In the capstone project for WR 150, “Diverse Disciplines: Childhood in Three Disciplines,” students selected the discipline, genre, audience, and scope of the final project based on the research and writing they accomplished throughout the semester and through the study of a self-selected childhood item. Skylar began her project by bringing in part of a childhood costume to the first day of class: a cape. Through her examination of that cape, she explored writing in Art History, Film, and Marketing before finally deciding to write within the discipline of Film and in the form of a TED Talk.
Skylar’s engaging and persuasive presentation on the correlation between superhero costumes and real-world conflicts is not only enlightening, but also relevant to current and ongoing conversations about film, representation, and the political climate. As a written text, Skylar’s script for her talk articulates an eye-opening argument in regard to how the super hero costume has, thus far, not been read as a visual text for real world politics. However, to see Skylar deliver her talk is to fully get a sense of this project’s magnetism, importance, and its future-leaning perspective.
— ANNA PANSZCZYK
WR 150: Diverse Disciplines: Childhood in Three Disciplines