For my exhibition, I would like to talk about Russia, as it is the country where I grew up. More specifically, I would like to talk about the representation of Russia in the rest of the world by the media (especially American and European) and the perceptions and biases people have against it and compare […]

For this blog post, I read the two articles “Albeist Architecture” which was about accesibility for disabled people and “The Technological Gap” which was about access to technology for poorer people. In the first case, “access” means the ability for disabled people to go about their business just like any other person without feeling hassled […]

I never really thought about ethics in design until reading the three articles/ webpages that we were assigned. However the soap detector example in the “What are ethics in design?” article resounded heavily with me as I often encounter the same problem of the soap dispenser or hand dryer not detecting my hand. I never […]

Oak Alley Plantation: It seems difficult to say that the Oak Alley plantation is a museum. There are multiple reasons for this. First of all, thee word “museum” is not visible anywhere on the home page of the website. On the top left of the page it’s clearly visible that the Oak Alley Plantation is […]

In class we were talking about different museum exhibits and the meanings behind them. We talked about ones with racist themes (a whip area for slaves) and one representing museum guards. We talked about how that exhibit included 4 headless when dressed in nothing noticeable which was a symbol for how almost everyone ignores museum […]