Welcome welcome everyone!
We look forward to seeing all of you at 10am on Tuesday, January 5 in Com 110. Bring your own tea mug as we will be serving tea. You will learn of your seminar leader after lunch that day.
******Please note these changes to our weekly schedule*****
Tuesdays 2:00-2:30 – peer group meetings
Thursday mornings: 9:30-12:30 (instead of 10-1)
| Tuesday, Jan. 5 | Wednesday, Jan. 6 | Thursday, Jan. 7 |
| All-group meeting - bring a tea mug | Open Space - The Great Turning Class | Integrative Expressive Arts Lab
Gahu, Yoga Nidra and Working with Mandalas - Please bring layered clothing as well as a blanket (if you get cold easily) and even an eye pillow if you have one AND also bring your colored pencils. |
Seminar Hawken p. 1-88
Please prepare your seminar ticket as follows:
Type your answer to these questions...
1. What is the thesis of this text?
2. Write a one-two paragraphs describing how some of the ideas of Blessed Unrest are related to current social issues.
3. Bring three, REAL conceptual questions that would be good for use in leading a 5 minute discussion in seminar. Make sure each one cites a specific passage from the text. | | Seminar Hawken p. 89-190
Please prepare your seminar ticket as follows:
Type two additional questions that arose from you after seminar on Tuesday.
DUE: Please check your winter paper assignment for what is due today - clean prospectus for returning students and the beginnings of the prospectus for new students. |
in process- Monday, 12/28
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We are near the end of fall quarter, so here are two weeks in one!
***PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULE CHANGE FOR THURSDAY OF WEEK 9!***
Next Sunday Nov. 29, 8pm PST David Diamond will have a live broadcast on the web of his new production, after homelessness, working with the homeless community in Vancouver, BC. If you are interested, it will be live and you can join in at this web site: after homelessness
| Tuesday, Week 9 | Wednesday, Week 9 | Thursday, Week 9 |
10:00-1:00
Community Service in Awakening the Dreamer
AND
the Part II of the film Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
DUE: - your entire prospectus - this includes ALL drafts (with clearly identified peer and tutor reviews of both book review AND the body of the prospectus). Please put the final draft on top and attach all the other drafts in a manageable format (clipped, folder, etc.) | Self-Eval workshop - please bring the following: your portfolio (in whatever form you have it), your colored pencils, pen and paper (of course!)
AND
film - Part III of Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth | Community Service at Left Foot Organics
LEAVE FROM C LOT (OUTSIDE THE COM BLDG) AT 9 AM!! RETURN NOT LATER THAN 1:00. |
Seminar: Paul Loeb - Chapters 1-6 only.
Bring this ticket:
Go to Study Questions where he has a set of study questions for our text. Respond to all of the questions and issues associated with four out of the 6 assigned chapters - chapters 1-6. You choose your chapters. Type your answers.
| | Seminar: Paul Loeb - Chapters 7-12 only.
Bring this ticket:
Go to Study Questions where he has a set of study questions for our text. Respond to all of the questions and issues associated with four out of the 6 assigned chapters - chapters 7-12. You choose your chapters. Type your answers. |
| Tuesday, Week 10 | Wednesday, Week 10 | Thursday, Week 10 |
| 10:00-1:00: Performative Responses | Performative Responses | Expressive Arts Lab Movement and integration |
| Seminar: Portfolio workshop - bring your completely compiled portfolio. | | Seminar: Potluck and World cafe (to be explained in class) |
Cynthia’s video pick of the week (thanks Izzy): Bonobo Apes
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What’s the news this week???
PROSPECTUS! – Get a full draft of this fully typed and bring 3 typed copies for Tuesday morning. Also – book your appointment with your tutor now so that you can have a session before you go home on break.
Please remember these details about annotated bibliographies:
- Refer to this part of the OWL at Purdue for details of how to create your annotations.
- Each of your sources should have a three-paragraph annotation. The first paragraph should be the summary, the second the assessment and the third your reflection (see above referenced web site).
Also – please feel free to use a mind map (look at this video a second time!) as your outline. This can really help you bridge the gap between your thinking and the writing you do later on. Use color, images and let yourself feel the excitement of learning about your topic.
Finally…
DON’T PLAN TO LEAVE TOWN FOR BREAK UNTIL AFTER CLASS ON THURSDAY!
| Tuesday, November 17 | Wednesday, November 18 | Thursday, November 19 |
10-1:00
Workshop/Lecture: Thinking about Systems Theory
AND - Peer review of Prospectus
DUE: 3 typed copies of your entire prospectus | Final performative response! We'll begin with this.
Followed by the film Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth | Integrative Expressive Arts Lab: Introduction to the 5Rhythms. No special skills needed - you already have all the experience you need!
Wear loose clothing with lots of layers. It starts off cool, gets really hot, then cools down again. |
Seminar: 2:30-4:30
Wheatley - Read the Prologue, Intro and Chs. 1-6 (ca. 112 pages)
Bring your ticket to seminar:
1. Identify at least two different concepts from the reading that are interesting to you (use a page citation) and then reflect in writing on how each concept can be used to help develop or change organizations, or helps you in thinking about how you might be effective as a change agent in the world. Really elaborate your thoughts.
2. Compare Wheatley's ideas on systems to Diamond's systemic paradigm ( Theatre for Living pg. 1-49) in 2 paragraphs. This reading was assigned earlier. | | Seminar: 1:30-3:30 Wheatley (finish the text): Seminar ticket -
1. Create a mind map AND
2. Bring a substantive question(typed) that is tied to some particular passage in the text. This question should be significant enough that you could lead a 5-minute discussion on it in seminar. |
Cynthia’s video pick of the week (100 musicians from around the world show the power of community as the only way to change the world from Bill Moyers Journal on PBS.org) Playing for Change
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There is a lot on your plates this week, so if you have questions about what is due when, please don’t hesitate to ask us.
Your biggest piece of work right now is your book review assignment (which is located under downloadable files if you don’t have one). Between now and class on Tuesday, you should do the following:
1. Write a draft of your book review according to the assignment.
2. Make a copy of this draft and take it to your writing tutor and discuss it. Then, incorporate those comments into a second draft.
3. Take this second draft to your peer group for comments. Make one copy of the draft for each member of the group and read your review aloud. Group members will write comments in the margins and also give you oral feedback. Take these drafts and attach them to your original. Then, incorporating all of this feedback, write a final draft.
It doesn’t matter if you see your writing tutor, or work with your peer group first.
All of these drafts (your originals and the ones with comments from your tutor and peers) are due at 10 am on Tuesday. Along with a poster.
Looking ahead: Tuesday of week 8 you will begin the process of peer reviewing your entire prospectus assignment. So, be prepared to be working on that when your book review assignment is complete. You will also be required to take a draft of this to your tutor during Week 8, so make your appointments!
| Tuesday, Nov. 10 | Wednesday, Nov. 11 | Thursday, Nov. 12 |
10:00-1:00: Book Fair
Please see the assignment.
DUE: A poster which advertises your book AND - the FINAL draft of your book review with all the drafts (see above) nicely stapled or somehow bound together.
Please also bring candy and bubbles :-)
| - Workshop on Annotated Bibliographies. Please bring a hard copy of your prospectus - in whatever form it is in right now.
Also - Finish Student Performances
BRING YOUR TEA CUP WITH YOU AGAIN! | Integrative Expressive Arts Lab
Guest artist: Todd Denny - rap and poetry workshop - a video of his work is Cynthia's video pick of the week (see below). |
2:30-4:30 Seminar on Jung Part III
Seminar ticket: Use your colored pencils to create a mindmap of Part III.
Your mindmap should have:
- a central graphic image illustrating the main idea of the book and
- branches coming out with words, images and pg. numbers of quotes you would like to presence in the seminar discussion.
You can use an 8/5 by 11 piece of paper or a larger piece of paper for your mindmap.
2. Central Idea –
Summarize the central idea of this reading in one paragraph
3. Create 2 conceptual questions this reading raises for you with at least one connection to a previous reading, film or speaker.
Your total ticket:
1. a mindmap 2.the central idea (typed) and 3. two questions (typed) | | 1:30-3:30
Seminar on Jung Part III
Ticket - bring one good typed question for seminar discussion. |
Cynthia’s video pick of the week: Todd Denney’s work with tribal youth and rap/hip-hop
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Welcome to the second half of the quarter! We have lots going on this week. Read carefully and remember:
- Meet with your faculty during your scheduled conference time during week 6. These conferences can’t be made up, so make sure to be on time.
- Read your book for your book review. We’ll send the written assignment over email in the next day or so and will go over it in class next week.
| Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
| 10:00-1:00 - No official class (COM110 is open for rehearsal space). You should meet with your performative response groups to work on your performance for Wednesday. Also - make sure to meet with your faculty if you are signed up to do so this morning. | 10:00-12:30 - Student Performative Responses!
BRING A DRINKING MUG!
After your performance, before Thursday, please spend some time reflecting on the type of specific feedback you will give each member of your group on Thursday (use the assignment handout as a guide). | 10:00-1:00 - Integrative Expressive Arts Lab
We will begin with yoga, so make sure to wear clothes that allow you to move, your yoga mat if you have one, and a blanket if you like to stay warm at the end.
Bring your art supplies and scissors (if you have them) for this session. |
2:30-4:30 - Seminar on Jung Part II. For your ticket, please prepare the following -
1. A mindmap:
Watch Tony Buzan’s video describing the process of mindmapping: Maximise the Power of Your Brain
Use your colored pencils to create a mindmap of Part II.
Your mindmap should have:
- a central graphic image illustrating the main idea of the book and
- branches coming out with words, images and pg. numbers of quotes you would like to presence in the seminar discussion.
You can use an 8/5 by 11 piece of paper or a larger piece of paper for your mindmap.
2. Central Idea –
Summarize the central idea of this reading in one paragraph
3. Create 2 conceptual questions this reading raises for you with at least one connection to a previous reading, film or speaker.
Your total ticket:
1. a mindmap 2.the central idea (typed) and 3. two questions (typed)
| | 1:30-3:30 - Jung Part II
Please bring a NEW typed question that arose from Tuesday's seminar. Make sure to include a text citation. |
Cynthia’s video picks of the week:
Black Butterfly Project Part I (thanks Stephanie)
Black Butterfly Project Part II
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Much is happening this week! We have two guest speakers. First, on Tuesday morning, we will meet Luis Rodriguez in the Longhouse. In addition to finishing his text, you might enjoy his poetry which is posted under downloadable files, week 5.
The next morning at 10 am , our program will be sponsoring a speaker on Restorative Justice who has collected some impressive longitudinal and cross -cultural data on this area using a Restorative Justice Paradigm. Our speaker, Paul McCold, is an adjunct faculty at St. Martin University and was founding faculty at the Graduate School of the International Institute for Restorative Practices in Bethlehem Pennsylvania.
Restorative justice is an innovative approach to crime and wrong-doing that seeks to transform conflict into cooperation. Dr. McCold will introduce the paradigm by presenting the definition, postulates, and causal theory of the essential concepts; and then summarize the remarkable research findings that definitively validate the practice as a viable alternative to punishment-based criminal justice.
Also – PLEASE NOTE – we have changed the date the first section of your prospectus is due from Wednesday to Thursday due to a scheduling change with the Writing Center. Please see the timeline below.
| Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
10-noon: Meet in the Longhouse for guest speaker: Luis Rodriguez. Come early!
Bring your seminar ticket (typed) to this presentation:
1. Prepare a question for Luis Rodriguez that draws on a specific passage from his book. You are encouraged to ask your question during the Q & A period, as long as it relates to what has emerged in the morning's talk.
2. What do you think you are learning from this book that relates to our program?
Note: Some of Rodriguez's poems are available under downloadable files - week 5. | Guest speaker: Paul McCold "Restorative Justice Paradigms"
Week 5 check-in with Core Connectors
| Integrative Expressive Arts Lab
Please read the following BEFORE this lab:
Diamond, pgs. 11-43 AND pgs. 86-105
DUE: Your title, topic, question, significance of the question sections of your prospectus along with at LEAST 5 sources formatted according to the APA styleguide. Follow the directions for each section of this in your assignment. You should have gone over your question with your tutor BEFORE you turn this in to your faculty. You need to have your copy of this in your hand for Thursday as we will meet with Sandy from the Writing Center for part of this morning. |
| Seminar: 2:30-4:30 the rest of Hearts and Hands | | Seminar: 2:30-4:30 student articles. You will work with THE SAME person you worked with last week to read and present one of their articles. |
Cynthia’s video pick of the week: A New Dream: The Story of the Pachamama Alliance
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Hello hello – We hope everyone is transitioning well from our excellent retreat. We missed those of you who were ill and hope your bodies are recovering well.
 Learning Community at its best! Week 4 will be busy. If you have any questions, make sure to contact one of us so you know where we are and what’s happening each day.
| Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
Library Workshop
Everyone meets in the GC1 Grotto with our librarian, Sarah Pedersen. Make sure you are clear on your topic by this day.
8:30-10:00 - Mukti's seminar
10:00-11:30 - Terry's seminar
11:30-1:00 - Cynthia's seminar
No other class this morning.
| Reading workshop
Please prepare in the following way:
1. Bring a copy of your favorite book (if you can't lay your hands on a copy, bring a print-out of its cover from, for example, Amazon). Be prepared talk about the book to others. You might say what the book is about and why it's important to you. See if you can inspire your colleagues to want to read it.
2. Bring a copy of Hearts and Hands.
AND...
Introduction to Augosto Boal and Theatre of the Oppressed as Community Dialogue
AND...
Student Panel on Youth Violence | Integrative Expressive Arts Lab:
We will begin with yoga, so bring your mat, or plan to arrive early and check one out from equipment check out (you'll need your id for this). Also - wear loose clothing for movement.
After yoga, we will have an Introduction to Image Theatre , Theatre for Living , Theatre of the Oppressed as Community Dialogue. Begin to think of themes that are emerging for you from the program work. |
Seminar:
Prepare your seminar ticket as follows:
1. Bring an example from the news media in which a person, community or culture is projecting its own shadow on another individual or community that is resulting in violence. Write one to two paragraphs of how you see the shadow archetype being expressed through violence.
2. On page 51, Rodriguez lists questions we must ask ourselves in relation to society and young people. Create an additional question you would add to the list after reading Parts 1 and 2. Write one to two paragraphs of your own current understanding of your question.
3. Cite a specific text passage that you think is central to Rodriguez’s ideas. How does this idea relate to Jung’s concept of myths and archetypes?
| | Seminar:
Find TWO SCHOLARLY PDF journal articles related to your research topic that you think are valuable for your classmates to read. You should find these articles through the library’s JSTOR database (or similar scholarly database). No random webpage drivel allowed! Look for an article about 5-10 pages long. These will provide shared seminar readings during Thursdays of weeks 4 and 5.
In the assigned week, you will bring two copies of each article to class. Students will pair up and then breakout of session to read ONE article during class time and discuss what is important for the other students in class to know about this article. Then the group will reconvene and each pair of students will present the article to the class. More details in class. |
Cynthia’s video pick of the week: Where the Hell is Matt?
And…not to foget our shadow side...Where the Hell is Matt? (2009)
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It’s already retreat time! We leave on Tuesday, October 13 at 10:00 am for Fort Flagler and return not later than 5:30, October 15. Please gather at 10 am in COM 110.
If you haven’t turned in your field trip waiver (because, for example, you were sick), a copy is available under downloadable files. Please remember to also bring:
- A typed copy of your “How I Write” session and your typed impressions of the meeting you had with the tutor including any learning goals and outcomes you wrote for yourself. STAPLE THESE TOGETHER!!
- For our second seminar discussion of Diallo, bring one solid question (typed) which is left for you after our first discussion. The question should be substantial enough that you can use it to lead a 5-minute discussion in seminar. Make sure your question references a specific citation from the text.
- Your stone
- Your dream journal
- Any text suggestions you have for winter quarter. You should submit your ideas in writing including text and author as well as a short statement about why the text would be a good choice for our program. While we realistically can’t choose all your books, your ideas are important to our selection process which will happen during week 3.
Some notes about upcoming work:
When we return, week 4, our Tuesday schedule will be irregular. We will be continuing our research methodology work with Sarah Pedersen and each seminar group will spend 90 minutes in the library. Mukti’s group will meet from 8:30-10:00, Terry’s from 10-11:30 and Cynthia’s from 11:30-1:00. There will not be any more class in the morning, although we will have seminar as usual from 2:30-4:30.
Cynthia’s video pick of the week: Piano Stairs
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Thanks for such a great first week. Here is the work for week 2. If you have any questions you can email us, or comment below and one of us will answer.
Please make sure you are well-engaged with your dream journal and beginning to create those synthesis pages – don’t forget to date them.
Also – you should be typing your writing from our “How I Write” session and taking that to your tutor this week. After the meeting type up your impressions of the meeting and what learning goals and outcomes you wrote for yourself.
| Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
10:00 - brief all-group meeting in COM 110 followed by:
Beginning the Inquiry w/ sly
Library research w/ Sarah Pedersen
Time Management/Google calendar w/ Core Connectors and Amy Greene
DUE: Your topic - follow the blurb under TOPIC on page 2 of your Prospectus assignment. - TYPE THIS! | 10:00 -
Drums: a discussion with Terry
Panel Discussion: Cultural Appreciat'n/ Appropriat'n: A Continuum
Retreat Planning
| Integrative Expressive Arts Lab |
Seminar: Jung Part I
DUE: Bring one solid question (typed) which you feel is substantial enough that you can use it to lead a 5-minute discussion in seminar. Make sure your question references a specific citation from the text and that it is typed. | | Seminar: Diallo (read the entire text)
DUE: ticket to seminar:
Write one to two paragraphs on each question. Please cite specific pages from each book that support your thinking.
1) What is the relationship between music and community in Diallo’s native culture?
2) How does the work of C.G.Jung inform your understanding of “The Healing Drum” ?
3) What is one concept that you don't yet understand, and what do you currently "think" that it means? |
Upcoming: Our program will be on retreat during week 3. We will leave on Tuesday, October 13 in the morning and return in the late afternoon, October 15. Please arrange your work and other schedules to allow you to be away from campus (Fort Flagler) for these three days.
Cynthia’s video pick of the week: The Great Chinese State Circus: Swan Lake
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Hello hello!
Welcome all. We’ve been hearing good things about all of you from our colleagues in the library, academic advising, the computer lab and housing. We hear you are ready to work! So, with that in mind…here is your first week’s schedule. Monday is usually a “work and study” day for our program, so you should go ahead and plan to read on that day.
PLEASE BRING A TEA CUP ON TUESDAY AS WE ARE SERVING TEA AND WOULD LIKE TO AVOID 70 DISPOSABLE CUPS!!
| Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
10-1: Opening workshop We have a long wait list, so make sure to be present so we know you are really wanting to be enrolled.
TO DO: Please read: the syllabus and covenant - we will bring hard copies to class. | 10-12:30
Guest speaker: Joe McHugh - family stories
Film: Wisdom of the Dream | 10-1: Integrative Expressive Arts lab - you will NOT need a yoga mat for this day, but should wear layered clothing that will allow you to move freely. |
Seminar: Berry's article The American College in the Ecological Age. Please download this from the web site (see downloadable files on menu bar to the right) and bring a hard copy with your comment and markings all over it.
DUE: ticket to seminar - bring a typed paper that does these three things:
1. Cites a passage (type it out and reference the page number) that you find unclear and would like to discuss with others.
2. A cited (eg. reference the page number) idea that you find essential to Berry's point of view. Type this out as well.
3. A real (for you) question which emerges for you after you have read the text. This question should reference a specific part of the text, so make sure to include a page number. | | Seminar: Jung, Part I
DUE: ticket to seminar - bring a typed paper that does these three things:
1. Cites a passage (type it out and reference the page number) that you find unclear and would like to discuss with others.
2. A cited (eg. reference the page number) idea that you find essential to Jung's point of view. Type this out as well.
3. A real (for you) question which emerges for you after you have read the text. This question should reference a specific part of the text, so make sure to include a page number. |
Upcoming: Our program will be on retreat during week 3. We will leave on Tuesday, October 13 in the morning and return in the late afternoon, October 15. Please arrange your work and other schedules to allow you to be away from campus (Fort Flagler) for these three days.
And, send any of us an email if you have any questions.
Cynthia’s video pick of the week: Paul Hawken, Blessed Unrest, the film
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