Articulating
Power: text & image in the
public sphere
Fall
& Winter Quarters 2004
Course
:
10765
Instructors
: Ellen Fernandez-Sacco, Jeannette Garceau
Office hours by appointment
SEM II C 3104 fernande@evergreen.edu
x5422
SEM II C 4104 garceauj@evergreen.edu
x6017
50
students
Sophomore-
Senior
No
prerequisites
No
signature
No
internship possibility
(Local
travel, No special expenses)
On
a daily basis, we are inundated by
thousands of images which bear messages that suggest, imply and
construct the
identity of the consumer.
More
importantly, what effects do
visual, sensorial and textual arguments have on our understanding of
belonging?
How are the relationship of the self, the citizen and populace to a
particular
nation or place conveyed? And how is this reflected in our
understanding of 'democracy' in relationship to how we live, make our
living, and participate in
a democratic society? Does it get buried beneath the idea of
consumption,
rather than be realized as a capacity to invoke change? In this
process, what
visual and textual arguments are produced for what particular
audiences, by
whom, for what purpose, and to what effect? What role does technology
play in
conveying these arguments?
This
two-quarter program will
consider these relations of power through case studies drawn from
readings,
seminar, film studies, media and contemporary events. Through this
process, we
will gain a better understanding of power-- how it is produced,
maintained and
contested, and how the body (individual, political) is defined by
power.
During
the first quarter, students
will complete a series of workshops on writing, computer workshops on
web
layout (In Design), I Movie and Photoshop. Writing assignments will be
a means
for processing various ideas, issues and modes of analysis covered in
discussions, readings, and presentations. These components enable
students in
the program to build their skills and generate responses to current
events
using text and image.
Guest
lecturers, a trip to Seattle to
attend the Northwest Social Forum in October; TESC Lecture Series are
also part
of the program. While examining the work of specific artists, writers
and
activists, students in the winter quarter will apply the skills gained
in the
previous quarter to develop a final project.
Nicholas
Mirzoeff, ed. The Visual Culture
Reader,
Second Edition. Routledge,
July
2002, ISBN 0-415-25222-9
Noam Chomsky, Media
Control: The Spectacular
Achievements of Propaganda.
The Open Media
Pamphlet Series, Seven Stories
Press, 1997 or 2002 edition
ISBN
1-888363-49-5
Arundhati Roy,
An Ordinary Person's Guide to
Empire.
Cambridge, MA: South End Press,
2004. ISBN
089608727-1
Cornell West, Democracy
Matters: winning the
fight against imperialism.
The Penguin Press, 2004. ISBN
1-59420-029-7
Thomas Paine, Common
Sense.
Penguin Classics, (1776) 1986.
ISBN
0-140-39016-2
Optional:
Nato Thompson
& Greg Sholette, The
Interventionists: Users Manual for the Creative
Disruption
of Everyday
Life.
MASS MoCA/ The MIT Press, 2004.
ISBN
0-262-20150-X
[available from Amazon.com]
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Program Schedule
Monday 1-4
SEM2
B1105 - All group meeting Tuesday 10-12
Sem2 E2107 - Seminar [or Mac
Computer lab - wks 3-7] 10-12
Sem2 E2109 - Seminar [or Mac
Computer lab - wks 3-7] Wednesday 10-12
Sem2
D1105 – Screenings – All group Thursday 10-12
Sem2 E2107 –
Seminar [or Mac Computer lab - wks 3-7]
10-12 Sem2
E2109 – Seminar
[or Mac Computer lab - wks 3-7]
1-3
Sem2 A1105 -
All group meeting
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Students
are expected to attend and participate in all class sessions.
Missed
classes are required to be made up by reading from recommended or
related books
and doing an
oral
presentation in class. More than two missed classes will result in
reduced
or no credit.
Students
are required to maintain a response journal to the assigned readings,
which
should be brought to all class and seminar meetings. This will become
part of
your portfolio (together with written & web based assignments) for
the
program.
Week
3
Paper
due- 3 pp. on program themes and questions
Week
5
Paper
due Monday- 6 pp. researched piece engaging a particular topic that are
neither
discussed in election coverage nor represented in the media.
Week
6
Paper
due- Convert research paper into a commentary or opinion piece; your
goal is to
construct an argument that will persuade or move an audience. Condense
to 2-3
pp.
Week
8
Paper
due- Self-reflexive essay discussing your location
Weeks
9 & 10
Scheduled
presentations of student project plans
Please
note:
Readings for the week are to be completed prior to
TuesdayÕs scheduled
seminar meeting.
WEEK
1 September 27 -30
Terms of
participation in a so-called democracy
Arundhati
Roy, An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire
Noam
Chomsky, Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda.
The
Visual Culture Reader
Henry Giroux,
'Public Time vs. Emergency Time:
Politics, terrorism & the
culture of
fear' 1-15 (handout)
Wednesday
Screening:
Arundhati
Roy, Instant Mix-Imperial Democracy
(2004)
Robert
McChesney &
Mark Crispin Miller, Rich Media,
Poor
Democracy. [clip]
http://www.mediaed.org/videos/CommercialismPoliticsAndMedia/RichMediaPoorDemocracy
WEEK
2 October 4-7
Constructing &
commodifying the citizen
Cornell
West, Democracy Matters
Lynne
Spiegel, Entertainment Wars, American Quarterly, June 2004,
235-270.
http://0muse.jhu.edu.cals.evergreen.edu:80/journals/american_quarterly/v056/56.2spigel.html
The
Visual Culture Reader
Monday
Screening:
The
Ad & The Ego
(1997) 56 min.
Wednesday
Screening:
Network. Paddy
Chayefsky, Sidney
Lumet, Dir., (1976)
121 min.
Thursday,
10/9:
Library
research workshop
with Caryn Cline
WEEK
3 October 11-14
Today &
yesterday- persuading the public
**Paper
due, 3-4 pages reflection on program themes
Thomas
Paine, Common Sense
Arundhati
Roy, An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire
Cornell
West, Democracy Matters
The
Visual Culture Reader
Tuesday
or Thursday:
iMovie
workshop
– Mac Computing Classroom,
Library 4th
Floor
Wednesday
Screening:
Dr.
Strangelove, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying
& Love
The Bomb. Stanley
Kubrick, Dir.
(1964) B/W 93 min.
Field
Trip:
Northwest
Social Forum, Seattle [details t.b.a]
WEEK
4 October 18-21
Democratic
participation & its manifestations
The
Visual Culture Reader
Cornell
West, Democracy Matters
Project
Censored
http://www.projectcensored.org/
Followup
on NW Social Forum, Seattle
Tuesday or
Thursday:
Photoshop
I workshop
– Mac Computing Classroom,
Library 4th
Floor
Wednesday
screening:
Spectre
of Hope
-Sebastiao Salgado with John Berger.
John
Carlin, Director (2001) 52 min.
WEEK
5 October 25 – 28 -
Midquarter Review
The body &
power: violence & vicarious
trauma
**Paper
due
The
Visual Culture Reader
Transculturation,
533-545
Leigh
Raiford, The Consumption of Lynching Images, from Only
Skin Deep:
Changing
Conceptions of the American Self (2003)
267-274.
(handout)
Susan
Sontag, What have we done?' May 24, 2004; Guardian UK
republished
by Common
Dreams.org
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0524-09.htm
Abigail
Solomon GodeauÕs dispatches from the image wars Artforum
on-line
http://www.artforum.com/inprint/id=6942
Michel
Foucault, from Discipline & Punish
John
Berger, from About Looking
Tuesday or
Thursday:
Photoshop
II workshop
– Mac Computing Classroom,
Library 4th
Floor
Wednesday
screening:
Stuart
Hall, Media & Representation
Carlos
E. Cortes, Fall Guest Speaker Series, Racial
Identity,
Media,
Privilege & Multiculturalism.
WEEK
6 November 1-4
The more you
watch, the less you know?
**Paper
due
The
Visual Culture Reader
Anne Elizabeth
Moore, Live by Their Tools, Die
by Their Tools: The Political
Limitations of
Culture
Jamming, Lip Magazine, No. 1,
Summer 2004, 10-13. (handout)
Tuesday or
Thursday:
inDesign
I workshop
– Mac Computing Classroom,
Library 4th
Floor
Monday
screening:
Manchurian
Candidate
- John Frankenheimer, Dir. (1962) B/W, 2 hr. 7 min.
Tuesday
evening:
Join
program Lights, Camera, Election! to watch election night TV
coverage on
multiple
feeds.
Wednesday:
Discussion
of Election results
WEEK
7 November 8 – 11
Visual Colonialism
The
Visual Culture Reader
Part Three:
Visual Colonialism/ Visual Transculture
Tuesday or
Thursday:
inDesign
II workshop
– Mac Computing Classroom,
Library 4th
Floor
Wednesday
screening:
T.B.A.
WEEK
8 November 15 – 18
Visual
Technologies & Necessary Engagements
**Paper
due
The
Visual Culture Reader
Cornell
West, Democracy Matters
Jennifer
Gonzalez, Morphologies: Race as a Visual Technology
from Only
Skin Deep, 379-393.
(handout)
Wednesday
screening:
Cornell
West, Restoring Hope (2003)
Reverend
Billy, The
Church of Stop Shopping
Peace
Revival
James Luna, Take
a
Picture with a Real Indian
Thanksgiving
Break
November 22-28
WEEK
9- November
29 -
December 2
Student
Presentations
**Proposal
due for Winter Quarter project
WEEK
10- December 13 - 17
Student
Presentations -- Reviews & Evaluations
Finalizing
Winter Quarter plans
A selection of links to a variety of organizations that engage aspects
of media & the public sphere
World Social Forum
http://www.wsfindia.org
Northwest Social Forum
http://www.nwsf.org
Artists
The Yes Men
http://www.theyesmen.org
Media &
Reporting
Guardian Unlimited - Special Report: The United States of America
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/0,12271,759893,00.html
Alternet.org
http://www.alternet.org
Covert Action
Quarterly
http://www.covertaction.org
Democracy Now
http://www.democracynow.org
Disinfopedia: An encyclopedia of people, issues, news & groups
shaping the public agenda
http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Disinfopedia
Disinfopedia’s List of Links
http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=Disinfopedia
Disinfopedia: Propaganda Techniques
http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Propaganda_techniques
Notes from the Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of
Persuasion
http://www3.cerritos.edu/fquaas/resources/English103/ageofpropaganda.htm
Free Press: Media Reform
http://www.freepress.net/
Beginner's Guide
http://www.freepress.net/guide/
CampaignDesk.org
http://www.campaigndesk.org
Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (F.A.I.R.)
http://www.fair.org
Media Info Center
http://www.mediainfocenter.org/
Media Channel
http://www.mediachannel.org
The Center for Media Literacy
http://www.medialit.org
Eight Key Concepts to Media Literacy
http://www.reseau-medias.ca/eng/med/bigpict/8keycon.htm
Media Studies
http://www.mediastudies.com
Media Study
http:///www.mediastudy.com/media.html
PR Watch: Center for Media & Democracy
http://www.prwatch.org
University of Oregon: School of Education Media Literacy On-line project
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/HomePage
University of Oregon: Media Literacy Review
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/home/index.html
Adbusters Media Foundation & Magazine
http://www.adbusters.org
Culture and Communication
Critical Media Study
http://mediastudy.com/media.html
Critical and Cultural Studies: A Division of the National Communication
Association
http://www.vcsun.org/CCS/
The Cultural Environment Movement
http://www.cemnet.org
Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
http://eserver.org/theory/
Cultural Studies Listserv
http://www.cas.usf.edu/communication/rodman/cultstud/
Sarah Zupko's Cultural Studies Center
http://www.popcultures.com
Voice of the Shuttle: Cultural Studies Page
http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/cultural.html
Commercialism, Corporatization
and Globalization
The Corporatization of Grassroots Media
http://www.savepacifica.net/0709_teach-in_report.html
Global Exchange
http://www.globalexchange.org
Hand to Brand Combat
http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/press/mcds/theguardian230900.html
The Nation
http://past.thenation.com/issue/970317/970317.htm
This article details the how conglomeratization has impacted the
publishing industry.
The New Tyrants: Global Corporatization
http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/public/global.html
No Logo
http://www.nologo.org
Gender
Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org
Jean Kilbourne's Website
http://www.jeankilbourne.com
Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D. (jkilbourne@aol.com) is internationally
recognized for her pioneering work on alcohol and tobacco advertising
and the image of women in advertising. She is featured in MEF videos
Killing Us Softly 3, Deadly Persuasion, Slim Hopes, and Spin the
Bottle. This website has information about her lecture schedule, links,
resources, and more.
National Organization for Women (NOW)
http://www.now.org
ON THE ISSUES: The Progressive Women's Quarterly
http://mosaic.echonyc.com/~onissues/
Women-focused magazines and newsletters on the web
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/mags2.htm
Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites
http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links.html
Children Now: Boys to Men: Messages About Masculinity
http://www.childrennow.org/media/boystomen/report-media.html
Men's Roles and Responsibilities in Ending Gender-Based Violence
http://www.un-instraw.org/mensroles/
Mentors in Violence Prevention Program
http://www.ncasports.org/mvpcurriculum.htm
The National Organization of Men Against Sexism
http://www.nomas.org
Race & Ethnic Studies
The African-American WebRing Collaboration
http://www.nubiansoul.com/etbm/collaboration.html
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
http://www.adc.org
Asian American Feminists
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/AsAm.html
Anti-Racism Website Links
http://www.nstu.ns.ca/violence/web3.html
Black Cultural Studies Web Site
http://www.tiac.net/users/thaslett/
Chicano/Latino Net
http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu
ERaM: Ethnicity, Racism and Media Discussion Forum
http://www.code1.com/cybercolonies/eram/index.htm
LatinoVote
http://www.latinovote.com
The Multiracial Activist
http://www.multiracial.com/links/links-civilrights.html
Recommended U.S. Latino Website
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/us_latin.htm
LGBT and Sexual Orientation Issues
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): Lesbian and Gay Rights
http://www.aclu.org/issues/gay/hmgl.html
The Family Diversity Project
http://www.lovemakesafamily.org
GLAAD: Fair, Accurate, and Inclusive Representation
http://www.glaad.org
Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
http://www.glsen.org
The Human Rights Campaign
http://www.hrc.org
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
http://www.ngltf.org/index.cfm
Queer Resource Directory
http://www.qrd.org
Diversity and Social Justice
The McGraw-Hill Multicultural Supersite
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/multi/
Multicultural Pavilion: Resources and Dialogues for Educators, Students
and Activists
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/
Youth Development and Youth
Activism
Media Literacy Review: Directory of Media Production Programs for Youth
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/V01N01/index.html
Academy for Educational Development (AED)
http://www.aed.org/msieindex.html
WireTap: the Magazine
http://www.alternet.org/wiretapmag/about.html
Violence Prevention Links and Resources
http://www.save.addr.com/violence_prevention_links.htm
Youth Violence: A Report from the Surgeon General
http://www.mentalhealth.org/youthviolence/surgeongeneral/SG_Site/home.html
The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV)
http://www.colorado.edu/Research/cspv/
Made by Ellen
Fernandez-Sacco fernande@evergreen.edu