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Blog Post #8

In DuBois’s “The Sorrow Songs,” he emphasizes that these are songs that have roots of pain. They truly sang, touching deep into their souls. Their purpose for singing was that they were enslaved, and had to go through countless hardships and injustices to their people. They also sang songs pertaining to their belief in God and hoped to be free one day, regardless if it was through death or not. Singing was a form of mental therapy for them, and through singing, they were able to free their minds and souls. Although they fought in countless wars, worked, and took care of many children, they were not being appreciated and were not seen as equal.

“Roll, Jordan, Roll” is the song that stood out the most in this chapter. This song was mainly about finally reaching heaven, and truly being free from everything. The songs that they sang were passed down from their ancestors, and they continued to pass it on to the younger generation, which is why it holds so much value. To this day, people still sing it. This shows that this song does reflect people’s beliefs about being free from all their problems, and finally reaching god.

Blog Post #7

Damon Krukowski claims that record stores are ” “The marginalized, the rejected, the repressed” since most music outlets are online-based. Nobody buys records and vinyl anymore because they are considered outdated. More people nowadays believe that listening to music on vinyl or record or anything that they used to in ‘ the old days ‘ is just aesthetically pleasing, but the more practical way is listening to it with headphones or through a speaker. The large difference is that when you go to a record store you truly get to experience the music, feel the vibe and aura, know about the artist, and have a heart-to-heart connection with the music as you are able to inquire about it. Using apps, you only get music that was randomly generated through recommendations and what you have previously liked. 

Blog post # 6

Damon Krukowski tells us the function of both analog microphones is the same. Their purpose is to transfer information and communication through multiple parties. Although they are intended for the same purpose, analog microphone happen to give a better perception of what the speaker is trying to say. Through analog microphones, tone and feeling can be understood directly. Digital microphones, however, are much smaller in size and do not truly convey how deep the meaning of the speaker’s speech might be. In the podcast, he states that “As Roman points out the sound of our voices on the phone have gotten worse as we’ve switched to digital but it’s not bc the mc have gotten worse… no matter how close we hold them to our mouths, there’s no proximity effect on a cell phone… the reason is that unlike the old analog phones, cell phones don’t transmit the full range of sound picked up by their mics.. they compress it to whatever engineers have decided was unnecessary data… the compression of our voices on our cell phones makes it easier to share over digital networks… they’re intended to get the essential information across… “. This proves that there is scientific backing behind why there is less character and presence in the voices over the phone since engineers want the communication simply exchanged.

 

2) I think that the sounds that ASMR was very interesting. I had not known that there would be different sensations, triggers, and feelings that this would bring upon me. I never truly pay attention to what I hear, it all just seems like, just a sound. It was eye-opening to realize how much of an impact sound has on the world.

 

Blog Post #5

It is just in human nature to want to be by ourselves once in a while regardless of how extroverted one might be. Sometimes, it’s because we just want to be quiet and private and out of the spotlight. This is an attitude that is shared by many people in New York City. One main area where this happens is in the public transportation system. Specifically, the MTA. In the MTA, it can be seen that there are many performers like singers, dancers, and there is often time also homeless people. There is a heavy amount of isolation in this area. David states, ” In Tokyo, people pretend to go to sleep to avoid eye contact. But here, with all these headphones, it’s like we’re avoiding ear contact “. This proves that people universally do not like communicating with each other. Many people, even in New York, go out of their way to avoid holding or initiating a conversation with each other. Therefore, people use headphones or earbuds to ignore other people.

His ideas do line up with my own beliefs and experiences. I do not truly like talking to people so I usually try to avoid eye or ear contact. I like listening to music or watching a movie while I’m on public transportation so that nobody talks to me.

Blog Post 4

Over time, there have been countless protests and civil movements in order to enrich the government and make the lives of minorities better through government reform. There is a lot of violence against people of color from the police. Current media is showing the true colors of how corrupt the policing system truly is. Martin A. Berger highlights that the reason that newspaper writers and News anchors use alluring titles where they emphasize the current situations and events in hopes of more customers and viewers ( mostly white ), and this destresses them in a way. This has been happening for decades. The media taking the experiences and oppression of minorities in order to profit off of them. This undervalues and diminishes the entire concept. In order to help society to move forward and be better, the positives of minorities should be brought to attention, rather than just showing the negatives and creating a bad stigma around that community.

Blog post 3

1.According to Berger, “publicity” is one way an owner promotes their business to earn more money and expand it. In the video, he mentions that pictures are the best way to attract attention for the consumer because in the picture everything looks perfect. Publicity persuades people to do something even if they do not have any money. Companies offer them a credit card on a high price of interest in order for the consumers to buy things that look good in their eyes. He mentions that publicity pictures suggest that if they buy this their life will be different, and more desirable.

2. When we compare oil paintings to publicity photography, both give us a totally different message. As we saw in the video, the oil painting promotes women’s beauty but most of the pictures contained women are without clothes. Artists used women in the pictures as an object that encourage sexuality but on the other hand, publicity pictures show the reality of life that is very important to see what is going on around the world, they truly show the true story of some unlucky peoples’ life.

3. He mentions three dreams in the video. A dream of the good life, the skin without a biography, and the dream of faraway places.

Blog Post #1

  1. According to Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein’s book, the model of ” entering the conversation ” is very beneficial in many situations since this way helps to organize one’s argument and format in a way that is clear in all aspects. In this, the person listens to and understands the way the opposition thinks and then, you could project your argument more effectively in a way that everyone can understand.
  2. These were two very intriguing videos. Looking at artwork gives us a stronger and more developed analysis of all aspects in life. It gives you a deeper meaning, and it answers the questions of what the purpose of many things are. You can stand back, and look at the bigger picture of everything. As you notice smaller and more details of something, the more your start to understand their presence and the value it holds in terms of a message that is being sent out.

Kulwinder mangrha

Hi everyone my name is Kulwinder Mangrha. I am from India. I finished my high school in my country but i did not get the chance to complete my college. I came to the United States 12 years ago , here I live with my husband and kids but now I got the chance to fulfill my dreams to complete college. As a mother it is very hard to me to do it so many thing at a one time but I am trying my best. English is my second language so it makes things harder for me when I’m doing my college work.