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 23, 2009

HW 25 - Story Comments and Analysis

Part 1: Please read 5+ stories and leave nice comments on them - something specific you enjoyed or thought was interesting. For instance, "Chris - really liked how starkly your story demonstrated the distinction between real-cool and appear-cool. I also like the revelation of the narrator as a twist at the end." Please comment your triangle partners (if available) and others (from other sections if you desire) and copy & paste the comments as Part 1 of your blog post HW 25.

Part 2: Please write 2-4 paragraphs about patterns you noticed in the stories - what are some of the elements of cool? What are some of the archetypes of cool? For instance, "In Chris' story (link) the elements of real-cool were dependability, self-sacrifice, and especially love. Appear-cool's elements were motorcycles and big houses and entertaining talents. The father fulfilled the role of the Saint - a dependable and loving person who puts the needs of other people before his own."

Due Wednesday the 25th at 8:30am.
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