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Explorations 120: September 2011
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011. Heroes and Hero Figures. What in your opinion makes a hero? Do you, yourself, have any heroes? Are they human, or are they supernatural? Do they live in the world of fiction, or have they walked this earth and made a difference (if that is your criteria, of course.)? Wednesday, 14 September 2011. Le Guin Blog Topics. Choose one of the following three writing prompts for your first official blog response. Make sure they are done before. Please explain and justify your decision.
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Explorations 120: Welcome to University
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Tuesday, 6 September 2011. The first week at university is full of hope, wonderment, change, and self-discovery. The one sure thing is that it's entirely new, and you're likely to be different people by the end of this term, let alone next summer. Consider the exhortation the University offers you: nous sommes prêts (we are ready). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Would you condemn Socrates to death? Thoreau, "On Civil Disobedience". The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life. View my complete profile.
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Explorations 120: October 2011
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Monday, 17 October 2011. Curtis' /Happiness Machines/ and Freud's /Civilization and its Discontents/. For both (or either) Adam Curtis and Sigmund Freud, is it possible to be happy? For both (or either) Adam Curtis and Sigmund Freud, can we be trusted to take care of ourselves? Thursday, 6 October 2011. Socrates and Plato's /Apology/. This week we looked at Plato's Euthyphro. Which helps sets the stage for what's to come in The Apology,. Of the two topics below for discussion in your post this week.
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Explorations 120: Le Guin Blog Topics
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011. Le Guin Blog Topics. Choose one of the following three writing prompts for your first official blog response. Make sure they are done before. Next class, which is Tuesday, 20 September. Remember, your group members need time to collate and print these off, so please ensure they are done at a "reasonable" time in the evening the night before (Monday, 19 September). 1 If you were a citizen of Omelas, would you stay or would you walk? Please explain and justify your decision.
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Explorations 120: November 2011
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Tuesday, 8 November 2011. What defines these concepts? Use examples from Orwell's 1984. As well as those drawn from popular culture, literature, advertising, and so forth to furnish your response. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Would you condemn Socrates to death? Thoreau, "On Civil Disobedience". The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life. Http:/ www.ursulakleguin.com/. View my complete profile. Simple template. Template images by duncan1890.
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Explorations 120: Heroes and Hero Figures
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011. Heroes and Hero Figures. What in your opinion makes a hero? Do you, yourself, have any heroes? Are they human, or are they supernatural? Do they live in the world of fiction, or have they walked this earth and made a difference (if that is your criteria, of course.)? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Would you condemn Socrates to death? Thoreau, "On Civil Disobedience". The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life. Http:/ www.ursulakleguin.com/. View my complete profile.
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Explorations 160: Meta-Aware Journalism
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Sunday, 12 February 2012. Do you think media is aware if itself as media? That is, does the media in its delivery of content reflect a self-critical or self-aware role it has either in its constitution / composition or as part of an overarching genre? For this blog, find a newspaper article (or any other media source around you) on a topic of your choosing and ask if it contains a metatextual component. In this way, does it reconfigure or recognise itself as writing? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Explorations 160: February 2012
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Sunday, 12 February 2012. Do you think media is aware if itself as media? That is, does the media in its delivery of content reflect a self-critical or self-aware role it has either in its constitution / composition or as part of an overarching genre? For this blog, find a newspaper article (or any other media source around you) on a topic of your choosing and ask if it contains a metatextual component. In this way, does it reconfigure or recognise itself as writing? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Explorations 160: January 2012
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Saturday, 21 January 2012. Radicalism in Print Culture. Your first blog/journal topic is on radicalism in printing. For this, you will want to think about how technologies of (print) production shape our access to information. For example, consider Gutenberg, Martin Luther, William Blake to SOPA and beyond in your responses. Given our discussion on open-source, you may want to use "Wikipedia" as your first point of entry for each aforementioned person or political bill. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
