Introduction to the class – to key concepts – and to each other

Meet IN CLASS @ 6 p.m. - JR 315
This will be the ONLY in-class meeting, designed to help you get started.

NOTE: You can either meet in-class today... OR you can meet me for an ONLINE chat on Saturday, Febuary 5th @ 9 a.m. We will cover the SAME introductory material in both sessions.

Introductions
Email

Online Responses to Introductions and Email links above – Due by February 5th, 2005 - Midnight.

Introduction to the class – to key concepts – and to each other

Introductions
Email

Online Responses to Introductions and Email links above – Due by February 5th, 2005 - Midnight.

Discussion Boards - Please post by February 9th - Wednesday

SHIFTING THE CENTER - THEORY IN THE FLESH: WOMEN OF COLOR EXPERIENCE & IDENTITIES

Video at Library: A Place of Rage

This video will be reserved under this number: 83400

Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray… Text
· Sec II – Merle Woo – Josephine and me – p.221-230
· Sec III – Susan Shown Harjo, “What do you want to be called?” – p.288-290
· Sec III – Joanna Kadi – “Letter to Hassan” – p. 291-292
· Sec III – Multiplicity – p. 340-341 [poem]

Discussion Board FOR SWSP Readings Above


Reader
· Donna Kate Rushin – The Bridge Poem [poem]
· Cherrie Moraga – La Guera
· Nellie Wong – When I was Growing Up [poem]
· Audre Lorde – Age, race, class and sex: Women redefining difference

Discussion Board for readings from Reader

Questions & Current Events Link

February 12th - Saturday

REDEFINING DIFFERENCE: WHITE PRIVILEGE

Video at Library: Color of Fear.

This video will be reserved under this number: 84657

Online Links:
Peggy McIntosh Article

Meet ONLINE @ 9 a.m.

Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray… Text
· Sec III - Mab Segrest, On Being White and Other Lies (243-286)
· Sec IV - June Rostan, Inside-Out and Upside-Down:(505-510)
· Sec IV - Sheri Scott, Stolen Memory (546-555)

Reader:
· Peggy McIntosh – White Privilege and Male Privilege (also available online)
· Jo Carrillo – And When You Leave, Take Your Pictures With You [poem]

Questions & Current Events Link

INTERSECTIONS OF CLASS & POWER

Video at Library: Dam/Age

This video will be reserved under this number: 86365

DUE: Autoethnography Paper #1 – On RACE

Reader
· Arundathi Roy - The reincarnation of Rumpelstillskin
· Patricia J. Williams – Of race and risk
· Donna Langston – Tired of Playing Monopoly?
· Barbara Ehrenreich – The Silenced Majority
· Gar Alperovitz – Tax the Plutocrats
· Suniti Namjoshi – Magpie

Discussion Board for Readings on Class above


Questions & Current Events Link

Discussion Boards - Please post by February 23rd - Wednesday

QUEERING THE SPECTRUM

Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray… Text
· Sec III – Grace Poore - Three movements in a minor – p. 372-377

Reader
· Spargo: Foucault and Queer Theory. (Pp. 3-33).
· Judith Butler: Imitation and gender insubordination
· Amanda Udis-Kessler: Biphobia as a Crisis of Meaning
· Hooks – Homophobia in Black communities

Discussion Board for "Queering the Spectrum" [link disabled]

Questions & Current Events Link

THE RACIAL AND GENDERED ASPECTS OF WAR – SPECIAL FOCUS

Video at Library – Hidden Wars of Dessert Storm

This video will be reserved under this number: 10338

Visit 2 websites that are anti-war and two websites that support the war before logging on to do the discussion boards.

DUE by TODAY: Response Paper # 2 –
On WAR.

MEET ONLINE @ 9 a.m.

Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray… Text
· Sec I: Suheir Hammad – First writing since - p.3
· Sec I: Barbara Lee – I’ve seen this war before – p. 13
· Sec I: Rosalind Pechesky – Phantom Towers… - p. 15
· Sec I: Lisa Albrecht – From the First Intifada to the Second Intifada – p. 103
· Sec I: Anonymous – Lurching through these frightening days – p. 116


Online

Link to Roy article: Instant Mix Imperial Democracy

Link to Walter Mosley article – An African American Appeal for Peace

Extra Credit Opportunity: Watch Farenheit 9/11 and write a one page reaction to it.

Questions & Current Events Link

THEORY IN THE FLESH: Nation, Immigration and Resistance along the Intersections.

DUE: You can send me your links to your Group Projects in ADVANCE today ... if you need any help on them.
NOTE: They are only officially due on the 28th.

MEET ONLINE @ 6:00 p.m.

Reader

· Audre Lorde – The Erotic as Power
· Bell hooks – Love as the practice of freedom
· Audre Lorde – The Art of Response [poem]
· Marge Piercy – The Low Road [poem]

Questions & Current Events Link

Please take this exam on:

March 16th - Wednesday

OR

March 19th - Saturday

ONLINE EXAM to be accessed through the WebCT site.
WebCT login

Your Online Exam will be available from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16th & from 9-11 a.m. on March 19th. You can choose to take on EITHER of those days.

Please make sure you are prepared (with books and notes, and a reliable internet connection) BEFORE logging in to the exam as you will be allowed ONLY ONE attempt at the exam.

You can access the exam by clicking on the "GRCS ONLINE EXAM" link once you log in to the WebCT class site (link on left).

The exam consists of Multiple Choice questions and Essay questions that will draw on the readings, class discussions and videos. You will be expected to demonstrate through your answers that you have engaged with the materials in a meaningful way and made connections between different texts.

You will have 1 hour to complete it. Please budget your time accordingly.

March 28th - Monday (midnight)

Please post your group presentation links by midnight on Monday, March 28th here:
Group Presentations [link disabled]


Please email your individual papers to me: sheena.malhotra@csun.edu

Meet ONLINE @ 6 p.m.

Wrap up discussion.