This course explores the ways in which objects and material culture embody personal narrative. Moving back and forth from ephemeral traces of events and experiences to the culturally invested luxury goods that create legacy to the objects that facilitate daily life, this class will use, as its primary references, examples that draw from queer and African American cultures to underscore the potential of objects to tell the stories that not only reflect majority traditions and experiences but those of the disenfranchised, the details of whose lives are often obscured. In addition to readings that will provide background for class discussion, student will be asked to play the roles of detectives, archeologists, and curators at various sites around New York City. Each student will also be asked to create an annotated material record that reveals the public and private lives of one individual. That record may consist of texts, objects or any variety of media chosen or designed by the student. This blogs serves as an archive for the work done in the context of this course and related materials that become relevant to this exploration.

Thursday, October 2, 2014

More LGBT representation on television


The three articles below are articles from different sources that are about the same issue.
Tech Times remains pretty neutral on the issue except that they mention that they believe the representation is an important issue in today's society but the other two have a rather biased titles. 3.9% is not taking over TV and that is not a number that should be surprising considering the size of LGBT community.


The Daily Beast: The Gays Are Taking Over TV (Well, Kind Of)
Tech Times:  GLAAD announces record improvements for LGBT representation on television
USA TODAY: Yes, you really are seeing more LGBT characters on TV


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/01/the-gays-are-taking-over-tv-well-kind-of.html

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/16927/20141001/glaad-announces-universal-improvements-for-lgbt-representation-on-television.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/10/01/glaad-report-find-rising-percentage-of-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-tv-characters/16511915/

-Juwon
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