Weeks 3/4 Assignments

As we all enjoy/endure the 4th polar vortex day off from school, here are the assignments for the next two week cycle. The first two weeks have been intended to problematize your assumptions about the meanings of the terms 'human' 'culture' and 'nature'.  Now, we're going to launch into the book Ishmael which will also begin with lots of terms, although Quinn usually offers definitions instead of confusing the issues.  Here are the assignments:

• Transhumanism project due Monday February 3rd.  See details and eval criteria on assignment page.
• Bring any magazines you can to class January 30th for some cutting and pasting!
• Read Ishmael to page 46 for Wednesday  2/5 and page 148 for Tuesday  2/11.  I'd be looking for a couple of discussion leaders for 2/11 in each class, and then a couple more for a final discussion.Volunteers?

In addition to this, we'll be reading a few short readings in class which I'll post here when I get access to a scanner.  In the meantime, here's a short one about machine/human mind meld.