i. FINAL paper > analytical musings on a decade
> Students will select a certain decade and will write an analytical essay (1960's > 2010+).
> Students must include at minimum 4 visual works, maximum 8 from the particular decade being analyzed.
> Students need to comment on the previous and post activities and works by other artists that may have influenced the particular body of work addressed in the student paper.
> Introduce at least 3 document(s) and contextualize it within a national / global frame that may have shaped the visual work / action.
> Additionally, connect to bell hooks Feminism is for Everybody
> Students must include at minimum 4 visual works, maximum 8 from the particular decade being analyzed.
> Students need to comment on the previous and post activities and works by other artists that may have influenced the particular body of work addressed in the student paper.
> Introduce at least 3 document(s) and contextualize it within a national / global frame that may have shaped the visual work / action.
> Additionally, connect to bell hooks Feminism is for Everybody
> Write an analysis of the body of work you are speaking of?
> Students need to back up their argument with research that is central to what they are discussing.
> Students need to connect other class materials to their arguments.
> Students also need to place gleaned information in context with national and world events.
> Students also need to place gleaned information in context with national and world events.
The final paper must be submitted by DEC 10th. @ 3:00 pm or prior
8 pages
30% of final grade
ii. other
evaluation + grading
be a participant
This is a discussion based seminar course.
Your participation is important to the vitality of the learning environment we will create.
The success of the course depends on its community members.
Be prepared to talk and share with others. It is essential that when you come to class you have read the material and have taken thorough notes in a journal so that you are ready to discuss the material. This includes outside research materials of the decade we are examining.
25% of final grade
iii. blog entries
You will keep a blog journal devoted to all class notes, document synopsis, research materials and images that are relevant to the ideas and time frames we are discussing. Consider uploading pages per decade, divided by i. cultural impact and ii. women in the visual arts. The blog will be reviewed throughout the semester in the 8th, 10, 13 and at final. Blogs will be uploaded frequently to add to our information to our weekly discussions. Your thorough document notes and class discussion, how well you are making connections to the course materials should be clearly defined on your blog. You also need to keep outside influences uploaded for primary information for your blog.
25% of final grade
25% of final grade
iii. blog entries
You will keep a blog journal devoted to all class notes, document synopsis, research materials and images that are relevant to the ideas and time frames we are discussing. Consider uploading pages per decade, divided by i. cultural impact and ii. women in the visual arts. The blog will be reviewed throughout the semester in the 8th, 10, 13 and at final. Blogs will be uploaded frequently to add to our information to our weekly discussions. Your thorough document notes and class discussion, how well you are making connections to the course materials should be clearly defined on your blog. You also need to keep outside influences uploaded for primary information for your blog.
25% of final grade
iv. student led class discussion + final collaborative project
Students will gain from research and learning, presenting a chapter from bell hooks: Feminism is for Everybody to the class.
> Student led discussions should be able to discuss and prompt questions from the selected chapter.
Present in week 8 through 11
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Students will gain from research and learning, presenting a chapter from bell hooks: Feminism is for Everybody to the class.
> Student led discussions should be able to discuss and prompt questions from the selected chapter.
Present in week 8 through 11
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Feminist Public Project
Course Action :: final project
As a culminating activity, the class will engage in a collaborative project that speaks to a personal or political theme the group wishes to shed light on.
This work will be activated in a public setting.
The work can remain on campus and may extend into the village and beyond.
Each student needs to complete the following and hand in as hardcopy of your collaborative event:
This work will be activated in a public setting.
The work can remain on campus and may extend into the village and beyond.
Each student needs to complete the following and hand in as hardcopy of your collaborative event:
- Create a flyer for your event
- Create a one page media release for your event noting Title, Location, Date, Time, image
- Create the elements for your event and be fully engaged in the collaborative process.
- Following the event, create an individual analysis about why you became involved with this particular action and what did you hope to achieve? Do you believe it was successful?
- Speak to what was learned from course readings. In particular, how you placed yourself in the idea of the project, how you developed it and the overall process of collaboration?
- Would you consider this statement to be true? “The process of collaboration extends beyond the maker." Explain
- Can a personal action also be a political one? Explain
- Explain your argument clearly with supportive evidence from documents seen and read in class AND your own research
All assignments are to be completed in a thoughtful and timely manner.
This responsibility is the students alone.
FINAL EXAM DATE is on Thursday DEC. 10 from 3 - 5 pm. All papers need to be handed in at the beginning of the exam period or prior to the above date.
FINAL EXAM DATE is on Thursday DEC. 10 from 3 - 5 pm. All papers need to be handed in at the beginning of the exam period or prior to the above date.
