What you will do for
On your own:
Read assigned readings found in the reading tab. Read and review one other groups nominations and notes (Debra will assign you another group). Watch parts of the work they nominated. Think about commonalities between works that your group nominated and works the other group nominated. Draw inferences creatively and broadly. For example, you could find that there are commonalities that are platform- specific or that work is made asynchronously, or that some works function as healing rituals in response to specific political events. Begin to create categories – many works can fit into those categories and works can appear in more than one category. Write up a five to seven paragraph explanation for how you came to see these synchronicities between works.
Group Work:
The morning of the day before class: Distribute your writing to your group.
Group Work:
The evening before class: Read all essays submitted by your group.
Full Class Work: At the synchronous class meeting Tuesdays 2-5:30 EST:
First forty-five minutes. Groups go into breakout rooms. One member of the group In rotation) will serve as a facilitator and notetaker. Groups will discuss each student’s observations and category designations. Do certain categories work better than others so that we can understand the key relationships between works? Try to see where categories might exclude some critical component of one of the works under consideration and instead, shift that identifier into a “subcategory.” Is there a work that best exemplifies the category? If so, identify it. Did everyone classify works in a similar manner? Can you agree on two or three categories that help us best understand the works (even if you all don’t agree which work goes into each category)? What we’re doing here is trying to find an organizing strategy for our digital book chapters. Finally – from looking at what the other group nominated, who would you most like to hear talk about their work (thinking through who we might want to invite to our final “teach-in”).
Remainder of Class. Return to full class. Facilitator for each group summarizes the group discussion. The group whose work the presenting group considered will ask questions and offer observations. All groups should get a chance to present their ideas and all groups should get a chance to respond to the observations about their work. The last twenty minutes should be reserved for a discussion of the artists students would most like to hear from.
After class:
UPLOAD: . 1. Your five to seven page review of the work you were asked to read, 2. your nomination and rationale, and 3. links to your selection, and your 4. keywords to the class website. If you were a group facilitator, upload the notes from your breakout group discussion. Check in with Leslie to ensure he has received the work.