Abstract This paper examines the subversion of the transmission of trauma and a response to loss reliant upon memories in Shin’s novel Please Look after Mom. Drawing on Hirsch’s theory of postmemory and the sociological theory of compressed modernity, I argue that the novel operates as a postmemorial work in its portrayal of a society that closely reflects the … [Read more...] about Memories as a Response to Loss and the Subversion of Postmemory in Shin Kyung-Sook’s Please Look after Mom
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Neuroplasticity on the Dancefloor: a study of dance’s impact on the brain
Dance – a form of human expression in which people move rhythmically to music, typically in a quick and lively way. Most people have danced at some point, whether during a night out, alone in their bedroom, in ballet lessons as a child, or even on stage. Impressively, dancing can make the brain livelier! Neuroplasticity refers to the brain's ability to change and adapt in … [Read more...] about Neuroplasticity on the Dancefloor: a study of dance’s impact on the brain
Putting the “Art” in Artificial Intelligence: How Generative AI Challenges Artistic and Human Identity
If you’d told me two years ago that I’d soon be able to type a short caption and get back fully-formed images of whatever I wanted in seconds, I wouldn’t have believed you. After all, how could a computer possibly learn to assemble shapes, lines, and colors into a visually compelling image without step-by-step instructions from a human artist? Yet this is precisely what is … [Read more...] about Putting the “Art” in Artificial Intelligence: How Generative AI Challenges Artistic and Human Identity
Laughter Through New Lens
Imagine you are dozing off in lecture when a change of pace brings you back—a video is to be shown. The opening scene depicts a little girl picking petals off a daisy. As she counts and the camera zooms in on her face, a chuckle escapes one of your classmates. Silence follows until an overpowering countdown begins that ends with a nuclear explosion. Suddenly, the room is full … [Read more...] about Laughter Through New Lens
Pandemics and Earth’s Resources as seen through the Epidemiology of HIV
Introduction Across the world in March of 2020, the colloquial usage of the word pandemic skyrocketed upon the initial discovery of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The several years in the fight against COVID has set a modern-day precedent for what a pandemic looks like in our world. The constant debates around dissemination of resources, vaccination policy … [Read more...] about Pandemics and Earth’s Resources as seen through the Epidemiology of HIV