For January 23
Bring in three objects that represent you in some way. Try to avoid photographs.
Read the following and write a one-page response and bring a copy to class :
Bring in three objects that represent you in some way. Try to avoid photographs.
Read the following and write a one-page response and bring a copy to class :
| the_things_they_carried.doc |
| understanding_material_culture_ch_7__objects_and_the_self_.pdf |
For February 3
Read the following and write a one-page response and bring a copy to class :
Read the following and write a one-page response and bring a copy to class :
| understanding_material_culture_preface_and_ch_1.pdf |
| understanding_material_culture_ch_2__studying_origins_.pdf |
| material_culture_of_writing_fw_and_chap_1.pdf |
| becomingthroughartographyautobiogrsaphyandstoriesinmotion.pdf |
For February 11
Today we will meet in the Maxwell Library Archives --3rd floor --see below for the readings for the second half of class
Today we will meet in the Maxwell Library Archives --3rd floor --see below for the readings for the second half of class
Read the following. Write a one-page response and bring to class:
| quilt_material_rhetoric_liz_rohan.pdf |
| everyday_use.doc |
For February 18
I've been concerned about the lack of active discussion in the course. After all this is a senior seminar and in some ways prepares you for engagement in your career or graduate school; a seminar is designed to share your insights about the course content and add your thoughts to the mix. (Please refer to the syllabus to see that participation counts for 15% of your grade.) Over this week I will be thinking about ways to remedy this and perhaps making some changes to the how the class works (for example assigning each of you to lead a discussion [maybe] or calling on individuals to speak or adding a presentation by you or create a blog). I also invite you to find other readings, visuals, media, or other material rhetorics to contribute to our work. We will talk about this during our next class.
For your journal: Consider what we have read and written about and created to date as well as the trip to the Maxwell Library Archives. What connections can you make among these activities? How does your engagement in one enhance your doing another? What can you connect directly back to the readings?
Something else, you might experiment with is neurographic art, a form used by psychologists to lessen anxiety and other emotions. Here is a tutorial. I think there are ways to use neurographic art to deepen thinking about what we are learning or working through a concept. It may be something you also want to try in your journal. You can write about a point in the reading and use this technique to focus on it.
For your journal: Consider what we have read and written about and created to date as well as the trip to the Maxwell Library Archives. What connections can you make among these activities? How does your engagement in one enhance your doing another? What can you connect directly back to the readings?
Something else, you might experiment with is neurographic art, a form used by psychologists to lessen anxiety and other emotions. Here is a tutorial. I think there are ways to use neurographic art to deepen thinking about what we are learning or working through a concept. It may be something you also want to try in your journal. You can write about a point in the reading and use this technique to focus on it.
For February 18
I've been concerned about the lack of active discussion in the course. After all this is a senior seminar and in some ways prepares you for engagement in your career or graduate school. (Please refer to the syllabus to see that participation counts for 15% of your grade.) Over this week I will be thinking about ways to remedy this and perhaps making some changes to the how the class works (for example assigning each of you to lead a discussion [maybe] or calling on individuals to speak or adding a presentation by you). I also invite you to find other readings, visuals, media, or other material rhetorics to contribute to our work. we will talk about this during our next class.
For your journal: Consider what we have read and written about and created to date as well as the trip to the Maxwell Library Archives. What connections can you make among these activities? How does your engagement in one enhance your doing another? What can you connect directly back to the readings?
Something else, you might experiment with is neurografic art, a form used by psychologists to lessen anxiety and other emotions. Here is a tutorial. I think there are ways to use neurographic art to deepen thinking about what we are learning or working through a concept. It may be something you also want to try in your journal. You can write about a point in the reading and use this technique to focus on it.
In class we will share 1-2 sections and do some creative critical journaling.
I've been concerned about the lack of active discussion in the course. After all this is a senior seminar and in some ways prepares you for engagement in your career or graduate school. (Please refer to the syllabus to see that participation counts for 15% of your grade.) Over this week I will be thinking about ways to remedy this and perhaps making some changes to the how the class works (for example assigning each of you to lead a discussion [maybe] or calling on individuals to speak or adding a presentation by you). I also invite you to find other readings, visuals, media, or other material rhetorics to contribute to our work. we will talk about this during our next class.
For your journal: Consider what we have read and written about and created to date as well as the trip to the Maxwell Library Archives. What connections can you make among these activities? How does your engagement in one enhance your doing another? What can you connect directly back to the readings?
Something else, you might experiment with is neurografic art, a form used by psychologists to lessen anxiety and other emotions. Here is a tutorial. I think there are ways to use neurographic art to deepen thinking about what we are learning or working through a concept. It may be something you also want to try in your journal. You can write about a point in the reading and use this technique to focus on it.
In class we will share 1-2 sections and do some creative critical journaling.
| but_a_quilt_is_more_recontextualizing_t__2015_.pdf |
| revising_textile_publications-challenges_and_considerations_in_tactile_methods_sonia_arellano__2024_.pdf |
Please read the following, write a one-page response and bring it to class. (Note: The Powell powerpoint slides go with Rhetorical Powwows)
| rhetorical_powwows.pdf |
| powell_purduehuttonslides.ppt |
For February 25
Please read the following, write a one-page response, and bring it to class.
| cherished_curiousities.pdf |
| rhetoric_and_materiality_nc_museum_of_art.pdf |
| tracing_lines_through_museums.pdf |
For March 4
| carole_blair_memorials.pdf |
| wright_cemetary_as_rhetorical_memory_place_space.pdf |
| contesting_commemorative_landscapes__confederate_statues__2021.pdf |
MARCH 11 Spring Break. Enjoy and be safe. Take some time to write in your journals! A good time to do your museum visit!
Museum Visit Assignment
Visit a museum or craft fair or art installation or some other exhibit (you could even ask Orson to go back to the archives to see a particular collection). Write a one-page response and bring it to class. Here are some suggestions to write about:
Where did you visit and what is this space known for?
What is the purpose or message of the exhibit?
What did you notice about the display (how many objects or what types of objects)?
How did the display relate to the audience?
How might you connect this display to any of the readings we have done?
Visit a museum or craft fair or art installation or some other exhibit (you could even ask Orson to go back to the archives to see a particular collection). Write a one-page response and bring it to class. Here are some suggestions to write about:
Where did you visit and what is this space known for?
What is the purpose or message of the exhibit?
What did you notice about the display (how many objects or what types of objects)?
How did the display relate to the audience?
How might you connect this display to any of the readings we have done?
FOR MARCH 18 Please read the following, write a one-page response and bring it to class.
| global_examples_dolls.pdf |
| dolls_southwest_angola.pdf |
| types_of_handmade_dolls_in_turkey.pdf |
FOR MARCH 25 Bring your museum visit papers and prepare a 10 minute presentation.
Please read the following, write a one-page response and bring it to class.
Please read the following, write a one-page response and bring it to class.
| final-ethnomathematical-ideas-in-the-weaving.pdf |
| amazon_weaving_macoas__palm_leaf_enclosures_.pdf |
Link to Making a Wetu
FOR APRIL 1 Weather permitting, we will walk around campus to observe objects, buildings, and more that connect to our work thus far. We will also continue the museum visit presentations.
Please read the following, write a one-page response and bring it to class. Also be sure to have your journals this week, and choose a couple pages to share.
Please read the following, write a one-page response and bring it to class. Also be sure to have your journals this week, and choose a couple pages to share.
| curating_in_the_post-digital_age.pdf |
FOR APRIL 8 Please read the following, write a one-page response and bring it to class.
| how_the_makers_of_cigar_box_guitars_resist_throwaway_culture.pdf |
| hairy_guys_in_sheds__the_rough_and_ready_world_of_diy_cigar_box_guitar_makers.pdf |
FOR APRIL 15 Please read the following, write a one-page response and bring it to class.
| puppetry_international_winter_21.pdf |
| of-puppets-and-puppeteers-preclassic-clay-figurines-from-san-isidro-el-salvador.pdf |
Curating Assignment and some resources (as guides)
| curating_an_exhibit--final_project.docx |
| curatorial_toolkit.pdf |
| for-students_-student-handout-for-activity-3_-planning-an-exhibition.pdf |
FOR APRIL 22 Review Curated Exhibits if anyone is able to do their mini-presentation today that would be great
Also--to follow up on the puppets, you may want to look at this: https://www.maskandpuppet.com/project/iniskim/
Also--to follow up on the puppets, you may want to look at this: https://www.maskandpuppet.com/project/iniskim/
| creating_digital_materiality_third_wave_and_yarn-bombing.pdf |
| rise_up_artivism.pdf |
FOR APRIL 29 Mini-presentations of Curated Exhibits
Course reflections
All work for the course should be handed into me by May 9 either electronically or dropped off to my office (Tilly 337)
Course reflections
All work for the course should be handed into me by May 9 either electronically or dropped off to my office (Tilly 337)
Additional Readings
| assembling_the_file__material_culture_of_writing_.pdf |
| mapping_etsy__space_for_handmade_.pdf |
| early_modern_commodification_and_globalization_of_sámi__material_culture.pdf |
