F(STEM)inism at Western

The research that my partner Kennedy and I have done so far is very interesting. We emailed 15 or so professors, both men and women, and only women responded to our request of interviews and class observations. My interview went well with Professor Borda, who’s been at Western for 13 years. She said that when … Continue reading F(STEM)inism at Western

Project 5 Field Notes

So far our project is off to a really good start. Through our survey created by google docs we have gotten over 155 responses and a wide range of people from different ages, majors, genders, political backgrounds etc. We hope to get even more people to take the survey before we start drawing conclusion but … Continue reading Project 5 Field Notes

The Life of a Youth

Reflection of “The Life of a Youth” by Emma and Sydney When initially putting the two narratives together, we first decided to try a visual collage. During the time in which we were trying to come up with meaningful symbols for our stories, we realized that we had more options of audio symbols than visual … Continue reading The Life of a Youth

The life of a youth

When initially putting the two narratives together, we first decided to try a visual collage. During the time in which we were trying to come up with meaningful symbols for our stories, we realized that we had more options of audio symbols than visual ones. This led us to the decision to change our course … Continue reading The life of a youth

Is Anyone Out There?

Upon reading both our literacy narratives, we noticed a bit of overlap in our themes. Our first theme we aim to portray is a lack of confidence. In Javareah’s case, lack of confidence in his abilities to write. In mine, interacting with my classmates. To symbolize this in our audio clip we have the song … Continue reading Is Anyone Out There?

The Power of Reading

Literacy works in strange ways, for some it brings out emotion and speaks to people making them feel happy, sad, scared, frustrated ect. For others it brings knowledge, wisdom, and a drive to learn more. We decided to show the very different experiences we have had with literature through our collage using contrast, repetition, alignment, … Continue reading The Power of Reading