Transformations and Representations

A Lecture by Lucy Leake .... Things that threaten humanity....

This lecture concentrated on how Monsters are part of our lives. From am early age some of us are introduced to The Bogey Man; nursery rhymes contain characters such as The Big Bad Wolf etc,  we watch films that scare us and monsters are part of each of our lives in some way.

For this module we would be looking at the origins of monsters, the freak shows of the Victorian era, Mary Shell's Frankenstein and other sources.

Key Words
Others
Monsters
Science
Feminism
Difference
Technology
Gender
Culture
Threat
Fairy Tales

Lucy's Blog  - monsterslurkeverywhere.blogspot.com

Narrative Spaces

It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story

(Native American Saying)

The lecture today on Narrative Spaces was very interesting.  The above quote made me think of the many generations of Native Americans who passed their stories on to the following generation. It is sad that this is a dying art. We are so used to the technological advances of our society that discussion and conversation is giving way to media intervention. We are more isolated as we sit at the computer, more inclined to surf the net than talk to people.

But having said this, there is a resurgence of interest in finding out about our ancestors. Television programmes such as "Who Do You Think You Are" have become popular.

Tina mentioned :-

Narrative and memory
Places having a narrative
Narrative on bodies (i.e. The Maori Tribes, Ethiopian Tribes)
Memorials (9/11)
Family Albums
Narrative in Fine Art (Boltanski's Holocaust)
Autobiographies

This Module interests me because I have been considering my distant ancestors in Wales and how I am part of them.

Y Ddraig Goch a ddyry Gychwyn (The Welsh Dragon will show the Way)