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## Instructor | ## Instructor | ||
- | Nathan Schneider | + | Nathan Schneider (he/him) |
<nathan.schneider@colorado.edu> | <nathan.schneider@colorado.edu> | ||
- | Armory 1B24 (in theory!) | + | Armory 1B24 |
- | Office hours Wednesdays 3--4 pm or by appointment | + | Office hours Wednesdays 3--5 pm or by appointment |
Website: [nathanschneider.info](https://nathanschneider.info) | Website: [nathanschneider.info](https://nathanschneider.info) | ||
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* Cultivate habits of media activism by doing it through passionate, strategic, pragmatic advocacy | * Cultivate habits of media activism by doing it through passionate, strategic, pragmatic advocacy | ||
* Analyze theories and lessons from a wide range of social-change campaigns throughout history and around the world | * Analyze theories and lessons from a wide range of social-change campaigns throughout history and around the world | ||
+ | * Articulate a theory of change that informs community-engaged work | ||
* Create a ready-to-deploy media intervention through collaboration with a social-change agent | * Create a ready-to-deploy media intervention through collaboration with a social-change agent | ||
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Students are expected to complete the weekly reading assignments. This does not necessarily mean microscopic reading of every page, but it does mean engaging rigorously with portions of particular interest, as well as familiarizing oneself with the works as a whole and thinking critically about their interconnections. | Students are expected to complete the weekly reading assignments. This does not necessarily mean microscopic reading of every page, but it does mean engaging rigorously with portions of particular interest, as well as familiarizing oneself with the works as a whole and thinking critically about their interconnections. | ||
- | #### Interventions | + | #### Interventions (30%) |
- | Each week, students are expected to turn in what we'll call an Intervention. These Interventions are simple, informal media sketches that contain a) a challenge or problem related to the week's texts and b) an outline for an original strategy that addresses it. Interventions need not be realistic for students to carry out; students may imagine themselves as representing better-resourced organizations, real or imaginary. The purpose of this assignment is to explore our own sense of agency and to exercise adventuresome thinking. Over the course of the semester, a student's Interventions may address various topics, or they can connect in a way that builds toward the final project. | + | Each week, students turn in an Intervention. These Interventions are simple, informal multimedia sketches that contain a) a challenge or problem related to the week's texts and b) an outline for an original strategy that addresses it. Interventions need not be realistic for students to carry out; students may imagine themselves as representing better-resourced organizations, real or imaginary. The purpose of this assignment is to explore our own sense of agency and to exercise adventuresome thinking. Over the course of the semester, a student's Interventions may address various topics, or they can connect in a way that builds toward the final project. |
- | Projects may take the form of a drawing, infographic, game, video, skit, text, art installation, business plan, social media campaign, or other media, digital or otherwise. In any case, they must be submitted digitally as a new thread in the appropriate discussion topic for each week's unit. | + | Interventions may take the form of a drawing, infographic, game, video, skit, text, art installation, business plan, social media campaign, or other media, digital or otherwise. In any case, they must be submitted digitally as a new thread in the appropriate discussion topic for each week's unit. They should amount to the equivalent of one interesting page's worth of material. |
- | #### Discussions | + | * Demonstrate a sophisticated grasp of one or more assigned texts |
+ | * Communicate a problem and a creative proposal by which to address it, expressed through appropriate and engaging media | ||
+ | * Practice adventuresome thinking in both concept and presentation, using compelling media techniques to communicate the proposal | ||
- | Students should be active participants and make contributions to the oral discussion that reflect strenuous [[engagement with assigned sources|engagement]] with the assigned texts. Please come prepared to contribute original analysis, reflections, and critique. Inform the instructor ahead of time about any missed classes. | + | Students are invited to view and comment on each other's Interventions. |
- | Evaluation of discussion contributions takes place twice—at the middle of the semester and at the end. | ||
- | ### Final project | + | #### Class discussions (30%) |
- | Each student will complete a final project that is ready to deploy upon completion, in partnership with a relevant organization, community, or company. Projects might consist of anything in the same range of media as the weekly Interventions---except, rather than mere sketches, this project must be fully implemented. | + | Students should be active participants and make contributions to the oral discussion that reflect strenuous [[engagement with assigned sources|engagement]] with the assigned texts. Please come prepared to contribute original analysis, reflections, and critique. Inform the instructor ahead of time about any missed classes. |
- | After discussing the topic with the instructor or teaching assistant, students will turn in a proposal that explains and justifies the project's objective and medium. The proposal, as well as the final project itself, should reflect a sophisticated grasp of the themes and texts of the course. In particular, projects should convey an analysis of power and agency through which they intervene, resulting in a plausible case for making effective social change. | + | Evaluation of discussion contributions takes place twice: at the middle of the semester and at the end. |
- | Students will constructively review complete drafts of each other's projects before submitting the final draft. Students may choose to form groups of connected projects, but each student is responsible for turning in their own contribution independently. | + | * Engage actively and strenuously with the bulk of each unit's assigned texts over the course of that unit's comments, with direct quotations, evidence of close reading, and thoughtful analysis |
+ | * Interact respectfully and critically with fellow students, demonstrating careful attention to others and presenting reasoned articulations of one's views | ||
- | ### Evaluation | ||
- | Coursework is evaluated according the following rubrics: | + | ### Final project (40%) |
- | * Weekly Interventions **(30%)** | + | Each student will complete a final project that is ready to deploy upon completion, in partnership with a relevant organization, community, or company. Projects might consist of anything in the same range of media as the weekly Interventions---except, rather than mere sketches, this project must be fully implemented. |
- | * Demonstrate a sophisticated grasp of one or more assigned texts | + | |
- | * Communicate a problem and a creative proposal by which to address it | + | |
- | * Practice adventuresome thinking in both concept and presentation, using compelling media techniques to communicate the proposal | + | |
- | * Weekly discussions **(30%)** | + | After discussing the topic with the instructor, students will turn in a proposal that explains and justifies the project's objective and medium. The proposal, as well as the final project itself, should reflect a sophisticated grasp of the themes and texts of the course. In particular, projects should convey an analysis of power and agency through which they intervene, resulting in a plausible case for making effective social change. |
- | * Engage actively and strenuously with the bulk of each unit's assigned texts over the course of that unit's comments, with direct quotations, evidence of close reading, and thoughtful analysis | + | |
- | * Interact respectfully and critically with fellow students, demonstrating careful attention to others and presenting reasoned articulations of one's views | + | |
- | * Final project: **(40%)** | + | Students will constructively review complete drafts of each other's projects before submitting the final draft. Students may choose to form groups of connected projects, but each student is responsible for turning in their own contribution independently. A revised version of the proposal must be turned in with the final project, in both the draft and final stages. |
- | * Proposal: **(40%)** | + | |
- | * Explain and justify the project idea in a 1,400-to-1,600-word text with scholarly [[citation standards]] and a high degree of stylistic quality | + | * Proposal: **(40%)** |
- | * Describe the community collaboration underway; propose an intended medium and the scope of project deliverables, including rationale for each | + | * Explain and justify the project idea in a 1,800-to-2,000-word text with scholarly [[citation standards]] and a high degree of stylistic quality |
- | * Articulate a clear objective for impact, reflecting an understanding of the intended audience, a relevant theory of power, and a theory of agency | + | * Describe the community collaboration underway; propose an intended medium and the scope of project deliverables, including rationale for each |
- | * Include strong evidence of background research, citing relevant primary and [[:scholarly sources|scholarly sources]], while engaging with at least two assigned texts from the course | + | * Articulate a clear objective for impact, reflecting an understanding of the intended audience, a relevant theory of power, and a theory of agency |
- | * Project draft: **(10%)** | + | * Include strong evidence of background research, citing relevant primary and [[:scholarly sources|scholarly sources]], while engaging with at least two assigned texts from the course |
- | * Complete a draft of the project that meets the expectations discussed in the proposal process | + | * Complete draft: **(10%)** |
- | * Peer review: **(10%)** | + | * Produce a draft of the project that meets the expectations discussed in the proposal process |
- | * Provide feedback for at least two fellow students' drafts, of at least two paragraphs each, with [[:peer review|these suggestions]] in mind | + | * Include revised proposal |
- | * Final draft: **(40%)** | + | * Peer review: **(10%)** |
- | * Produce a project that is polished, compelling, informed by peer review, and ready to deploy | + | * Provide feedback for at least two fellow students' drafts, of at least two paragraphs each, with [[:peer review|these suggestions]] in mind |
- | * Reflect rigorous [[engagement with assigned sources|engagement with assigned sources]] and course themes | + | * Final draft: **(40%)** |
- | * Integrate collaborative engagement with community partner | + | * Produce a project that is polished, compelling, informed by peer review, and ready to deploy |
- | * Demonstrate a plausible strategy for circulation, audience, and social change | + | * Reflect rigorous [[engagement with assigned sources|engagement with assigned sources]] and course themes, in project and/or revised proposal |
+ | * Demonstrate collaborative engagement with community partner, such as through testimonies or other evidence of their participation | ||
+ | * Present a plausible strategy for circulation, audience, and social change | ||
#### Final grades | #### Final grades | ||
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For the final project: | For the final project: | ||
- | * Consult with the instructor on the final project concept, via email or meeting, by Tuesday, March 2 | + | * Consult with the instructor on the final project concept, via email or meeting, by Tuesday, March 1 |
- | * Proposals are due on Canvas at noon on Tuesday, March 9 | + | * Proposals are due on Canvas at noon on Tuesday, March 8 |
- | * Drafts are due in the online discussion at noon on Tuesday, April 20 | + | * Drafts are due in the online discussion at noon on Tuesday, April 19 |
- | * Peer review comments are due in the online discussion at noon on Thursday, April 22 | + | * Peer review comments are due in the online discussion at noon on Thursday, April 21 |
- | * Final drafts are due in Canvas at noon on April 27 | + | * Final drafts are due in Canvas at noon on April 26 |
## Agreements | ## Agreements | ||
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* Donella Meadows, "[Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System](http://www.donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/)," (Donella Meadows Institute, 1999) | * Donella Meadows, "[Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System](http://www.donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/)," (Donella Meadows Institute, 1999) | ||
* Marshall Ganz, "[Public Narrative, Collective Action, and Power](https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/29314925/Public_Narrative_Collective_Action_and_Power.pdf)," in Sina Odugbemi and Taeku Lee (eds.), _Accountability Through Public Opinion: From Inertia to Public Action_ (The World Bank, 2011) | * Marshall Ganz, "[Public Narrative, Collective Action, and Power](https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/29314925/Public_Narrative_Collective_Action_and_Power.pdf)," in Sina Odugbemi and Taeku Lee (eds.), _Accountability Through Public Opinion: From Inertia to Public Action_ (The World Bank, 2011) | ||
- | * Stuart Hall, "[Encoding/Decoding](https://we.riseup.net/assets/102142/appadurai.pdf#page=202)," in Durham and Kellner (eds.), _Media and Cultural Studies: KeyWorks_, revised edition (Blackwell, 2006) [1980] | + | * Franz Fanon, "[Spontaneity: Its Strength and Weakness](http://burawoy.berkeley.edu/Reader.101/Fanon.IV.pdf)," in _[The Wretched of the Earth](https://abahlali.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Frantz-Fanon-The-Wretched-of-the-Earth-1965.pdf)_ (Grove, 1963 [1961]) |
### 2. "A networked public" | ### 2. "A networked public" | ||
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* Part III and Epilogue in Tufekci, _Twitter and Tear Gas_ | * Part III and Epilogue in Tufekci, _Twitter and Tear Gas_ | ||
- | ### 6. "Fractals" | + | ### 6. Case study |
- | * "introduction"--"interdependence and decentralization" in brown, _Emergent Strategy_ | + | Choose an historical example of a social movement from [Beautiful Trouble](https://beautifultrouble.org/case/), [Beautiful Rising](https://beautifulrising.org/type/story), or the [Global Nonviolent Action Database](https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/). Consider it in light of the book we just read. Do some additional research to examine the mediated components of it, and prepare to present an analysis in class as your Intervention. |
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- | ### 7. "Resilience" | + | |
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- | * "nonlinear and iterative"--"thank you" in brown, _Emergent Strategy_ | + | |
- | ### 8. "The Matrix of Domination" | + | ### 7. "The Matrix of Domination" |
* Introduction and chapters 1--2 in Costanza-Chock, _Design Justice_ | * Introduction and chapters 1--2 in Costanza-Chock, _Design Justice_ | ||
- | ### 9. "Narratives" and "Sites" | + | ### 8. "Narratives" and "Sites" |
* Chapters 3--4 in Costanza-Chock, _Design Justice_ | * Chapters 3--4 in Costanza-Chock, _Design Justice_ | ||
- | ### 10. "Pedagogies" | + | ### 9. "Pedagogies" |
* Chapter 5 and "Directions for Future Work" in Costanza-Chock, _Design Justice_ | * Chapter 5 and "Directions for Future Work" in Costanza-Chock, _Design Justice_ | ||
- | ### 11. Protagonism | + | ### 10. Case study |
- | Choose between one of the following pairs of films (and a critical essay) with an eye to how agency is expressed. | + | Choose an historical example of a social movement from [Beautiful Trouble](https://beautifultrouble.org/case/), [Beautiful Rising](https://beautifulrising.org/type/story), or the [Global Nonviolent Action Database](https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/). Consider it in light of the book we just read. Do some additional research to examine the mediated components of it, and prepare to present an analysis in class as your Intervention. |
- | First, resistance to slavery: | + | ### 11. "Fractals" |
- | * _Lincoln_, directed by Steven Spielberg (2012) | + | * "introduction"--"interdependence and decentralization" in brown, _Emergent Strategy_ |
- | * _Django Unchained_, directed by Quentin Tarantino (2012) | + | |
- | * Adolph Reed, "[The James Brown Theory of Black Liberation](https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/10/adolph-reed-black-liberation-django-lincoln-selma-glory/)," _Jacobin_ 18 (Summer 2015) | + | |
- | Second, labor organizing: | + | ### 12. "Resilience" |
- | * _On the Waterfront_, directed by Elia Kazan (1954) | + | * "nonlinear and iterative"--"thank you" in brown, _Emergent Strategy_ |
- | * _[The Salt of the Earth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dt2PKU4yLg)_, directed by Herbert J. Biberman (1954) | + | |
- | * Enid Sefcovica, "[Cultural Memory and the Cultural Legacy of Individualism and Community in Two Classic Films about Labor Unions](http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07393180216562)," _Critical Studies in Media Communication_ 19, no. 3 (2002) | + | |
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- | Third, climate change: | + | |
- | + | ||
- | * _An Inconvenient Truth_, directed by Davis Guggenheim (2006) | + | |
- | * _This Changes Everything_, directed by Avi Lewis (2015) | + | |
- | * Ashley Dawson, "[Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor: An Interview with Rob Nixon](https://socialtextjournal.org/slow_violence_and_the_environmentalism_of_the_poor_an_interview_with_rob_nixon/)," _Social Text_ (August 31, 2011) | + | |
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- | ### 12. Confession | + | |
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- | Choose *one* of the following classic memoirs: | + | |
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- | * Dorothy Day, _The Long Loneliness_ (Harper & Brothers, 1952) | + | |
- | * Mohandas K. Gandhi, _[The Story of My Experiments with Truth](https://archive.org/details/AnAutobiographyOrTheStoryOfMyExperimentsWithTruth)_ (1925–28) | + | |
- | * Assata Shakur, _[Assata: An Autobiography](https://libcom.org/library/assata-autobiography-assata-shakur)_ (Lawrence Hill Books, 2001) | + | |
### 13. Case study | ### 13. Case study | ||
- | Choose a historical example of a social movement from [Beautiful Trouble](https://beautifultrouble.org/case/), [Beautiful Rising](https://beautifulrising.org/type/story), or the [Global Nonviolent Action Database](https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/). Use those and other sources to examine the mediated components of it, and prepare to present an analysis in class as your Intervention. | + | Choose an historical example of a social movement from [Beautiful Trouble](https://beautifultrouble.org/case/), [Beautiful Rising](https://beautifulrising.org/type/story), or the [Global Nonviolent Action Database](https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/). Consider it in light of the book we just read. Do some additional research to examine the mediated components of it, and prepare to present an analysis in class as your Intervention. |
### 14. Aftermath | ### 14. Aftermath |