Your neighborhood drawings were a huge hit in the staff meeting today. We were analyzing that s*** like it was the dead sea scrolls. The purpose of that exercise and the Porgy/Wire comparison was to bring you into Jane Jacobs' world, reading architecture and city planning as a form of making.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Finish your ideas draft! You must, must, must watch Porgy and Bess carefully, and select at least one scene to rewatch a couple of times. You're not going to be able to fake it any longer if you haven't seen it. Even one scene could be the main basis of a paper. For instance, is "I Got Plenty of Nothin" about the intellect, fierce determination, and community spirit of Catfish Row in the midst of hard times? Or is it about a bunch of black actors/singers reprising a minstrel-like song about how ignorance is bliss and they wouldn't want to have ol' massa's problems? And didn't Biggie also tell us that with mo' money come mo' problems? Same? Different?
WEDNESDAY MORNING: Class meets at its usual time. Get caught up on Jacobs (3-25, 29-34, 50-54, 58-65, 84-88, 89-111) and you'll learn way way more. Here are Lupton's study questions to help you orient.
WEDNESDAY WHENEVER: Here's the conference signup. Do this right now.
FRIDAY: The last reading assignments of the quarter, and I think you'll really like them. Reader 102-05, 114-31. Here are some more Lupton study questions that might be useful.
THE WIRE: is awesome (serious article), and especially beloved by white people (funny article... note the use of the term "authenticity")
A PLATONICITY ERROR THAT IS COSTING ALL OF US A LOT OF MONEY: the collossal stupidity of American Insurance Group (A.I.G.)
A TEACHER IS A PERSON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD:
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