Cinematography and Mise-en-scene in the Arrival 2016 Villeneuve, Denis’s 2016 film, Arrival, focuses on the mystery faced by linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) and investigators elite team as they try to find ways of communicating with extra-terrestrial visitors. The invasion by aliens raises great concern regarding the possibility of getting colonized by other creatures after humans colonise each other. From a post-colonial lens, watching […]

Education Development in Underserved Regions: The Role of For-Profit Volunteer Teaching Programs Education is one of the most important tools used to build the future for societies, especially for societies living in areas where they cannot afford to attend school. Volunteer teaching has emerged as a significant solution for addressing education deficits, especially in these areas within for-profit arrangements. This research brief looks at the […]

Education to Promote Change, Empowerment, and Resilience As globalization advances, I have discovered that education is gradually transforming not only from a vital stage in human development but also from the means to tackle comprehensive global and humanitarian challenges. This week’s readings underscore the power of education to shape societies, whether through promoting environmental awareness and citizenship, as Misiaszek discusses in “Ecopedagogy and Citizenship in […]

Entrepreneur Self-Portrait While Barringer & Ireland (2019) define entrepreneurship as the process through which individuals go after opportunities without regard of the resources they are in current control of to exploit future goods and services, I resonate more with their definition of entrepreneurship that refers to it as the art of turning an idea into a business. This is because, from an early age, I […]

Project on Early Childhood Education Entrepreneurial Life Skills Activities Describing the ProbleIntroduction Early childhood education is important in molding childhood and the abilities of learners, as well as helping children gain the independence that they will use in later years. Traditional early childhood curricula mainly emphasize cognitive and social development domains covering academic content, particularly literacy and numeracy. However, many of them fail to include […]

The Interplay of Culture, Identity, and Structure in Foods We Eat Food serves as more than just nourishment; it is a potent cultural and identity symbol that shapes and reflects our identities as people and as communities. Our dietary preferences reflect various facets of our identities rooted in our social and physical surroundings. We are impacted by the meals cultivated or sold in our geographic […]

Addressing Food Inaccessibility through the Food Justice Movement Everyone has a right to food, yet millions of people in minority groups in the United States and around the world do not have decent quality, good, and culturally convenient food. This is what has been labeled Food insecurity, and it arises squarely from a societal structure that is prejudiced on both racial and economic divides. As […]

How Muhammad Ali used Boxing Talent and Activism to Fight against Racial Inequality in America The story of racism and boxing goes back to the period when the sport was introduced to slaves whose majority were from the black community. However, slave owners regulated the sport because they did not want slaves to get permanent injuries since they played a pivotal role in their economic […]

The Importance of Interactive Discussions in Online Learning Environments Unlike traditional passive methods of learning where most students engaged in face-to-face classroom interaction, online interactive learning method has revolutionized our education system by enabling students to have an immersive learning experience. The idea of creating online learning environments that can offer interactive discussions to learners remains a game changer because it is one of the […]

Parliament Funkadelic Full Concert at Capitol Theatre 1978 The Performance as a Whole: Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, I was unable to attend a live performance hence I decided to analyze the Parliament Funkadelic concert that took place on the 6th of June 1978. The venue for the concert was Capitol Theatre, which had a multi-camera system to capture the show in decent, black-and-white quality with better […]