Symposium Speaker

Out of Place: From Exile to Flexible Citizenship

First of all, it was difficult to understand Maria Gabriela Nouzeilles because of her accent and the fact that she was reading her entire presentation off of the podium.
Immigration was one of the main topics of her presentation. She mentioned how a girl on the subway would not smile because Hitler had complicated the smile of immigrants. I would call this a claim and evidence. The warrant is that Hitler forced these people to leave their country to join an unfamiliar culture. Therefore, she could not smile. Another way to put it:
Claim: Spanish and other immigrants aren’t recognized in the social structure of larger countries. Reason: Immigrants have yet to break through racist overtones, they are discriminated against, portrayed poorly, and left out of American culture because of the way they assimilate or hold on to their original culture. Warrant: Portrayal in the media, placement in the workforce. The social and economic stereotypes they face.

She also talked about electronic media and the fact that we are a visual culture. A booth was set up with a video camera for anyone to sit and film in. In the booth people sang, chanted and acted like most people would unattended. Through this, a video was compiled and titled “Parabolic People.”

It was problematic to clearly identify arguments, let a lone evidence and warrants.