Tag: academia

Man Submits 52,438 Word Dissertation Without Punctuation And Passes

If you've written an academic essay, you'll know how hard it is to keep to a word count, let alone checking your spelling and grammar. However, for one man the latter was one load off his mind. His 52,438-word thesis contained absolutely no punctuation whatsoever. Patrick Stewart wrote ‘Indigenous Architecture through Indigenous Knowledge’ without any commas, full …

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Madison Moore Gives Lectures On “How to be Beyoncé”

I can't tell you how many times I've seen the phrase "I wish I was Beyoncé" on Twitter or thereabouts. It's not going to happen but her influence in pop culture is strong enough to warrant emulation. This admiration hasn't gone unnoticed, however, as Madison Moore, a postdoctoral research associate from King’s College London, has started a …

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Thesis Discussing Hip Hop, Skate Culture & Web Culture In Tyler, The Creator's Music

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As someone who wrote a thesis for my music technology degree, I'm a sucker for music academic papers. This one piqued my interest. It relates to the multicultural facets of controversial rapper Tyler, The Creator. The thesis, written by Brazilian producer and musicologist Gustavo Souza Marques, discusses the ways Tyler, the Creator "shifts, but also maintains, some frames of gangsta …

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