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 27 - Informal Research - Interviews and Surveys

Please compile some responses from various sources about what it means to be cool, the significance of cool, etc. This will include family members (see below) and eventually friends, street interviews, etc.

For the holiday, celebrating a possibly imaginary moment that Native Americans saved Pilgrims from famine (we know how that turned out), please identify one family member (not by name or photo) who you find really-cool and pay attention and talk to that family member about his or her insights about living.

Due Friday, Dec. 4 at 8:30am.
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2 comments:

  1. LillyNovember 25, 2009 at 8:48 PM

    Check out my blog dood, I want your feedback www.LillyGetsPersonal.blogspot.com

    My first hw assignment will be the short story, I hope that'll lead to a better connection between us.
    I would like to request to be in Section 2 please.

    Cordially,
    Lilly (a fan)

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  2. LillyNovember 30, 2009 at 7:42 PM

    Thanks for the insight on my story. I was trying to make the caracters caricatures of themselves and of "cool" people in general. I know more speech would've occured in the real world but I thought it would be funnier left unsaid.
    has my writing qualified me to join the ranks of your wonderful students? I will be doing the cool pictures assignment soon. I need to go buy a disposable camera.

    Affectionately,
    Lilly

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