What are the details of our daily existence? What systems dominate our lives? What meanings can we make of our situation?

This social studies/humanities course will steal from various disciplines - including anthropology, critical theory, cultural studies, economics, futurology, history, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology - to help us make sense of our situation.

A major goal of the course will be to focus your attention on your own life. Together we will investigate major systems that create and rule our lives including capitalism, school, family, popular culture, and the US government. And we will figure out how to interpret our lives, and these systems, and the collision of our lives and these systems.

We will detour into the future and the past but our journey will be primarily contemporary.

Monday, November 2, 2009

HW 21 - Art Project 1

Your final assignment for the Digital Unit is an Art Project that expressively and insightfully sparks theeling about an aspect of the digital representation of reality.

Pretty much any art form can be used. Painting, photography, film, poetry, dance, fiction, comix, video game, etc. I hate collages but you could even do one of those.

The art project must be represented digitally on your blog.

Even though Art has traditionally been a chance to "act out" please avoid showcasing any work which has the potential to drag me into multiple unnecessary meetings about the need for me to censor my students more.

Examples:
1. A satirical text
2. An animated film
3. A film with actors

Together with your art please append a text that addresses the following questions:
1. Is your art a hammer or a mirror? Why?
2. Does your art make you fink and theel? What are some of your own reactions to your art?
3. What was the most interesting aspect of your making of the art?

Due Friday November 13 at 8:30am.

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