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This project examines the pedagogical foundations of the film criticism as it is performed within the pages of seminal cinema journal Cahiers du Cinéma between 1951 and 1971. Founded by André Bazin and Jacques Doniol-Volcroze in 1951, Les Cahiers du Cinéma is integral to the his…

This thesis project explicates the proliferation of “authentic” goods in urban millennial consumer culture. Whether a product makes appeals to its historicity, uses labels such as “Ethically Sourced” and “Fair Trade,” or advertises with cinema verité aesthetics, the production o…

The thesis studies Greece's main political and economic narratives, their actions in power, and the recommendations from intragovernmental agencies since 1980. It addresses the corruption from the public and private sector, as well as the pension crisis from 2012 to 2014, in ord…