Below is the schedule of presentation assignments. Please make note of the day on which you are giving your presentation. And, remember to make 18 copies of your handout for the class!
Monday 7/16
1. Shantell Simmons
2. Juliana Novaseletsky
3. Dominick Muscadi
Tuesday 7/17
1. Anne Soto
2. Steve Gordon
3. Stephanie Cabrera
4. Joseph Aladegbemi
5. Suzan Weekes
Wednesday 7/18
1. Khari Robinson
2. Amrit Roopnarine
3. Jamal Othman
4. Fara Shariff
5. Kenan Kajtezovic
Thursday 7/19
1. Andre Cherrington
2. Nadia Souffrant
3. Sandra Moloney
4. Nana Asare
Wednesday, July 11
Monday, July 2
Final Rubrics Posted
The guidelines for the Annotated Bibliography, the Presentation, and the Final Research Project have been posted on the Schedule,
Readings, & Rubrics page. Please examine these documents carefully. And, as always, should you have questions do not hesitate to ask me in class or via email.
Best,
s.
Best,
s.
Thursday, June 21
Declaration of the Occuptation on New York City
Preliminary Topics for the Thesis Proposal
Yesterday in class we generated the following list of
preliminary, potential topics for your final research papers. This list is by no means complete; therefore, new ideas should be added as replies below. Please submit new entries over the next few weeks as your topics and theses develop!
-- social norms, taboos, cultural changes/manipulations w/o consideration of bettering social norms
-- gender equality, female double-standard(s), patriarchy v. matriarchy
-- marriage traditions, LGBT marriage
-- appropriation of master text(s), censorship of information
-- social conditioning, meaning making, value systems, morals, ethics, etc.
-- 99% v. 1%, people v. the profit machine, corporate greed v. scientific data
-- video game violence
-- social affections, acceptance of emotion
-- protest en masse, the power of the boycott, civil disobedience, the General Strike
-- the atypical political protest of OWS
-- politics that don't look like politics
-- violence vs. nonviolence
-- police brutality (esp. involving protesters)
-- lack of hierarchy/leadership in OWS (esp. as exemplified by the General Assembly)
-- Arab Spring, European Summer
-- the use and importance of social media in cultural resistance
-- counterculture/assimilation into mass culture, culture "trading"
-- downturn in economy, corporate and bank bailouts,
-- TAZs (temporary autonomous zones), pirate utopias, and space
-- (dis)inclusion of marginalized voices (esp. via POCCUPY)
-- food supply corporatization, monoagriculture, organic/co-op push
-- greenscaping, alternative energy, electric vehicles
-- social norms, taboos, cultural changes/manipulations w/o consideration of bettering social norms
-- gender equality, female double-standard(s), patriarchy v. matriarchy
-- marriage traditions, LGBT marriage
-- appropriation of master text(s), censorship of information
-- social conditioning, meaning making, value systems, morals, ethics, etc.
-- 99% v. 1%, people v. the profit machine, corporate greed v. scientific data
-- video game violence
-- social affections, acceptance of emotion
-- protest en masse, the power of the boycott, civil disobedience, the General Strike
-- the atypical political protest of OWS
-- politics that don't look like politics
-- violence vs. nonviolence
-- police brutality (esp. involving protesters)
-- lack of hierarchy/leadership in OWS (esp. as exemplified by the General Assembly)
-- Arab Spring, European Summer
-- the use and importance of social media in cultural resistance
-- counterculture/assimilation into mass culture, culture "trading"
-- downturn in economy, corporate and bank bailouts,
-- TAZs (temporary autonomous zones), pirate utopias, and space
-- (dis)inclusion of marginalized voices (esp. via POCCUPY)
-- food supply corporatization, monoagriculture, organic/co-op push
-- greenscaping, alternative energy, electric vehicles
Wednesday, June 20
New Rubrics Posted
The guidelines for Paper Two and the Thesis Proposal have been posted on the Schedule,
Readings, & Rubrics page. Please refer to these rubrics when
composing the two formal writing assignments, each due next Thursday 6/28.
Sunday, June 17
Writing Assignment for Monday 6/18
Hello Everyone,
Here is the writing assignment for Monday. Please print the following PDF and bring it to class. You are to complete this assignment in-class, so be sure to bring paper and a writing implement. Once finished, you may take your answers to the English Department office in AC-2A16. Here you will give your writing assignment to one of the department secretaries, who will stamp your document thereby giving you both credit for your writing and your attendance in class.
See you Tuesday!
s.
Here is the writing assignment for Monday. Please print the following PDF and bring it to class. You are to complete this assignment in-class, so be sure to bring paper and a writing implement. Once finished, you may take your answers to the English Department office in AC-2A16. Here you will give your writing assignment to one of the department secretaries, who will stamp your document thereby giving you both credit for your writing and your attendance in class.
See you Tuesday!
s.
Hill
1. Identify the four archetypal characteristics of cultural resistance according to Duncombe.
2. Of the four archetypal characteristics named above, choose one and explain how this characteristic is illustrated and/or embodied by the acts of the Diggers. Use specific references from Hill’s text in your answer.
3. Examine the quotations from Winstanley presented on pages twenty-four, twenty-five, and twenty-nine. Using direct evidence, explain Winstanley’s central arguments. What has caused humanity’s present lack of freedom? How can humans be restored to a more natural, “common” harmony?
Bey
4. Define what a “pirate utopia” is according to Bey. Define the TAZ. Explain how such a “pirate” space can be considered a TAZ.
5. Explain the fleeting, almost mystical nature of a TAZ. What aspects of the TAZ constitute it’s “greatest strength” in resisting culture?
6. Examine the selection included in the margins of Bey’s work. How is this an example of a TAZ? Then, consider the event described in Duncombe’s Introduction to the Cultural Resistance Reader. Explain how this event can be an example of a living TAZ.
7. Provide a description of your personal reaction to these two readings of Hill & Bey.
Thursday, June 7
Update and Short Work for Monday
In order to prepare ourselves adequately
for Monday's class, I have drawn up a number of discussion questions
regarding the three speeches you have been assigned to read. Please note
that these questions are attached here as a PDF file. I would like you
to answer these for Monday by typing your responses. Also, I encourage
you to watch or listen to these speeches while you read and annotate the
paper transcription I have provided you.
Overall, I want to express how productive our class discussion was this past Wednesday. I really was pleased with the responses you shared and I feel that many of the initial connections we made have foreshadowed most of the topics, issues, and themes we will encounter as the semester's reading progresses. So, keep up with your readings and keep the in-class participation active and engaged!
To guide you in the right direction, let me point you to a number of key passages in Duncombe's reading that we did not have enough time to cover this past week:
Lastly, please note that I have posted the rubric for Formal Paper One. If you have questions regarding this assignment, or others, please email me and I will reply as soon as I can.
I wish you all a nice weekend. See you Monday.
s.
Overall, I want to express how productive our class discussion was this past Wednesday. I really was pleased with the responses you shared and I feel that many of the initial connections we made have foreshadowed most of the topics, issues, and themes we will encounter as the semester's reading progresses. So, keep up with your readings and keep the in-class participation active and engaged!
To guide you in the right direction, let me point you to a number of key passages in Duncombe's reading that we did not have enough time to cover this past week:
1) Identify the importance of D-I-Y politics on page four.
2) Consider this statement: "Punk didn't work unless it was performed, and by writing songs, dressing up and playing out I learned to perform my passions. That is, I learned how to transform ideas into action."
3) From the middle of page five until the top of page eight, Duncombe outlines a number of key definitions and meanings of culture and cultural resistance. In class Wednesday I asked you questions regarding the things he discusses amongst these pages. Review this material and annotate the significant things you notice. Also, be sure to examine page eight closely, as he provides a nice, bulleted summary of this crucial section of his Introduction.
Lastly, please note that I have posted the rubric for Formal Paper One. If you have questions regarding this assignment, or others, please email me and I will reply as soon as I can.
I wish you all a nice weekend. See you Monday.
s.
Paper One Rubric
Please make note that I have included a link for the first paper's rubric on the Schedule, Readings and Rubrics page. You will receive a paper copy in class this Monday. Please email me with any questions.
Best,
s.
Best,
s.
Monday, June 4
How to Join and Contribute
As a member of our WRIT 303 course it is your responsibility to join this e-journal blog and, crucially, to participate when asked throughout the semester.
Importantly, this site will also serve as a message board from me to you and you to me. I will most likely have to pass on important information regarding class meeting times, assignment deadlines, changes in the syllabus, etc. throughout the term. Therefore, be sure to check this site frequently, especially on days before and after we meet for class, to be sure you are current with the goings-on of the course.
Okay, so what's next?
Below I am going to detail how to join this blog and how to contribute. If you are unfamiliar with using blogs have no fear, Blogger is quite user-friendly and you should catch on quick. Remember, you can always email me with questions. What you should do is email me immediately if you are having trouble with the site, for journal entries may be submitted via email and handed in hard copy the day they are due if such internet hiccups arise.
How to Join
Via email you'll receive a link allowing you to gain authorial access to this blog. Follow the link and you'll have the opportunity to create a new Google username and password and officially join Blogger and the course e-journal. If you already use Gmail, you can use your existing account log-in information without having to create anything new. Please use your last name as your username!
From now on you'll use that username and password you select or create to log into this blog before you add a comment or a post. So write it down or email it to yourself so you do not forget this information!
How to Comment and Post
First, you must log in.
To comment to any post click on the post's title or on the ## replies link at the bottom of the post. You can also click on the post's title found under the archived posts on the right side of the site. At the bottom of the post you'll find an editable text box. You can offer something in response to the main post thread, or you can reply to a comment written by another student. If the debate gets intense enough then you, or I for that matter, may decide to move the discussion into a new thread (i.e., post) all its own.
To post a new topic or thread once logged in, go to the top of the site and at the right of your email address/username on the navbar you'll see a link titled "new post". This is your ticket. Once you've arrived at the post-editing screen you'll notice it's a bit more complicated than the comment box; yet, think of it like a word document screen and you'll catch on quickly.
More Editing and a Vital Disclaimer
If you happen to know HTML and/or java scripts you can use these to edit your posts to a greater degree---adding images, video, links, and more.
If a you should choose to add media to a post, keep in mind that inappropriate material and language will be subject to immediate removal. Depending on the level and degree of inappropriateness, the student faces disciplinary action such as receiving a zero on the assignment (minimum) or being reported to the Dean of Student Affairs (maximum). Please see the CUNY Computer User Responsibilities webpage for information concerning such disciplinary processes.
In Closing...
Be sure to bookmark this site on your personal computer so that you can check the blog frequently. As I recommended above, nearly once a day you should be visiting our e-journal. While you are required to only submit one writing per e-journal assignment, you may write as much at you wish on this blog. Contributing more with extra effort certainly weighs positively on your overall class participation!
Remember, the point of this blog is not only for me to impart important class announcement nor for you to just submit a weekly journal entry; rather, it serves as a birthplace for written ideas. The things discussed and argued here will undoubtedly come up in class, and should, so feel free to verbally reference the blog's content while we are in the classroom. Paper topics and sites of argumentation will also present themselves here. This is a vital component and goal of this site: for as we test and share ideas with one another, we further understanding of specific subject matter, thereby developing and deepening our ability to discuss the course's texts and topics to a greater degree.
I hope you join as soon as possible so that you can begin adding to your classroom e-community by contributing commentary and content to what is now our new WRIT 303 course blog!
Importantly, this site will also serve as a message board from me to you and you to me. I will most likely have to pass on important information regarding class meeting times, assignment deadlines, changes in the syllabus, etc. throughout the term. Therefore, be sure to check this site frequently, especially on days before and after we meet for class, to be sure you are current with the goings-on of the course.
Okay, so what's next?
Below I am going to detail how to join this blog and how to contribute. If you are unfamiliar with using blogs have no fear, Blogger is quite user-friendly and you should catch on quick. Remember, you can always email me with questions. What you should do is email me immediately if you are having trouble with the site, for journal entries may be submitted via email and handed in hard copy the day they are due if such internet hiccups arise.
How to Join
Via email you'll receive a link allowing you to gain authorial access to this blog. Follow the link and you'll have the opportunity to create a new Google username and password and officially join Blogger and the course e-journal. If you already use Gmail, you can use your existing account log-in information without having to create anything new. Please use your last name as your username!
From now on you'll use that username and password you select or create to log into this blog before you add a comment or a post. So write it down or email it to yourself so you do not forget this information!
How to Comment and Post
First, you must log in.
To comment to any post click on the post's title or on the ## replies link at the bottom of the post. You can also click on the post's title found under the archived posts on the right side of the site. At the bottom of the post you'll find an editable text box. You can offer something in response to the main post thread, or you can reply to a comment written by another student. If the debate gets intense enough then you, or I for that matter, may decide to move the discussion into a new thread (i.e., post) all its own.
To post a new topic or thread once logged in, go to the top of the site and at the right of your email address/username on the navbar you'll see a link titled "new post". This is your ticket. Once you've arrived at the post-editing screen you'll notice it's a bit more complicated than the comment box; yet, think of it like a word document screen and you'll catch on quickly.
More Editing and a Vital Disclaimer
If you happen to know HTML and/or java scripts you can use these to edit your posts to a greater degree---adding images, video, links, and more.
If a you should choose to add media to a post, keep in mind that inappropriate material and language will be subject to immediate removal. Depending on the level and degree of inappropriateness, the student faces disciplinary action such as receiving a zero on the assignment (minimum) or being reported to the Dean of Student Affairs (maximum). Please see the CUNY Computer User Responsibilities webpage for information concerning such disciplinary processes.
In Closing...
Be sure to bookmark this site on your personal computer so that you can check the blog frequently. As I recommended above, nearly once a day you should be visiting our e-journal. While you are required to only submit one writing per e-journal assignment, you may write as much at you wish on this blog. Contributing more with extra effort certainly weighs positively on your overall class participation!
Remember, the point of this blog is not only for me to impart important class announcement nor for you to just submit a weekly journal entry; rather, it serves as a birthplace for written ideas. The things discussed and argued here will undoubtedly come up in class, and should, so feel free to verbally reference the blog's content while we are in the classroom. Paper topics and sites of argumentation will also present themselves here. This is a vital component and goal of this site: for as we test and share ideas with one another, we further understanding of specific subject matter, thereby developing and deepening our ability to discuss the course's texts and topics to a greater degree.
I hope you join as soon as possible so that you can begin adding to your classroom e-community by contributing commentary and content to what is now our new WRIT 303 course blog!
Sunday, June 3
How to Access Library Databases When Off-Campus
- To access York's licensed databases off-campus, you must be a currently enrolled student or a faculty/staff member with an active ID in the York library system. Check at the York Library circulation desk to make sure your ID is active. See CUNY's FAQ for more information about remote access to licensed resources.
- You then need to enter the 14-digit Library I.D. (barcode) number from the back of your York I.D. card.
- Users can also access all of the licensed resources after logging into York's VPN (Virtual Private Network): use these links to connect to the Faculty/Staff VPN or the Student VPN. Contact Academic Computing's helpdesk (ext. 5300) for more information about VPN.
- AOL users may need to launch Internet Explorer in order to access online databases.
- Several New York State Library databases now offer remote access using your New York State DMV Driver License or Non-Driver Photo ID Number.
- You can also access CUNY-wide E-journals and Reference Databases off campus by logging into the CUNY Portal. Logon to the Portal and click on: E-Journals and Reference Databases.
- See information on using Find It!
Accessing Your York College Student Email
Visit this FAQ site for questions and answers regarding the initial activation and access to your York College Student Email account.
The direct link to your email appears on this blog's left sidebar under On-Campus Links for future convenience.
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