In light of the George Floyd trial and countless injustices that continue to happen to Black men and women, this project brings awareness to systemic racial injustice and sheds light to feelings of activism and outright anger. It is important to have conversations surrounding systemic injustice, no matter how uncomfortable…
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Thoughts on “The Snake”
This project has been inspired by the podcast The Anthropocene Reviewed, in which the host explores the personal and societal relevance of the many facets of the human-centered world. The essay I produced examines "The Snake" a soul song that unexpectedly emerged in the United States' national debate regarding immigration .…
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Presentation Slides: “Assessing Our Multimodal Selves”
This presentation is a visual representation of our efforts to facilitate a classroom discussion relating to the assigned reading materials for the week of March 22, 2021. Athena focused on the sections relating to algorithms and data collection, while I focused on the sections relating to assessing multimodal compositions in…
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Parody Quarantine Rap Song
For the first project, we were tasked with creating a “parody”, I decided to create a rap song in the theme of the popular rap group Migos. Focusing on quarantine and COVID-19 as focal points for the song . . .
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The Self-Help Transition Manifesto
This video is a manifesto about the nature of transition and change, and was assembled through Microsoft Power Point, a presentation software Audacity, an audio editing software and Shotcut, a video editing software. As the multiple platforms imply, the production of this project involves curating and formatting audio, video and…