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IMAGERY AND CULTURE THIS IS THE WEEK BY WEEK SCHEDULE [ BACK to Imagery & Culture Home Page ] |
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WEEK 1: INTRO TO CULTURAL STUDIES EXPLORING IDEOLOGY |
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TUESDAY Jan 19 |
THURSDAY Jan 21 |
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TODAY: INTRO TO CLASS |
TODAY: bell hooks: Doing Cultural Criticism Bring viewing guide to class |
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Familarize yourself with this Viewing Guidefor bell hooks Bring
viewing guide to classwe’ll watch
the video next class.
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TO READ FOR NEXT CLASS: REQUIRED Karl Marx,
"The Ruling Class and Ruling Ideas" Frank
Elwell, "The Sociology of Karl Marx" |
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WEEK 2 CULTURAL STUDIES (cont'd) EXPLORING IDEOLOGY |
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TUESDAY Jan 26 |
THURSDAY Jan 28 |
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TODAY: Examining Capitalism |
TODAY: Examining Capitalism (2) Ideological State Apparatus, Interpellation |
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TO READ FOR NEXT CLASS: REQUIRED: 2. ALTHUSSER READING GUIDES
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FOR NEXT CLASS: The
Culture Industry, Horkheimer and Adorno. Available on-line HERE ---READ approximately Pages
1-7, end when you get to the following words”…this mental state is not
nuanced or extended in any way.” Reading
Guide: Douglas Kellner, "The Frankfurt School" ? |
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IDEOLOGY & SIGNIFYING PRACTICES |
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TUESDAY 2/2 |
THURSDAY 2/4 |
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TODAY: TODAY: Examining Capitalism (3) The Frankfurt School & The Culture Industries
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TO READ FOR NEXT
CLASS: Roland
Barthes: 1. "The
Death of the Author" 2. Excerpt
from S/Z(in rdg. packet)
REQUIRED: VIDEOS TO
REFERENCE: New Tide With Extra
Cleaning Power Welcome to the Suburbs
(1950s Redbook Series) (note the value system this film advocates) Pete Seeger
(renowned folk singer) singing Little
Boxes Ca. 1963 --- protest to suburbia, but he was still a regular on TV
networks and had major record label distribution. Hit TV show
“Weeds” uses Little
Boxes as its theme song – 2005. To promote
their program, they held a contest where viewers could submit their version
of the theme song see
example. Search YouTube for hundreds of versions. Illusion of
participatory culture where individualism can be regained… bu, in the end,
they want us all to watch Weeds. Coca Cola: The Whole World
Smiling With Me Naomi Klein “No Logo”
Trailer also,
from earlier in the semester: bell hooks PART 1 available here bell hooks parts 2-8
available here A GIRL
LIKE ME (teens reflecting on Imagery of African-Americans |
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TUESDAY 2/9 |
THURSDAY 2/11 |
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TODAY: EXAM #1 DUE TODAY IN CLASS No Late submissions- Must be printed
TODAY: MAGAZINE REVIEW
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TODAY – Signifying Otherness, Race (1) Stuart Hall Parts 1&2
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FOR NEXT CLASS: Stuart
Hall: Ch 4: “The Spectacle of the Other” from Representation: Cultural
Representations & Signifying Practices Available
here in 4 parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
FOR NEXT
CLASS: Stuart
Hall: Ch 4: “The Spectacle of the Other” from Representation: Cultural
Representations & Signifying Practices Available
here in 4 parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
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WEEK 5 Signifying Practices: Race
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TUESDAY 2/16 |
THURSDAY 2/18 |
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TODAY: Signifying Otherness, Race (3)
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TODAY: Signifying Otherness, Race (4) Finish Discussing Stuart Hall
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TO READ FOR NEXT CLASS:
Stuart
Hall: Ch 4: “The Spectacle of the Other” from Representation: Cultural
Representations & Signifying Practices Available
here in 4 parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
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TO READ
FOR NEXT CLASS Documentary:
CLASSIFIED X: |
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SELF and OTHER |
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TUESDAY 2/23 |
THURSDAY 2/25 Class Cancelled |
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LISTEN TO AUDIO LECTURES: Feb 23: Stuart Hall 1 Feb 25: Stuart Hall 2-4 |
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FOR NEXT CLASS:
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WEEK 7 "Othering the world" |
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TUESDAY 3/2 RESISTANCE: CHALLENGING
STEREOTYPES |
THURSDAY 3/4 Resistance: Critical Analysis |
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* Please note, I need to ensure
that you are keeping up with the readings. There will be an in class quiz covering
Hall, Miller and/or “Classified X” this week. * In class: Discuss LAST SEGMENT OF HALL’S
ESSAY View: THE DANGER OF THE SINGLE STORY Chimamanda
Adichie on TED TALKS Begin Discussion of Miller’s
Essay/ Critical Analysis as Resistance
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Discussion of Miller’s Essay View THE COMMERCIAL ANALYZED BY MILLER Capitalism and Neo Colonialism : Representing Jamaica
View: Jamaican
Commercials Parody as Resistance |
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FOR NEXT CLASS:
Finish Reading Mark Crispin
Miller’s essay Massa Come
Home" |
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OTHERING THE WORLD (2) |
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TUESDAY 3/9 |
THURSDAY 3/11 Through the Eyes of Disney |
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Expository Documentary & Journalism as
Resistance View Documentary: Life & Debt WATCH LIFE &
DEBT ONLINE HERE This is a YouTube Playlist.
The film is in 9 Parts. TO READ FOR NEXT
CLASS:
”Animating Youth: the Disneyfication of Children's
Culture” by Henry Giroux
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SEE ONLINE VIDEOS
WITH GUIDED VIEWING for key
concepts, clips, and questions relating to Disney animations |
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TUESDAY 3/23 RESISTANCE 6: Culture Jamming Discuss and Visit Sites |
THURSDAY 3/25 CULTURE JAMMING
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TO READ FOR NEXT
CLASS: Watch No Logo Clip
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TO READ
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Practices of Resistance |
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TUESDAY 3/30 |
THURSDAY 4/1 |
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DISCUSS CULTURE JAMMING PROJECTS Form Groups IN GROUPS: PLAN CULTURE JAMS
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IN GROUPS: Plan Culture Jams: Bring to class a corporate text you would like to work with
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TO READ FOR NEXT
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TO READ FOR NEXT
CLASS:
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TUESDAY 4/6 |
THURSDAY 4/8 |
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TODAY: CULTURE JAMMING EXERCISES DUE IN class presentations |
TODAY: VIEW MARLON RIGGS: Tongues Untied Resistance: Personal essay doc |
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TO READ FOR NEXT
CLASS:
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FOR NEXT CLASS:
The Alternative AIDS Video Movement by Alexandra Juhasz (1994) 4 pgs | 804k
Camcorder Politics by Alexandra Juhasz (1992) 6 pgs | 2.4mb
Both available at http://pzacad.pitzer.edu/~ajuhasz/archives/index.htm
Visit http://www.listenup.org |
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Practices of Resistance: Alternative/Participatory Media |
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TUESDAY 4/13 |
THURSDAY 4/15 |
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TODAY: Community Media Resistance: Community/Camcorder Activism
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TODAY: Alternative Video Practices 3 : Participatory Culture (On-line) Indy-Media, YouTube, Citizen Journalism
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TO READ FOR NEXT
CLASS: Henry Jenkins: “Photoshop for Democracy” View his Conference talk here |
TO READ FOR NEXT CLASS: ·
Alex
Juhasz “Failure of Direct Cinema Slogan-YouTube” (2008) ·
Alex
Juhasz “Learning the 5 Lessons of YouTube” (2009) available at |
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TUESDAY 4/20
IN Class: |
THURSDAY 4/22
Final Essay Due In Class: Peer review of essays. |
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WEEK 16
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