“How are men represented in media platforms cross-culturally?”

A possible topic of investigation for one of my upcoming Liberal Studies Tutorials might be a cross-cultural exploration of how men are represented in media platforms across the world. Because media is a platform which purveys dominant cultural ideologies, analyzing media for how it represents men allows for a visual understanding of how different cultures construct and represent masculinity. This Tutorial would examine representations of men and masculinity in media platforms cross-culturally to develop further understanding of the
plurality of masculinities, the culturally-specific dominant forms of masculinity, an emerging
global hegemonic masculinity, and the pervasiveness of media in perpetuating masculine
stereotypes.

To access a PDF of my Research Plan, please click here.

Masculinity and Colonialism

Race, as a category, was linked to human reason and morality, to science, to colonialism and to the rights of citizenship in ways that produced the racialized discourse and racist practices of modernity. -Linda Tuhiwai Smith

To access a PDF of my Response Paper #4 to Research Through 
Imperial Eyes, please click here.

 

 

To access a PDF of my Response Paper #3 to Arrival, 
please click here.

To access a PDF of my Response Paper #2 to Gadamer and 
Heidegger, please click here.

To access a PDF of my Response Paper #1 to 
Ways of Seeing, please click here.

Here’s a clip of the author, John Berger, from his 1972 television series Ways of Seeing:

Here is a PDF link to my Fields of Interest Assessment Exercise.

This document outlines my current fields of interest as related to my upcoming Tutorials and final Graduation Project as part of my Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Liberal Studies. I have listed out my emerging fields of interest, all of which are Feminist-themed. This is followed by a list of six courses that I have taken at Capilano University that are relevant to my emerging fields of interest, including explanations of their relevance. After this, I explain one extra-curricular experience related to my fields of interest, followed by an explanation for my interest in these fields. Next, I provide analyses on two term papers that I have written during my time at Capilano University. Finally, I provide two sample ideas for my upcoming Tutorials.