In my first year at Agnes Scott College, I took a one-week trip to New York City as a part of a course that was focused on the history of NYC. On our third day in the city, we visited the World Trade Center Memorial. I was overwhelmed by the magnificent beauty of the site …
Harlem Renaissance Presentation The Harlem Renaissance: Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Bennett, and the “New Negro” Born from the want of a new black identity and the want for racial equality, the Harlem Renaissance was an uproar of creative expression consumed with a new wave of black intellectuals who began to express themselves through creative ways …
Many people have seen the pop culture film The Devil Wears Prada. I have seen the movie and many other similar movies that are set in New York City, and they have all inspired many visions of the city. I’ve always pictured this beautiful magnificent place. I pictured women like Anne Hathaway about to walk around …
I love to read and there is always one place that makes a repeat appearance in many of the books I read: New York City. After reading about New York for so long and the love people had for it, going to New York became a dream of mine. So, with this trip I finally got …
Lydia Mathis Professor Smith And Professor Scott LDR-102-C 4 March 2016 Individual Reflection This project has been an entirely new learning experience for me. I have had group presentations before, but I’ve never been so aware of the inner workings of a team and how everyone brings their own contributions. Throughout the semester, we’ve been learning …
Throughout the history of planet Earth, there has always been oppressed people. Sometimes these people remain oppressed, but then there are the times when a force appears that allows these people to overcome this oppression. This force is agency. Gaining agency is usually a gradual process and a lot of the time their are always …
In the preface of his novel Nigger of the Narcissus, Joseph Conrad wrote “My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word to make you hear, to make you feel–it is, before all, to make you see.” This is exactly what Christoph Lindner tries to do in his book …
This week’s discussion on New York was one that opened my eyes to the immense diversity and culture the city holds. This week we focused on the sidewalks of New York and how they are a site for conflict and negotiation. At the beginning of the week the thought that a simple sidewalk could be …
This week we were instructed to read the article “The Mindful Traveler.” The article urged the reader to stray away from being your average traveler and become mindful travelers, people who leave only good impacts on the places they travel to. Mindful travelers are able to appreciate and celebrate the cultures of others. They don’t …
The spring semester just started, so the first day of Global 102 was marked by introductions. We meet our professors, and we were informed of what to expect in the class. The class was then put into groups where we got to converse with our trip mates, and think up questions to ask our professors about …
The Search for Other Worlds is course that serves as an introduction to the history (and future) of other worlds. We explore facts and fiction, and often times fiction that morphs into fact. Through discussions, novels, films, and other resources, the class is learning about other worlds and the humans who have been tracking this …
