Moco Museum – Amsterdam

The Moco Museum, short for Modern Contemporary Museum, is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, near other art museums including the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum. The Moco Museum is home to the variety of works of art created by Banksy. Banksy is a British artist that utilizes street art such as graffiti and vandalism […]

La Sagrada Familia

When initially deciding that I would be spending my semester abroad in Barcelona, the first attraction that I thought of exploring when I arrived was La Sagrada Familia, a famous basilica designed primarily by Antoni Gaudi. The construction of the basilica was started when the foundation was laid in the year 1882. At the time, […]

Park Guell

For one of my cultural experience activities, I chose to spend the afternoon at Park Guell. Park Guell is another one of Antoni Gaudi’s famous works in the Barcelona region. The word “Guell” comes from the man that originally owned the land that is now home to the park, Eusebi Guell. Eusebi hired on Gaudi […]

Media Influencer

If you were to ask someone 5 years ago what a social media influencer was, that would probably lead to a confusing conversation as digital influencer is such a new concept to our society. The rapid growth of technology and social media has changed the way users engage on these platforms, even creating careers for […]

Wikipedia Entry Attempt

Creating a wikipedia page was never something I saw myself doing. Or even editing an existing page. I am knowledgable about Wikipedia, however in both high school and college, I was never able to use it as a credible source since it is created and modified by internet users. Although my professors along the way […]

Field Study 2

Last week, I had the opportunity to go on a field study of the El Born area, wandering the streets and learning about the way of life in Barcelona many years prior. The streets we walk through in present day were originally belonged to different Guilds – craftsmen that specialized in certain fields that spent […]

What Do You Meme?

To start, I first should explain to you what a meme is. If you search “meme”, the google definition is “an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations.” According to Andrew Chesterman in his book Memes of Translation: The Spread of Ideas in Translation Theory a meme is […]

Millennials & Digital Natives

Millennials and Digital Natives are two groups of people whose childhood was heavily influenced by technology. It can be argued that this type of upbringing is both harmful and helpful to the generation. Most members of older generations do not believe millennials are productive whatsoever because of the amount of times they spend on their […]

Roman City of Barcino

Our first field experience was touring the Roman area of Barcelona, originally called Barcino. On our field trip we visited the Museum de la Ciutat which gave an inside view of roman life and the different architectural and lifestyle differences. To begin our trip, we walked around the outside of the Cathedral which was interesting […]

Net Neutrality and Why We Need It

So I guess the first question that should be answered is “What is Net Neutrality?”. According to the ACLU, net neutrality means “applying well established common carrier rules to the internet in order to preserve its freedom and openness”[2]. In simpler terms, net neutrality allows any individual with access to the internet the right to […]