather than introducing new problems for analysis, they reinforce the old paradigms (Shapiro 2009) that not only treat technology in representative rather than generative manner but support also methodological division between emotions as belonging to the subject method of the humanities and rationally as objective method of science. Method and expected outcome To study ethical challenges of new biotechnologies in a more attentive way I will investigate particular bioart case studies that

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    individuality with the means of creating a society that conforms to a higher power. In 1984, the loss of identity is emphasized through the control of every citizen, everywhere they go. On the other hand, Brave New World shows the loss of identity with synthetically made humans and a predestined life. This lack of individualism can lead society towards individuals that are not able to produce creative thoughts, address their problems and fears, and develop a sense of leadership, instead they will adhere

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    Youth and hip-hop culture plays a significant role in our society and can influence one another. Hip-hop has developed as a pure and original cultural expression of African American youth in 1970’s. Hip-hop and its culture come from a creative self-expression that comes from a struggle of living in declining cities. Since then, hip-hop has expanded and has given a voice to any youths with all diversities and background today. However, mainstream hip-hop promotes a lifestyle of materialism, which

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    individuality with the means of creating a society that conforms to a higher power. In 1984, the loss of identity is emphasized through the control of every citizen, everywhere they go. On the other hand, Brave New World shows the loss of identity with synthetically made humans and a predestined life. This lack of individualism can lead society towards individuals that are not able to produce creative thoughts, address their problems and fears, and develop a sense of leadership, instead they will adhere

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