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(Course-related content will appear here in reverse chronological order: the newest things at the top of the page, and older posts toward the bottom.)
Korean Pulp Resources Link
Masterly Master Lee is (I think) a Korean blogger who is very into Korean pulp culture. If you have a look around his site, you’ll see lots of pulp pop culture, and it’ll give you a better idea of the kind of thing we discussed in class in relation to Kill Bill.
Public Photography in Britain
This video‘s worth watching and thinking about! Have a look, and we’ll discuss it next week, along with further reading of the Lessig text…
That Nora Ephron Essay
I mentioned that I would post a link to the Nora Ephron 1975 essay “A Few Words About Breasts,” so here it is. Check it out for her use of personal experience and reflection to illustrate a social problem.
I’m still working through the emails you’ve sent me, but so far nobody has won the bonus points. I’ll post an update once they’re all taken!
Revised Schedule For the Next Few Weeks
I’ve made a couple of small changes to the schedule for the next few weeks. Please make sure to come to class on time if you’re leading a discussion, because you won’t get a second chance this late in semester!
Also remember that your Big Project — the video interview — needs to be ready for uploading to Youtube by June 2nd. You will watch the videos that week, and we’ll discuss them in class on June 9th.
Lastly, the poem I asked you to write. I’m going to simply ask you to submit it to me by June 9th. Here is my (rough, with a few mistakes in it) example poem:
If One Day I Woke and You Were All Gone (pdf)
But you don’t have to write like me. Write your own ideas, feelings, and thoughts about what you think you would miss if everyone of the opposite sex disappeared from the world suddenly!
June 2nd: Class Debates, and Discussion of Final Exam
June 4th: Oh Young Gwon, Choong Choi, Chung Ah You
June 9th, 1st Hour: Cha Hwan Ryu, Kyung Hee Park, Eun Jung Park
June 9th, 2nd Hour: Discussion of the Big Project Interviews
June 11th: Hee In Jeong, Jin Ho Jo, Ju Hee Lee
June 16th/18th: Final Exams (TBA)
New Schedule for the Next Few Weeks!
Hi there! I was reminded that I’d double-scheduled our next class, so I have changed the schedule! Here is the new schedule, and see below for information about preparations for next class!
29 May: discussion of interview videos
3 June: So Ra Jo
5 June: Jung Myeong Lee, followed by Saem Yoo
10 June: Su-Hee Cho,
12 June: Yong Heon Kim, followed by Soo Jin Kim
For May 29th, here are the preparations you need to make:
- Be ready to talk about the following:
- What was it like giving your interview?
- How did you feel asking the questions you asked?
- How do you think the other person felt answering those questions? Did she or he show his or her real feelings in words, expressions, or some other way?
- Prepare a couple of questions for classmates, while watching the video. They can have any relation to the video topic, but the question should be properly structured (in terms of grammar), simple, and easy to understand. The question should not be a yes-no question, but instead offer the other person a chance to talk about something a little deeply!
Essay for Critique May 28th, and Homework for May 26th
Here is the essay for critique on Wednesday evening:
I hope you all saw and prepared your homework for Monday evening, as discussed in class (and here).
Your Interviews
Your interviews are up on Youtube!
Please take a look at them, and we’ll be discussing them in class on May 28th. Until, enjoy the University Festival!
Clay Shirky on Cognitive Surplus
Imagine a world where everyone hates living in cities. Cities are crowded, noisy, smelly, and dangerous. People in that world don’t like it, but they have no choice.
So they get drunk all the time, until they realize one day that living in big groups could have some advantages: museums, entertainment, art, culture… But even then, many people don’t see the benefits that could come from not drinking every once in a while, and working on art, building a museum, volunteering at a library, practicing a song to sing for audiences, and so on.
Now, imagine living in that world that came just before people realized they didn’t have to get drunk every day to handle living so close to everyone else. Imagine being one of the first people who had a chance to participate in making cities a cool, interesting place to live.
Actually, it sounds a lot like London in the early 1800s, when people drank a hard alcohol called “gin”… they drank it like crazy, actually, and it caused a panic like the modern-day Drug War in America. But if you think about it, what’s the difference between getting drunk, and watching TV sitcoms for hours and hours every week?
That’s the question Clay Shirky wants you to think about, and the answer he offers is pretty interesting.
Here’s the video you should watch. There’s also a transcript of the video here, which you can read after watching the video and before watching it a second time. It should give you a better idea what Shirky is talking about.
We’ll be discussing it on Thursday, May 29th, so make sure you don’t just understand it: make sure you can explain it, and that you have an opinion about Shirky’s ideas. Love them or hate them — you should have an opinion of your own! (Just like the people in the comment section to this video have their own opinion! In fact, I’ll even give you a couple of bonus points on your final grade for posting an interesting opinion/response to the video, if you do it before our class discussion on the 29th!)
(Note#1: Clay Shirky is giving speeches like this to promote his new book, Here Comes Everybody. It’s just another example of creative people giving things away [for free!] to promote themselves. )
(Note #2: Remember, we’ll be discussing the first three chapters of Free Culture on Tuesday, May 27th; we probably won’t have much time then, so we’ll finish up with that Thursday before discussing Shirky. I’ll join in on the discussion of Shirky’s ideas, but I’m going to mostly keep out of the Lessig discussion. It’s a good idea toprepare some notes and outline the major points in those chapters before our class!)
UPDATE on The Big Assignment
Folks!
Please be careful when you read assignments. I checked what I wrote earlier, and it says that the person you interview must not be a student or teacher at CUK.
I don’t know why someone thought I said the interview must happen on campus. I don’t care where the interview happens, but you cannot interview a teacher or student at CUK.
Please check all the other requirements for this assignment carefully! If you have questions, ask me at our next class!
More Mashups
Here are more mashups using Public Domain videos in the Prelinger Archives at the Internet Archive. Some are weird, some are funny, some are even brilliant.