Welcome to Understanding Anglophone Culture(s), Spring 2011!
Welcome back to school! This is the page for the Understanding Anglophone Cultures course (officially, and awkwardly, known as “Understanding Culture
On Pushing Yourself, and Not Saying No
I recently saw an interesting video by Michael Ruhlman, a chef who works in the United States. Here’s what he
Homework, First Class
Well, I don’t think I really assigned you any homework, other than reading the syllabus (which you can download below
Homework for 10 March 2010
Here is the homework assigned to you on 8 March 2010, to be completed by 10 March 2010: go out
An Update….
Since your class on Thursday morning was canceled, due to the Mass, I figured I’d update you on the plan
Student Info Sheets: Now Downloadable
Sorry about the errors some of you were getting. The link for the Student Information Sheets should now be working
For next time…
Folks, Next time (17 March), we’re going to continue discussing the James Clifford reading, so make sure that you have
On Culture and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
Whatever problems thinking people have with the metaphysics of Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” if we see it as a
The Discussion Continues
Last time, we (sort of) finished up our discussion of the Clifford article, and I asked you to prepare the
Readings and Discussions
Folks, We’re continuing for the last week of March with our discussions of Hobsbawm’s intro to The Invention of Tradition,