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Escaping Wars and Waves Olivier Kugler’s compelling series of evocative drawings documents the experiences of Syrian refugees he met in Iraqi Kurdistan, Greece, France, Germany, Switzerland and England, mostly on assignment ...

Seeing the news out of Syria this morning, sharing a powerful work of graphic journalism that I teach in #GraphicCultures, Olivier Kugler’s Escaping Wars & Waves: Encounters with Syrian Refugees.
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I was just discussing the AIDS Memorial Quilt in my #GraphicCultures class. We were reading @comicnurse.bsky.social’s TAKING TURNS, which has a drawing depicting the largest indoor display of the Quilt in Chicago in 1998.

Love this comics project! One reason comics & graphic narratives have been a focus of the book banners is because they are so effective at communicating complex ideas & issues to diverse audiences. #GraphicCultures

Graphic cultures I'm teaching my Graphic Cultures class again this semester. I've changed things up a little and have added a new Memory work: Redrawing a photograph assignment. Also, I'm thrilled that Bishakh (Rani) ...

In my #GraphicCultures class this semester, I'm having students do a project that utilizes memory work as method. I'm calling this exercise "Memory work: Re-drawing a photograph"--you can find the description on my syllabus posted here...
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Graphic cultures I'm teaching my Graphic Cultures class again this semester. I've changed things up a little and have added a new Memory work: Redrawing a photograph assignment. Also, I'm thrilled that Bishakh (Rani) ...

#GraphicCultures syllabus is up on my website. Check it out!
lisadiedrich.org/2024/08/19/g...

Stack of books on white desk with window in background with blurry trees. From bottom of stack: Art Spiegelman’s THE COMPLETE MAUS, Thi Bui’s THE BEST WE COULD DO, MK Czerwiec’s TAKING TURNS, Alison Bechdel’s FUN HOME, & Bishakh Som’s SPELLBOUND.

Working on my syllabus for my #GraphicCultures class this fall. Book stack 📚of some of the texts we’ll be reading.

Omg! Cannot wait for this. If you haven’t read the first book, do it—it’s brilliant. #GraphicCultures

The teacher whose Great Barrington classroom was searched for 'Gender Queer' book is taking a tempor... A family forum is set for school families on Wednesday night, while upcoming School Committee and Select Board meetings will give the public a chance to weigh in.

More disturbing fallout from attempts to ban GENDER QUEER in Massachusetts. #GraphicCultures
www.berkshireeagle.com/breaking/gre...

Graphic Cultures: Create your own comic final project | Drawing|Teaching|Healing

Check out the amazing comic my student Leah Walker made for my #GraphicCultures class & posted with her permission on the Drawing|Teaching|Healing blog. Such a moving tribute to her sister & other healthcare workers caring for folks with COVID.
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Finished up my #GraphicCultures class with Chanel Miller's powerful animated short "I Am With You," in which she demonstrates how drawing can be a means of healing from trauma.
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When the World Is Full of Noise I have to tell you: there’s a guy out there combatting noise with birdsong.

Chanel Miller’s latest comic in the New Yorker is a brief respite amidst all the horror now. I’m grateful for her sometimes searing, sometimes gentle, always brilliant work.
#GraphicCultures
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Very cool! I’m teaching FUN HOME in my #GraphicCultures class in a couple weeks & have also had a quick dip into her archives at Smith. Can’t wait to go back!