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Phi Theta Kappa/Honors in Action 2014-2015 - Frontiers and the Spirit of Exploration: Background Readings

HIA research guide, 2014-2015 - for Alpha Theta Phi Chapter of LaGuardia Community Colllege, CUNY - Theme 3

Future topics for research

~ What sorts of limitations should be placed on personal expression?

~ Should art/films be banned because a culture does not agree with it?

~ Censorship of words, expressions, art

~ What is 'culture' and how does it influence 'expression' (of what?)? 

~ Culture: spiritual, political, economics, social class, religion, larp, race/ethnicity, etc.

~ Look up 1st Amendment and what does it say about the right to free speech? How does this connect to limiting the freedom of others?

Databases for Background Research

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La Guardia and Wagner Archives

For research on NYC mayors, Queens local history and more: http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/COLLECTIONS.aspx?ViwType=0

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