Jaws and mudlarks

23/03/2023 16 min

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Episode Synopsis

I explore two metaphors in this episode: How the movie Jaws relates to the online pivot, and how mudlarks provide a metaphor for educational technologists.

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COVID-19 screening strategies that permit the safe re-opening of college campuses.
Jaws as patriarchal myth.
Integrating ideology and archetype in rhetorical criticism, part II: A case study of Jaws
Reification and utopia in mass culture.
“Jaws”: The shifting models of masculinity in Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster.
Mudlark (Wikipedia)
Mudlarking: Lost and found on the river Thames