| 86228 | humn 4460.01 | Online | Fall, 2019 |
Sterling & Black Mirror; Project Work
October 28–December 6
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This lesson is divided into two parts.
Part 1
This week, the network’s control of our lives and loves: Bruce Sterling’s “Maneki Neko” and the Black Mirror episode “Hang the DJ.” Ultimately, will we gladly sacrifice our humanity to the god in the machine, or is our humanity too powerful to acquiesce? If the machine is everywhere, what choices remain to us? What is the true cost of freedom?
Wikipedia Work
Read and View
Read and watch the two texts, taking notes as you do. Note character names, dominant themes, motifs, symbols, and important passages. Where do these important aspects of the text appear? After a first read, try to find at least one secondary text[1] that addresses these texts on the Internet or in Galileo.[2] You might also check YouTube. Read or watch the criticism and take notes.
Journal Post 18
 | Resources to review for journal posts: “Writing in the Liberal Arts”; “Writing Top Ten”; “Editor’s Checklist”; Adding a reference. Cite sources correctly using footnoted references, and link to Wikipedia entries in the text of your post.[3] |
Research and write about any aspect of either text, incorporating your initial research. Be sure to cite correctly and that you give your post a unique title and date.
Journal Post 19
Compare any aspect — character, theme, symbol — of the two texts. How do they complement each other? What does one say about the other? Is there a characteristic that both protagonists (antagonists) share? Your goal here is to find connections between the two texts. Again, be sure to support your ideas with at least one source, cited correctly. Date and title your post.
Reply
Reply to at least two different colleagues’ posts.
Due Date
Please have all of the above completed by Sunday, November 3, 2019. I will evaluate them the following day, email everyone a progress report.
Part 2
The rest of the class should be spent working on your Wikipedia project and final journal post.
Journal Post 20
Reflective essay.
Notes
- ↑ It would be helpful to begin with their respective Wikipedia entries that I linked above, but these should not be cited as sources.
- ↑ Obviously, the latter is better.
- ↑ External sources are always footnoted as references; Wikipedia entries are always just linked in the text. Never cite a Wikipedia article like you would an external source.
