About Us
We are a diverse collection of undergraduate students at the University of Missouri. We aim to explore the vast corners of the Internet, in attempts to unite culture and knowledge from the world over. With our study of a wide range of disciplines — including journalism, public affairs, political science, German, Russian, Korean, American Sign Language, international studies, communications, social entrepreneurship, sociology, and health care— each student offers his or her own area of expertise.
Our goal with “Blogging the World” is to tie together popular trends, special interests, and interesting or strange news from around the world. We analyze blogs and websites originating outside of the US with the hope of successfully translating both language and culture.
We hope to interpret, explain, and summarize why and how culture happens around the world. Perhaps more importantly, we hope to contextualize the current events we come across and show the reader why it matters. We see ourselves as innovators, bridging language and cultural gaps by way of the vast blogosphere.
In “Blogging the World,” we are interested in the many ways in which culture occurs, through language, politics, music, art, media, technology, and everyday life.
