Tuesday, 29 September – What
counts as art? What counts as feminism?
• DUE ASS. #1: Museums
& More: hardcopy in class and email also, both to your TA
• finish up Freeland!
Reports, thoughts, analysis of our first class experiences, the museum
visits. What assumptions altered as you got involved here? What was surprising?
What insights about feminisms emerged? What was new? What was exciting and fun?
Where will this beginning take us this semester? What sort of journey have you
begun? How will Freeland guide us? The more Freeland you have read, the better!
If, for any reason whatsoever, you do not have your hard copy of Ass 1 now, you must turn in a piece of paper with your name and explanation/s & with the activities we will do today AS IF YOU WERE WORKING WITH YOUR PAPER! If necessary, imagine, freewrite, guess.
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YouTube: https://youtu.be/S3qLZX4fA4I
why might a philosopher have a different approach to art than an art historian? Guessing is good. What values & concerns does Freeland express here?
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>>> VALUES WRITING: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/11/25/15-minute-writing-exercise-closes-the-gender-gap-in-university-level-physics/#.Ve70XbRgxUR ]
=why do we do this exercise? (meta-cognition)
=when could it be useful in your life? (knowledge transfer from one context to another)
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=On the paper itself, put a star next to the bit you are most proud of! (or if necessary write on piece of paper to turn in what you are most proud of in the work you are doing for Exp Set 1 and Ass 1 so far).
=Write on the back of your paper a sentence about what you hope your TA can take into account when they read your Ass. 1 paper. (If you don't have today, write on the piece of paper you will hand in at the end of class, your explanation.)
Music? craft? art form such as dance? How often do you practice & play?
How many folks play games of some kind, maybe video games? How often do you play?
What other things do you regularly that take practice?
How much time practicing and playing do these take?
How do you translate that into what you do to practice for class, preparation, play for class, do in assignments and activities?
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Today is the culmination of Experience Set 1, in which we have been exploring and reflecting on What counts as…. Art? Feminism? For whom? How do you know?
We are practicing and playing both throughout the Experience Set, and Ass 1 is part of all that and an indication of how we are doing all that.
What is the difference between What IS art & What COUNTS AS art?
How does that work with what IS feminism & what COUNTS AS feminism?
Why do we need to add "for whom?"
Why do we need to add "how do you know?"
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=What skills do you intend to learn in this course this term? In other words, what do you not know now that you hope to know at least somewhat better by the end of our class? Write down three things.
=Now, how would you name three levels of learning between NOTHING & KNOW THOROUGHLY? Come up with ways of describing these in terms that make sense to you:
for example: nothing, level 1, level 2, level 3, know thoroughly
not yet competent, competent, sophisticated, expert
beginner, developing, competent, exemplary
=For your eyes only, rank yourself at this moment in the class on each skill you picked using your own indication of level.
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=Name 3 things you like about it.
=What one most important piece of advice do you have to offer your friend about what they might consider doing in their next project or paper?
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>>> THINK-PAIR-SHARE: [why we do this: https://www.hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/2012/04/08/single-best-way-transform-classrooms-any-size ]
NOW THINK-PAIR-SHARE OF EXPERIENCE SET 1: Reports, thoughts, analysis of our first class experiences, the museum visits.
=3 surprises or emotional experiences or challenges to understanding you had.
=go over these with partner: what assumptions do these unearth somehow? Help each other figure these out: semi-conscious brought to consciousness (what in the next experience set is sometimes called consciousness-raising or CR)
=What insights about feminisms emerged? What was new? What was exciting and fun?
Where will this beginning take us this semester? What sort of journey have you begun? How will Freeland guide us?
Consider again:
What is the difference between What IS art & What COUNTS AS art?
How does that work with what IS feminism & what COUNTS AS feminism?
Why do we need to add "for whom?"
Why do we need to add "how do you know?"
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