Scott McCloud is a cartoonist and he has written non-fiction books about comics and has given a TED talk on the subject. His personal circumstances (his work as a cartoonist) means that his non-fiction work on comic theory is given more weight. However, the influence of McCloud’s work as a Read more…
BBC Article: “Kenya pollution: How air sensors are helping people fight pollution” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50647465 The subject of the BBC News article, John Keiti, lives in a part of Kenya that suffers from serious pollution. He borrowed air pollution censors and set up a system that broadcast the data. As a result Read more…
May 2020 Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Essay Prescribed Title #5 is focused on the extent to which a single theory is enough to understand the world. The Japanese TV series Crayon Shinchan seems fairly superficial at first glance but there are a number of theories than can be used to Read more…
The “what is” and “why” parts of the first sentence of May 2020 Prescribed Title #1 is focused on observation and explanation. In The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood addresses these two questions. Her novel looks at a number of issues including the following: The mistreatment of women How authoritarian governments Read more…