Think Again: Dr. Julia Smith on Critical Thinking, Symbolism, and Meaning

Today's guest is Dr. Julia Smith; NMSU Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies | Feminist Methodologies | Film History and Theory | Critical Theory and Cultural Studies (Critical Race Theory, Queer Theory, Psychoanalytic Criticism) | Women in Transgressive Art, Film, and Literature  (19th c. to now).

 Dr. Smith brings a fun and thought-provoking conversation, sharing some of her thoughtfully nuanced considerations of:

• Thinking critically about written and spoken language, and visual symbolism
• Culturally embedded symbolic stereotypes of marginalized social groups
• Individual and collective determinations of "Meaning" "Truth" and what is "Real"
• Individual and collective cultural impacts of symbolism in film and television
• How the human brain translates, interprets, and responds to spoken words
• Symbolism within the contexts of time and social constructs

   
and more...

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