Issue Two

Writing Upside Down Worlds

The second issue of The Arts and Science Review, Writing Upside Down Worlds comes together after a year of critical study at OCAD University during a global pandemic where reflection, writing, and making urged critical and creative responses to familiar, as well as…

Foreword

A person in a purple forest using a touchscreen. The trees have computer circuits inside them.
A black and grey gradient with dark spots.
ENGL 3009
American Literature
Black Hauntology in Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric
  • Greta Hamilton
A view of the lake.
CRWR 2002
Introduction to Four Genres
Love’s Lethargy
  • Drucilla Gary
A collage of blue low resolution images.
SOSC 3015
Bodies Mattering
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  • Olivia Aguiar
A calf walking behind cows.
HUMN-4008
Uncanny Animals
Unsettling Western Veganism
  • Aggie Frasunkiewicz
A graphic comic of a chinese takeout restaurant.
SOSC 3001
Material Culture & Consumer Society
LeftoversThe Resurgence of Xenophobia in Chinese Cuisine
  • Meegan Lim
An illustration of a person in a purple forest. The trees have computer circuits.
SOSC 3015
Bodies Mattering
They Speak of Change
  • McKenna Pipher
A tall condo or apartment tower.
VISD 4002
Contemporary Studies in Architecture & Design
Condo Developments and the Curation of an “Urban Lifestyle”
  • Schylar van den Helm
A view of a lake with the sun setting in the distance.
SOSC 3012
Ethnography in a Global World
Consuming the County: An Ethnography of the Present
  • Emilie Moffat
A blue dollhouse split in two.
HUMN 3014
Feminist Theories
Blue Walkthrough
  • Charlotte Healey
A photo of a statue.
HUMN 3015
The Classical Tradition
Meditations on Medusa
  • Avneet Dhaliwal
Warped and distorted illustrations of faces.
HUMN 3022
Philosophy of Love and Sex
The Materiality of Sex in Foucault and SalamonMoving Beyond the Essentialist/Social Constructionist Divide
  • Ella Taylor
A graphic novel cover with a woman and ghost like spirits surrounding her.
ENGL 4005
Graphic Novels
Autography ReflectionLynda Barry’s One! Hundred! Demons!
  • Brooklin Holbrough
An illustration of the symbols for man and woman.
SOSC 2001
Cultural Anthropology
A humble congratulations on the "egg and the sperm"
  • Olivia McAlpine
A portait of the song writer in black and white and upside down.
CRWR 1001
Study and Practice of Creative Writing
Upside Down World
  • Sophie Atkin