{"id":554,"date":"2021-11-22T10:44:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T15:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/english-101-1221_fall-2021\/?p=554"},"modified":"2021-11-22T10:44:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T15:44:01","slug":"unit-2-proposal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/english-101-1221_fall-2021\/2021\/11\/22\/unit-2-proposal-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 2 Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Cult of Personality: Art and Propaganda in the DPRK<\/strong> <em>By Angela La<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my Unit 2 thesis, I have chosen to dive into the world of graphics in the everyday life of the DPRK (Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of Korea, or North Korea). I would like to explore how artists express themselves despite the strict rules, and where to draw the line between art and propaganda, if that is even possible in a country like the DPRK. These propaganda posters serve as one of the main ways to communicate to the masses where internet access is severely restricted. To the outside world, it&#8217;s easy to see them as overly militaristic and anti-American, but there can also be a more nuanced message through art in a reclusive state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Terms for research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kim Jong Un<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pyongyang University of Fine Art<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Art <em>IS<\/em> Propaganda in North Korea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Worker&#8217;s Party<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graphics from everyday life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Socialist realism<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/history\/article\/north-korea-propaganda-art-socialist-realism-display\">https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/history\/article\/north-korea-propaganda-art-socialist-realism-display<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/style\/article\/north-korea-propaganda-posters-design\/index.html\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/style\/article\/north-korea-propaganda-posters-design\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lamag.com\/culturefiles\/north-korea-sun-mu-propaganda\/\">https:\/\/www.lamag.com\/culturefiles\/north-korea-sun-mu-propaganda\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cult of Personality: Art and Propaganda in the DPRK By Angela La For my Unit 2 thesis, I have chosen to dive into the world of graphics in the everyday life of the DPRK (Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of Korea, or North Korea). I would like to explore how artists express themselves despite the strict rules, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/english-101-1221_fall-2021\/2021\/11\/22\/unit-2-proposal-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unit 2 Proposal&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4564,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,5,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-and-social-change","category-assignments","category-unit-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/english-101-1221_fall-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/english-101-1221_fall-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/english-101-1221_fall-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/english-101-1221_fall-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/english-101-1221_fall-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/english-101-1221_fall-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":558,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/english-101-1221_fall-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions\/558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/english-101-1221_fall-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/english-101-1221_fall-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/english-101-1221_fall-2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}