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3 HASTAC Scholars Interview Dr. Chatelain
Three HASTAC Scholars Interviewed Dr. Chatelain: Mai Ibrahim: Franchise is a very interesting read. What inspired you to write it? I’ve always been...
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Chapter 5: Black America, Brought to You by ...
HASTAC Scholar – Lisa Covington Chapter 5: Black America, Brought to You by . . . Review is coming…
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Introduction: From Sit-In to Drive-Thru
In the introduction of Franchise , Marcia Chatelain uses the tagline "From Sit-In to Drive-Thru" to illustrate how fast-food restaurant franchises...
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Thinking through a pandemic: reflections & resources from humanities and social sciences
Cihan: On March 10, when the Futures Initiative team was preparing to start working remotely, I started to write a few paragraphs reflecting on the...
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Chapter 7: The Miracle of the Golden Arches
“What do your research and scholarship—RIGHT NOW—challenge and remake? What do your institutional practices—RIGHT NOW—challenge and remake?” At the...
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The Problem of Defining Civilization
“Civilized” is often used as loaded ethical language. Traditionally, whenever we praise human action, we call it “civilized,” whether it is table...
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On Dissertating During Quarantine
When my cohort received the news last month that the library was shutting down until further notice, we messaged each other frantically on our group...
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Where Do We Go From Here? Building Community in the Post-COVID Public University
Like many people, I feel that my world has turned upside down. But has the world turned upside down? Yes, lots of things are very different today...
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Scholar Spotlight: Norah Elmagraby
Why did you apply to HASTAC? I learned about HASTAC during the third year of my Ph.D. while coming across an announcement from Emory University’s Fox...
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Scholar Spotlight: Monique Kampherm
Hi there! I am Monique Kampherm and I am a PhD candidate in English Language and Literature at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada,...
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Conclusion: Bigger than a Hamburger
Growing up in a rural, predominantly white community, food options, including grocery stores and fast food restaurants were at least a 20-minute...
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Chapter 3: The Burger Boycott and the Ballot Box
The Summer of 1968 marked a dangerous time immediately after MLK’s assassination – racial tensions were high throughout the United States, and Mayor...
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Chapter 6: A Fair Share of the Pie
Chapter 6 focuses on two lawsuits against McDonald’s by black franchisees in 1970s and 1980s Los Angeles. Litigants, James T. Jones and Charles...
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A Philosophical Review So Far of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me
“But all our phrasing … serves to obscure that racism is a visceral experience, that it dislodges brains, blocks airways, rips muscle, extracts...
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Scholar Spotlight: Ramneet Kaur Bhullar
1. Why did you apply to HASTAC? HASTAC was brought my attention from a professor at my current university, Dr. Janni Aragon at UVIC. I was a first-...
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White Supremacy and Oregon Academic Libraries
Why is it important to explore the relationship between white supremacy and academic libraries in general, let alone Oregon academic libraries? The...
