Frames of Thought

Sousanis, Nick

doi:10.1632/pmla.2018.133.1.154

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“…As such, the sections of the article could be read separately from each other or as each other's justification, framework or expansion. The article does not follow the positivist tradition of the linear presentation of the argument as it largely contradicts the way people think and shape our thought (Marcuse, 2002;Sousanis, 2018). The argument developed in the paper expands not only our understanding of fear as a structural and politically inflicted phenomenon, and questions the imposition of the disciplinary borders, but also draws attention to the recurrence of solutions suggested over decades, genres and disciplines.…”

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Structural Fear and the Ways to Resist It

Golovátina-Mora

2022

apolit

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The article approaches the concept of structural violence by elaborating on the idea of fear as an indicator of social or individual self-destruction. It argues that learning to read fear is an important skill for individuation and, therefore, a part of resistance to oppressive practices. Based on Tolstoy’s political thought, the article draws attention to honesty, gratefulness, love, trust, creative act and responsibility as essential conditions for developing sensibility to read fear and the social structures. Likewise, the article looks at several popular series and literary pieces in each other’s context as an existing intellectual or even social discourse with a special emphasis on the science fiction and fantasy genres in the context of spiritual anti-hierarchical thought. A distinction is made between organic fear –a natural emotion with a function of developing self-recognitio– and structural fear –a tool for manipulation and control over individuals employed by social institutions. The natural character of the emotion, in other words, the experience of fear common to every person, makes it a convenient mechanism of control over the Other. The article uses the findings to support the qualitative turn in the social studies and particularly the tendency towards the holistic or ecological approach to data selection and data interpretation.

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Structural Fear and the Ways to Resist It

Golovátina-Mora

2022

apolit

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“…In the case of multimodality [8,13,[16][17][18][19], we must begin by looking at the idea of modes as semiotic resources. When we are talking about modes, we refer to the different ways in which we can convey messages.…”

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Video Composition As Multimodal Writing: Rethinking the Essay As Post-Literacy

Mora

Golovátina-Mora

2020

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This essay describes an academic experience that both authors shared during a research visit to Russia in November 2018. The goal of this experience was to introduce participants (students and professors) to the notion of multimodal writing as an alternative to how we create texts in class. The essay first contextualizes the idea of “post-literacy” as part of a worldwide move to rethink literacy, especially in this century. The essay then conceptualizes the notion of multimodality as a feature of these “post-literacies” and contextualizes this concept within the practical experience as both authors undertook in a masterclass at a Russian institution. For the masterclass, the authors asked everybody to make videos using only one smartphone and any other resources they had right beside them. After sharing what the activity was about and what attendants did, the authors provide a final moment of reflexivity for others who may want to consider implementing multimodal texts in their classrooms. Keywords: Post-literacy, multimodality, design, video essays, text creation

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Drawing the Body In: A Comic Essay on Trans Mobility and Materiality

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2018

Women's Studies in Communication

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Frames of Thought

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Structural Fear and the Ways to Resist It

Structural Fear and the Ways to Resist It

Video Composition As Multimodal Writing: Rethinking the Essay As Post-Literacy

Drawing the Body In: A Comic Essay on Trans Mobility and Materiality

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