Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Blog Post 4

 Look at the role of graffiti in Colombia, Argentina, Honduras, and Brazil & comment on
another student’s Blog Post. Check out the following websites and videos, and write a blog post answering the following questions: How does each country use this form of nonverbal communication? How does it compare to Northern Africa? Then comment on one other student's post.

Colombia: http://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2012/sep/10/graffiti-bogota-colombia-pictures
Argentina: http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2013/08/20138514298675371.html 
Honduras: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/06/20136131358438705.html 
Brazil: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/08/11/magazine/Look_Brazil.html?_r=2& 

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Blog Post 3

Read about “Bangkok’s ‘Mexican’ Gangsters”, post your response, & comment on another student’s Blog Post.  http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2014/03/21/photo-essay-bangkoks-mexican-gangsters 

How are Thai gangsters an example of cultural appropriation of another subculture? What do we learn about Thai and Mexican subcultures from this article & video within the article?

Blog post 3 is due on Thursday, October 23.