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May 20Fencing Policies: Examining U.S. & Mexican Immigration Laws
Written by Tara GrahamFencing Policies is a website produced by U.C. Berkeley undergraduate student Maria Esparza during the 2013 spring semester. ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE: Recently, immigration has been all over the news but not many of these conversations have touched on human rights. There are different angles to the immigration debate; this website will focus on economic migrants’ rights. Specifically, what immigration laws are in place in the United States and...
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May 20Literacy Lockup: Education in American Prisons
Written by Tara GrahamLiteracy Lockup is a website produced by U.C. Berkeley undergraduate student Katherine Fleeman during the 2013 spring semester. ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE: Prison is often out of sight, out of mind, and therefore not commonly discussed. Prisons are frequently built in rural and economically depressed areas and are therefore far from scrutiny. Security measures – such as prohibiting visitors from bringing in cell phones and cameras — make it difficult to...
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May 20SPACExRACE: The Physical Frontiers Defining Race In America
Written by Tara GrahamSPACExRACE is a website produced by U.C. Berkeley undergraduate student Nishant Budhraja during the 2013 spring semester. ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE: The overall concept behind SPACExRACE is one that embraces and delves into complexity. As such, readers who are perhaps less familiar with concepts related to spatiality and race (and even those who are familiar) may find it helpful to get some background information on the topics at hand....
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Dec 23The Conflict Medium: Reporting/Constructing Conflict Around The World
Written by Tara GrahamThe Conflict Medium is a website produced by U.C. Berkeley undergraduate student Rashad Sisemore in my online research and web production course during the 2012 fall semester. ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE: Today, when you turn on the television or open up a newspaper, you will most likely come across a news story relating to violence or conflict. In this era of globalization, we are increasingly interested with populations and...
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Dec 23Poverty Pitch: Exploring The Intersection Of American Business & Poverty Action
Written by Tara GrahamPoverty Pitch is a website produced by U.C. Berkeley undergraduate student Dominique Martinez in my online research and web production course during the 2012 fall semester. ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE: Should I support Fair Trade coffee or buy a drink that sends a kid to school? #FirstWorldProblems A few years ago, the whole world was called to “Make Poverty History.” Suddenly, social development and poverty alleviation were no longer...
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Dec 21Musical Bark: Endangerment Of The Pernambuco Tree
Written by Tara GrahamMusical Bark is a website produced by U.C. Berkeley undergraduate student Erica Smolin in my online research and web production course during the 2012 fall semester. ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE: Pernambuco wood, which is native to the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Forest, has been extracted from its natural habitat for nearly 400 years. When the Europeans colonized Brazil in the early 16th century, they found what became...
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Dec 20Righteous Eats: Regulating International Food Delicacies
Written by Tara GrahamRighteous Eats is a website produced by U.C. Berkeley undergraduate student Rachel Soeharto in my online research and web production course during the 2012 fall semester. ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE: Food bans and regulations imply a certain criminal activity in acquiring an edible good. In some cases, this assumption is a fallacy, considering the multiple indices in which the food can be served in a “right” or ethical way....
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May 20Bursting The [Filter] Bubble: Tracking Algorithmic Filtration On The Internet
Written by Tara GrahamBursting the Bubble is a website produced by U.C. Berkeley undergraduate student Nupur Behera during the 2012 spring semester. ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE: The term filter bubble was coined by Internet activist Eli Pariser and describes the way websites use algorithms to select what users might want to see based on browser history and data. Some say these personalized filters create invisible divides between web users and enclose people in...
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Dec 23Fist Pump The World: Tracking The Global Spread of Electronic Dance Music
Written by Tara GrahamFist Pump The World is a website produced by U.C. Berkeley undergraduate student Kyle Meshna in my international reporting course during the 2011 fall semester. ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE: Electronic Dance Music (EDM) is overwhelmingly popular in western contemporary culture. The 2010 Electric Daisy Carnival, a “massive” music festival, attracted nearly 200,000 attendants over a two-day period, according to the LA Times. So where did this music genre come...
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Aug 31Media, Politics & Society: The Arab World In The Global Context
Written by Tara GrahamMedia, Politics & Society: The Arab World In The Global Context is a website I produced to house all of the student work produced in a Middle Eastern Studies course I taught during the 2011 summer semester. ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE: This six-week Middle Eastern Studies course was principally concerned with the politics of the Middle East and the region’s changing position and portrayal in the world. In an...
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