PinnedLara AgrawalThe Urban Space : New York City, explored through Michel de Certeau’s ‘Walking in the City’, from…Navigated through the distinctive literary explorations and intricate examinations of the city within Michel de Certeau’s chapter ‘Walking…Feb 19Feb 19
PinnedLara AgrawalCritical Theory : An Exegesis of Lukács’ ‘Reification and the Consciousness of the Proletariat’Georg Lukács, a literary theorist and philosopher, known as one of the founders of ‘Western Marxism’, wrote this essay, ‘Reification and…Mar 2Mar 2
Lara AgrawalThe Faces of Faith, Science, and Nature in Emily Dickinson’s FasciclesThis essay examines Emily Dickinson’s poetry in order to unveil her conceptions of science and spirituality, extracting through an analysis…Jun 22Jun 22
Lara AgrawalA Cyborg Ghost in the Ship : A Post-Structuralist Analysis of ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Through ‘A…This essay uses Donna Haraway’s 1985 text ‘A Cyborg Manifesto’ and the ‘Ship of Theseus’ thought experiment as post-structuralist lenses…Jun 22Jun 22
Lara AgrawalThe Devil in the Doubles : ‘The Uncanny’ in ‘The Sandman’Through the lens of Sigmund Freud’s theoretical text ‘The Uncanny’, this essay will examine E. T. A. Hoffman’s short story ‘The Sandman’…Mar 2Mar 2
Lara AgrawalHistory of Design : Poster AnalysisThis poster, seen at New York City’s Poster House exhibition, ‘Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant Garde’, is Edward McKnight Kauffer’s…Mar 2Mar 2
Lara AgrawalThe Opaque Gaze : Afterimages of the Image in ‘In Plato’s Cave’ and ‘Citizen: An American Lyric’Through Susan Sontag’s essay ‘In Plato’s Cave’ from her book On Photography and Claudia Rankine’s book Citizen: An American Lyric, this…Feb 29Feb 29
Lara AgrawalOngoing NYC Education Budget Cuts Call Into Question Efficacy of Current Funding SystemOn the evening of October 13th, a forum of mostly parent advocates gathered to strategize against the recent NYC education budget cuts by…Feb 19Feb 19