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, March 1, 2010

HW 42 - More Research and More Thinking

Part A:
Please add another three to four relevant sources to the research from 41. Add them directly to HW 41's post by editing that post. At least two of the new sources should be added to the annotated bibliography section - giving you at least five of those two-paragraph-each entries. Remember - the sharper you identify your major interest/question the better your research will be.

Part B:
First write, in 1-3 sentences, as sharply as you can, the question/accusation/insight that forms the heart of your exploration. Then write 2-4 paragraphs about the significance of your topic/interest/question. Please consider one or more of the following questions and also any other significance that you can address:
A. Why does it matter to you personally given the experiences you've had in your life - in terms of your feelings, hopes, memories, daily life?
B. How does your topic matter existentially - in terms of the meaning of your life, of knowing who you are, of whether you live well before you die?
C. How does this question matter functionally - in terms of what society requires, how institutions interact, international capitalism?

Part B can be labeled HW 42 - Significance and is due Wednesday at 9pm. The additional entries in 41 are due at the same time.

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