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November 17, 2004
Making A Difference: Practice
In the context of the conversation initiated and developed in the two previous forums, we would now like to ask, in concrete terms, what does place and polemic mean when we, as teachers, are designing courses, constructing syllabi, planning for lessons, and mediating discussions inside the writing classroom?
How can (and how do) we foster classroom or campus environments that help the university community to make connections between the classroom and the world in which it is situated?
Panelists:
- Maureen Fitzimmons, PWI, Writing Program
- Adam Banks, Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric;
- Steve Parks, Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric,
- Eileen Moeller, PWI, Writing Program
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November 12, 2004
Film: _The Corporation_
The Corporation (Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott, Canada, 2003)(3
pm in Gifford)
Pass through our golden arches and feel the familiar Nike-swoosh of
globalization! (But please, mind the GAP.) 150 years ago, a legal
entity, the "corporation," was invented. It is an artificial person, a
way for business holdings to be consolidated and to attain the legal
rights of a person. Strangely enough, this "person" bears few of the
responsibilities you or I do. Based on Joel Bakan's book of the same
name, The Corporation mounts a case against the pervasive impact that
corporations have on our lives, and on the globe. Ironically adopting
the tone of a board-meeting Powerpoint display, the film gently alerts
us to the psychopath in our midst. Included are interviews with Michael
Moore, agriculture activist Vandana Shiva, historian Howard Zinn, and No
Logo author Naomi Klein.
Posted by mryonker at 09:34 PM | Comments (0)
Film Screening: _The Corporation_
Nov. 12: The Corporation (Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott, Canada, 2003)(3
pm in Gifford)
Pass through our golden arches and feel the familiar Nike-swoosh of
globalization! (But please, mind the GAP.) 150 years ago, a legal
entity, the "corporation," was invented. It is an artificial person, a
way for business holdings to be consolidated and to attain the legal
rights of a person. Strangely enough, this "person" bears few of the
responsibilities you or I do. Based on Joel Bakan's book of the same
name, The Corporation mounts a case against the pervasive impact that
corporations have on our lives, and on the globe. Ironically adopting
the tone of a board-meeting Powerpoint display, the film gently alerts
us to the psychopath in our midst. Included are interviews with Michael
Moore, agriculture activist Vandana Shiva, historian Howard Zinn, and No
Logo author Naomi Klein.
Posted by mryonker at 04:19 PM | Comments (0)
November 10, 2004
Making A Difference: Polemic
Female Muslim standup comic, Shazi Merza, begins her act with the words: "Hello, my name's Shazia, or at least that's what it says on my pilot's license. Michael Moore asserts that he “will not seek a Best Documentary Oscar” for Fahrenheit 9/11, because he would rather get the film on television to be seen by more voters before the national elections in November. Both of these individuals are clearly engaging in public discourse in ways quite unlike what happens in academia. Both have been invited to speak here at SU this fall.
What counts as legitimate analysis or argument inside the academy and out? What kinds of discourses and media persuade? Why? How can and do we, as students, faculty, and members of the Syracuse community and beyond, contribute to a wider public discourse that responds to the late Edward Said’s call to speak back to power?
Panelists:
- Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Associate Professor of Political Science at the Maxwell School and Director of the Middle Eastern Studies program
- Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Professor, Women's Studies; Dean's Professor of the Humanities
- Scott Lyons, Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric; Native American Studies
- Sandra Faulkner, Assistant Professor Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies
Posted by mryonker at 02:39 PM | Comments (0)
November 03, 2004
Making A Difference: Place
- How does the university become more than a non-place that students move through on their way to a degree and ‘real life’?
- How do history, memory, geography, representation, and encounter produce a sense of place here at SU?
- In what ways do classrooms become places where students and teachers, through various layers of encounter, imagine themselves to be part of (and responsible to) both local and global communities?
Panelists:
- Don Mitchell, Chair of Geography and Director, People’s Geography Project
- Mary Lee Hodgens, Program Coordinator, Community Darkrooms/Light Work
- Lori Brown, Assistant Professor of Architecture
- Eileen Schell, Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric
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- Don Mitchell, Chair of Geography and Director, People’s Geography Project