I am once again unable to teach due, this time due to excessive coughing and a sore throat.
For Monday, here is what is expected:
1) Bring your drafts of Major Essay 2 with you to class at the library.
2) Yes, we are meeting at the Columbia College Library on the third floor. (And I will meet individually with students during our class time.)
3) Come prepared to do some searching for your second text for Major Essay 2. To give you a head start, you will want to come to the library prepared for the kind of text you will be looking for. To do so, here are some categories that you will want to compile a list of terms to look up on the library database:
- Historic events: You may be interested in finding a diasporic narrative that is based on a specific historical event that interests you ( from the broader topics of large natural disasters, famous wars, religious movements, political change in a country, economic changes, etc.):
example of specific events: Hurricane Katrina, Spanish Inquisition, internment camps in World War II, the Dust Bowl/Great Depression, etc.
Areas of Interest : You may also compile a list of general areas of interest that you have. If you are a musician perhaps song, dance, lyrics, electronic music, etc. If you are a photography lover you may search for texts that include photography, imagery, visual medium, black and white photography, or some specific kind of photography or subject of photography that you are interested in (like portraits or protest). If you are into sports you might compile a list that will allow you to seek out a narrative on a specific sport. You might be able to find a narrative in which communities are obsessed with soccer or basketball or some other sport.
For now, compile a list that includes "search terms" from these two categories. Keep adding to your lists before Monday, start searching now if you want to get a head start on Monday. You might find a really cool book, movie, graphic novel, series of photos, magazine article that you can use in your essay.
If you want to run any ideas or texts by me, please e-mail me at: cankney(at)colum(dot)edu
Of course, understand to use the @ and . in place of the parenthetical!
stay healthy,
Christopher
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