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“I think we should start seeing other texts”:

“I think we should start seeing other texts”:. Using non-print resources in a LAC recitation section Jonathan Risner March 2007. “Those other texts”. Photographs Films Websites. “Benefits”. Visual culture Learn about different filmmakers and photographers Technology in other cultures .

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“I think we should start seeing other texts”:

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  1. “I think we should start seeing other texts”: Using non-print resources in a LAC recitation section Jonathan Risner March 2007

  2. “Those other texts” • Photographs • Films • Websites

  3. “Benefits” • Visual culture • Learn about different filmmakers and photographers • Technology in other cultures

  4. Photos: Megacities and Sebastião Salgado

  5. Megacities • City in excess of 10 million people • Immigration • “Microcosm of globalization” • Urban experience

  6. In class • Use photos in lieu of texts or to accompany another reading • Small group discussions or class discussion • How to discuss: what one sees and relate to topic • The photographer • Museum visit

  7. Film: Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs) and The Take

  8. Structural Adjustment Policies

  9. In class • Organize a screening outside of class • Require students to create discussion questions about film • Particularize and contextualize SAPs • Possibility of broaching other topics, such as alternative economic models

  10. Websites: Jihad vs. McWorld and the Zapatisas

  11. Jihad: Not exclusive to Muslim cultures Slaughter of “other” Undermining democratic institutions Uses information technology McWorld: U.S. popular culture Expansionist commerce Undermining democratic institutions Uses information technology Jihad vs. McWorld

  12. The Zapatistas

  13. In class • Website as text or accompanying another text • View as a class or outside of class • Student discussion leaders

  14. Textual harmony • Print and non-print coexisting • Mixing texts • Flexibility • Being aware of resources

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