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2D Animation Techniques.
2D Animation Techniques: A Lecture from the School of Squish & Stretch 🎓 Alright, settle down, settle down! Welcome, aspiring animators, to the hallowed halls of the School of Squish…
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The Rustication Movement: Sending urban youth to rural areas during the Cultural Revolution.
The Rustication Movement: "Going Up to the Mountains and Down to the Villages" - A Revolutionary Makeover Gone Wrong 🚜🇨🇳 (Welcome, comrades, to today's lecture on one of the most...…
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The Cultural Revolution’s impact on education: Closing schools and attacking intellectuals.
The Cultural Revolution's Impact on Education: Closing Schools and Attacking Intellectuals - A Lecture (Professor struts onto stage, adjusting oversized glasses and clutching a well-worn copy of "Quotations from Chairman…
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Stop-Motion Animation Techniques.
Stop-Motion Animation Techniques: A Journey into the World of Tweens & Tiny Movements 🎬 Welcome, animation enthusiasts, to a deep dive into the wonderfully weird and captivating world of stop-motion…
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The Great Famine: The devastating human cost of the Great Leap Forward policies.
The Great Famine: A Catastrophic Case Study in Bad Policy (and Really Bad Weather) 🌾💀🇨🇳 (A Lecture in History, hopefully not to be repeated) Alright, settle in, history buffs! Today,…
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Animation as an Art Form.
Animation: More Than Just Cartoons - A Lecture on the Art Form (Opening Slide: A montage of diverse animation styles flashes, from classic Disney to stop-motion to anime, set to…
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The Anti-Rightist Campaign: Suppression of intellectuals and perceived dissidents.
The Anti-Rightist Campaign: A Comedy of Errors (With Tragic Consequences) (A Lecture in Historiographical Misadventure) (Professor Armchair Historian, PhD (Probably)) (Disclaimer: While I'll try to inject some humor, the Anti-Rightist…
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Motion Graphics: Creating Animated Visual Designs.
Motion Graphics: Creating Animated Visual Designs - A Wacky, Wonderful Lecture! 🤪 Alright, settle down, settle down, you beautiful pixel pushers! Welcome, welcome, one and all, to the most riveting…
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The early land reform program of the PRC: Redistribution of land to peasants.
Lecture: Land to the Tiller! 🚜💨 The Wild Ride of Early PRC Land Reform (Intro Music: A rousing but slightly off-key rendition of "The Internationale" with a Chinese flute solo.)…
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Interaction Design: Designing Interactive Systems.
Interaction Design: Designing Interactive Systems - A Whirlwind Tour! 🌪️ Alright, buckle up buttercups! We're diving headfirst into the wonderful, wacky, and occasionally frustrating world of Interaction Design (IxD). Think…