Make sure you give yourself time to do a site visit to to Armory Square.
BLOG by Sun 9 Sept 6 pm: 2 choices
READ Intro+Chapter 1 from Kester - Conversation Pieces p. 1-49
- How does the rhetoric from the Imagining America conference compare to the ideas of community discussed in the Kester article?
OR - Visit the Light Work gallery. Hours are Sun-Fri 10 am - 6 pm and by appointment. Entry is free. Near Bird Library: 316 Waverly Ave, at the corner of Comstock Ave. :::::: How does the Binh Danh exhibit function as a testimony about the Viet Nam war and as a reflection of our current times? How does your impression of this exhibit compare to the views from Sontag? Check out her article on the Abu Ghraib prison photos (below) for extra war-related perspectives.
MEET at Light Work gallery.
in-class discussion and writing about Sontag from last week AND
Kester (1 question+1 observation in your notebook)
Wed 12 Sept:
Come prepared to discuss "The Blue Guide" by Barthes , assigned last week (1 questions+1 observation in your notebook)
Fri 14 Sept:
BRING a rough thesis for your essay. Use the methods discussed in the handout from class. BRING notes from your field trip to Armory Square. Do the NOTICE + FOCUS process we did together in class on Monday:
1) What do you NOTICE? Make a list.
2) What do you find most INTERESTING? Rank the top choices.
3) WHY does this observation matter?
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