I like the way you open your blog with a critique on critical art. with the statement by Martha Rosler, Culture class. In states. Social Critical Art can survive in an overheated market environment. Questioning: that the arts and the artists must serve the rich and be part of the dominant economies that that the world financial…Read more

Dear Elisie,

You start your faith blog with a statement on Realism:

Realism has nothing to do with the Real. On the contrary, the Real is what realism has continually to suppress.

The Faith Blog, for me, was very difficult to write. Our blog group had many points of view some of from a personal perspective. From your…Read more

I enjoyed reading your post highlighting the intersections of faith, religion, and violence, where a women’s religious faith can make her open to physical harm from different aspects in a society.

You reference several articles to support this point of v…Read more

Thank you for your comments on my racism blog. I do pose a lot of questions in how we engage with racism at CSM and what systems we have in place to support students.

But I believe you have pin pointed the core issue that is a major flaw when it comes to anti-racism training; that the target should be at the structural and…Read more

Thank you for your Blog Post 2: How faith intersects with other identity factors

I really enjoyed reading your blog and I was quickly drawn to the essential points you raise concern women with intersecting identities that are vulnerable to abuse, discrimination, marginalization, and on their well-being within societies. I feel…Read more

Thank you for your comments on my Faith Blog and I agree with you that this is a difficult topic to navigate within an educational environment.

You raise two points that has made me think deeper about ‘unseen’ faith and its outward appearance. I did not consider that students may not want to reveal their faith (visually/symbolism…Read more

Totally agree with everything that you have said. External support; translators, sign language skills, are heavily dependent on college agreed financing/budgets.

Lets hope in the future that these resources will be available to support our students and staff.

Michael

I really enjoyed your detailed forensic engagement and dissection of the learning material presented to us on ‘disability and intersectionality’ for Blog post #1 unit 2
I liked, the way you examined the structures of professional artists and the importance of citizenship and visibility. To support Queen Shores. Vision. You hig…Read more

Thank you for your comments on my ‘Disability’ blog. Your thoughts on this are very welcomed.

The point you raised on about ‘social model of disability’ is an aspect that I have encountered around the accessibility for disabled students entering buildings (students with limited movement or are wheel chaired bound) and worksho…Read more

Thank you for your comments on my blog on ‘Disability’. Thank you for noting the point that societies views on disability and invisibility can be based on experience and that we must be aware of this so that accessibility should be available for all.

It is frustrating that any changes to take place to support the disable-is very…Read more

Thank you for your comments on my ‘Faith’ blog, your thoughts on it are very helpful. I agree with you that financial support for disabilities is essential for students to progress in their education and it is important that institutes and local borough communities have systems in place to encourage this. I think both of us have…Read more

Thank you for your comments on my ‘Faith’ blog. It is true that some religions do not have a code to show or demonstrate their religious faith.

I agree with your observation on society and politics do have an impact on students views and beliefs. To add to your point on the peaceful protest and occupation of the CSM reception; the…Read more

It was great reading your response to the reading material and YouTube video clip- workshop 1&2 blog tasks set for us to research-intersectionality, disability, race, and gender. I like your observations and summary of the materials: Kimberly Crenshaw’s theory of intersectionality (Crenshaw, K 1991). Chay Brown’s int…Read more

below are several paragraphs from articles I have found that resonated with me on the meaning of the…Read more