English 9
The Veldt Blackout Poem – English Honours 9
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I chose to do my blackout poem on alienation. Originally I was not planning on doing so, yet when I randomly turned to this page and read it, it spoke to me. I think that this theme can connect deeply with my poem. I wrote it as to what i imagine someone who cannot be separated and alone without their device. Almost the sensation drowning in their over consumption. My poem touches a lot on the movement of time, “20 minutes, an hour…” I chose to portray this and connect it with how easy it is to lose track of time being so absorbed in your technology. To add on, there are parts of the poem that repeat which a poetic device but also illustrates and reinforce the repetition of technology and how much one can be on it. Finally, another line that I think demonstrates this narrative of being alienated is “The wave of air, this time, was either interest or surprised, only misery”. I think this line can be connected bad to how so much information is on our fingertips but also how one who is alienated and addiction can also just feel numb. Touching on the imagery of my blackout poem, my goal was to make it chaotic but also empty at the same time. This was a challenge, but it was important to me as that is what I imagine someone’s head to be like.
Indigenous Exploration – Living Conditions Podcast
Here is Kirra and I’s Podcast on the impact of Residential Schools on Indigenous People in Canada.
Reflection:
Researching for this process was an experience. Some of the information that I found really shocked me, I could not even fathom many things I came across. Surprisingly, there is not as many articles regarding Indigenous living conditions as one might think. Thus, my partner and I spent a good amount of time finding reliable sources so we could share a good amount of insightful, educational, eye-opening information. On top of the minor research hurdle, I did have some other obstacles. At the beginning, I was worried about doing a group project, as I am a sort of perfectionist. But luckily, my partner and I worked together so that both of our ideas were heard and no one was doing all the work while the other was not contributing. This was very eye opening for me as I learned that I do not need to do all the work in a group project and it can turn out the way I would like even in a group setting. Here is further insight into the communications core competencies….
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Group : Meha Muralidharan, Kirra Whitehead
Topic : Living Conditions
Editing software : iMovie
Sources:
“Education for Indigenous Peoples.” United Nations, United Nations, https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/mandated-areas1/education.html.
“Living Conditions for First Nations ‘Unacceptable’: Fontaine | CBC News.” CBCnews, CBC/Radio Canada, 6 Feb. 2007, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/living-conditions-for-first-nations-unacceptable-fontaine-1.680540.
“Social Conditions of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/native-people-social-conditions#:~:text=Overcrowding%20is%20another%20issue%20affecting,in%20housing%20that%20was%20crowded.).
Silversides, Ann. “The North ‘like Darfur’.” CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 177, no. 9, 23 Oct. 2007, pp. 1013+. Gale In Context: Science, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A170157343/GPS?u=43dcbs&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=e1177719. Accessed 7 Mar. 2022.)