Sunday, May 28, 2006
Important Announcements, including Important Terms to Understand
1) The make-up Test 1 is on Thursday June 1, from 12-1 (after class), in the class room.
Only people who have provided us with acceptable documentation may take it.
2) In a continuing effort to serve you and protect you I have decided to lighten the reading load for Tuesday (May 30) so that: a) The Bourdieu reading is eliminated (if that bothers you because you've already read it, please vent by responding to this post), and b) the Andrejevic reading now stops at page 214 (i.e. the Conclusion is not included).
As I am getting ready for next week it occurs to me that to be successful with the material we'll do then you should make absolutely sure that after reading the material you are clear on how the following terms are used in the specific context of this course:
grand narrative, fetishism, uncanny, remainder (in a Lacanian sense). And when your read Andrejevic make sure you understand how he specifically uses globalized reflexivity and postmodern irony. Plus recall what Mitchell meant by double conscousness.
It's not that I'll test you on definitions of these terms - I won't. It's worse than that: if you don't get them you won't get the material as a whole. I would say that 15-25% fuzziness is OK after your first reading, because I'll be clarifying the material next week as we go on. But by the end of the week all who want an A should be crystal clear on the terms. Take some time to do research (the itnernet will probably do) on the meaning and use of each of the terms.
Only people who have provided us with acceptable documentation may take it.
2) In a continuing effort to serve you and protect you I have decided to lighten the reading load for Tuesday (May 30) so that: a) The Bourdieu reading is eliminated (if that bothers you because you've already read it, please vent by responding to this post), and b) the Andrejevic reading now stops at page 214 (i.e. the Conclusion is not included).
As I am getting ready for next week it occurs to me that to be successful with the material we'll do then you should make absolutely sure that after reading the material you are clear on how the following terms are used in the specific context of this course:
grand narrative, fetishism, uncanny, remainder (in a Lacanian sense). And when your read Andrejevic make sure you understand how he specifically uses globalized reflexivity and postmodern irony. Plus recall what Mitchell meant by double conscousness.
It's not that I'll test you on definitions of these terms - I won't. It's worse than that: if you don't get them you won't get the material as a whole. I would say that 15-25% fuzziness is OK after your first reading, because I'll be clarifying the material next week as we go on. But by the end of the week all who want an A should be crystal clear on the terms. Take some time to do research (the itnernet will probably do) on the meaning and use of each of the terms.
# posted by Ivan Davidson Kalmar @ 12:03 PM 
