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Assignments
INTERSECTIONS
ASSIGNMENT: What is
your favorite Seattle intersection? For this short 2-page assignment,
identify your favorite intersection in Seattle, provide a “thick
description” of it, and reflect upon why you have chosen it. What do
you like about it? How does it characterize your relationship with the
city of Seattle and your identification with urban and/or rural space?
I highly encourage you to include a visual image of the intersection,
whether that be a photograph, map, sketch, or “comic strip.”
CLASS FACILITATION: Each
of you will be expected to act as facilitator to one class during the
semester. At the second class meeting, I will circulate a sign-up
sheet, during which time you can choose the class you want to
facilitate. For the class that you are facilitating, you will be
expected to prepare the readings well enough to lead discussion on them
and to generate questions that you will post one day in advance on the
on-line class EPost discussion board. When facilitating, please bring
at least one visual and one other source– newspaper, magazine, video
clip, etc. – and relate it to class discussion.
RESPONSE
PAPERS 1 & 2: You will write two short response (4
pages) papers, each of which will focus on a specific ethnography or
film of your choice to be analyzed in relation to course concepts and
readings. A handout on these papers will be distributed during the
second week.
FINAL
PAPER: A final take-home exam paper (8 pages) is required. A
list of topics to choose from will be distributed toward the end of the
quarter.
PARTICIPATION:
Attendance and active participation in class and EPost
discussions by all students will be crucial to the success of our class
meetings. You are expected to complete the readings by the day they are
listed in the syllabus, to discuss them in depth, seminar-style, and to
respond to at least one EPost question per week. Your postings should
be a paragraph in length; consistent and thorough reflection in yours
posting will aid you in completing the longer written assignments.
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