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Shaun Huston
Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
I am a professor of geography and film studies at Western Oregon University. I use TypePad for my class blogs and other professional projects.
Interests: film, television, comics, geography, academia, politics, culture
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Last week of blogging
A reminder that this is the last week of blogging. The week ends at 11:59 pm on R 12/5. Continue reading
Posted Dec 4, 2019 at People, Space & Place
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Last week of blogging
A reminder that this is the last week of blogging. The week ends at 11:59 pm on R 12/5. Continue reading
Posted Dec 4, 2019 at Geog/Film
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How is your Report coming along?
How is the drafting of your Final Report? What did you learn from the in-class review this week? What is most important for you to work on before the submitting? Continue reading
Posted Dec 3, 2019 at People, Space & Place
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Comparative Analysis drafts
You should bring a shareable rough draft of your third Comparative Analysis to class on W 12/4. Continue reading
Posted Dec 3, 2019 at Geog/Film
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Topics for M 12/2
Here are, belatedly, some topics for our discussion of X2. Feel free to comment. Which characters embody mutation as marginalization? Which can “pass”? How does the film in particular show mutation as a metaphor for gayness/queerness? How does Mystique (Rebecca Romijn) embody mutation as queerness? Brian Cox as William Stryker... Continue reading
Posted Dec 2, 2019 at Geog/Film
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Reflecting on the films
So, thinking back on all of the films we have screened this term: Which film is your favorite? Least favorite? Which are you likely to watch again? Which are you likely to never watch aagain? What film are most glad to have seen? Least glad? Which was most interesting to... Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2019 at Geog/Film
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Mutants On The Margins
Are mutants/the X-Men compelling to you as marginalized figures? What do see them as being a metaphor for, e.g., sexuality, gender identity, race and ethnicity, ability? How does X2 show this marginalization? Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2019 at Geog/Film
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Final call for theory topics and questions
Last chance to get your film questions answered. Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2019 at Geog/Film
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What have you learned this term?
What's the most important thing you learned from this class? The most interesting? What are you still confused by? Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2019 at People, Space & Place
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Topic choices
How happy did you end up being with your topic choices for your Field Assignment? Which of the topics that you did not choose are the most curious about? Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2019 at People, Space & Place
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Merchants of Cool
Here is the Frontline documentary we discussed. Feel free to continue the discussion here. Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2019 at People, Space & Place
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Open thread
Post on other matters from the week here. Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2019 at Geog/Film
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Open thread
Post on other matters related to the class here. Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2019 at People, Space & Place
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Initial reactions to X2
Share your initial reactions to X-Men: United here. Continue reading
Posted Nov 27, 2019 at Geog/Film
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Week 10 Reminders
On T 12/3, you should have a draft of your Report ready to share and on R 12/5, I will be doing a final Field Diary/Notes Check. Get details on the Field Assignment Continue reading
Posted Nov 27, 2019 at People, Space & Place
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Field Diary/Notes Check T 11/26
I will be taking class time next T to review your Field Diary/Notes. So, be sure to bring what you have. Get details on the Field Assignment Continue reading
Posted Nov 25, 2019 at People, Space & Place
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Autoethnography and Scavenger Hunt prompts 5
For either approach, go back to one from a previous week, preferably one that you already used, and redo it. What new insight do you get from the second time? Continue reading
Posted Nov 25, 2019 at People, Space & Place
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Peer reviews
What did you get out of the peer review of the Proof of Concept drafts? How did talking about your Report help? How set up do you feel you are for finishing the Field Assignment? Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2019 at People, Space & Place
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Scholarly articles
How challenging did you find the reading choices for T (11/19)? Did you skim or sample any of the articles before making your selections or did you just go off of titles and descriptions? Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2019 at People, Space & Place
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Carol On The Margins
How do Carol (Cate Blanchett) and Therese (Rooney Mara) negotiate their identities in daily life? In what way do they try and flee "to the margins" to live their lives together? Why doesn't this work? What are the power differences between the two of them? Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2019 at Geog/Film
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Theory questions
Next to last chance to ask whatever you want about film. Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2019 at Geog/Film
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Skate films and videos
Feel free to follow up on our discussion of skateboarding in comments here. Dogtown & Z-Boys can be checked out from library reserve. You can also rent the film from Amazon instant video and other services. 1. Here is the video on girls and women who skate: "Can You Kickflip?"... Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2019 at People, Space & Place
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Open thread
Post on other matters from the week here. Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2019 at People, Space & Place
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Open thread
Post on other matters from the class here. Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2019 at Geog/Film
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Missed discussion
Posted Nov 21, 2019 at People, Space & Place
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