"The world is made of stories, not of atoms." Muriel Rukeyser.
Reading Place will consider how we construct the 'places' we live with words and images. First we'll consider virtual places and then natural ones. While I don't intend to deny science here, I'd argue that a hypothesis is a sort of story that we believe until evidence challenges the story and then we tell a new one. Consider the plum pudding model of the atom or even string theory which is undergoing some revision. Science is a form of story, too.
Before we consider the worlds outside of us, however, we'll take a moment to consider ourselves. What does it mean to be human? Building on today's activity, watch this TedTalks video by Steve Fuller and review the powerpoint slides from his talk as needed.
Then write out three responses w/ paraphrases of the talk. You can respond w/ disagreement, question, connection to something else, personal anecdote. AND make your personal, revised version of the human/culture/nature venn diagram. Print your responses and bring them to class to guide our conversation and to turn in for credit.
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British Telecom commercial
World Builder short video
Reading Place will consider how we construct the 'places' we live with words and images. First we'll consider virtual places and then natural ones. While I don't intend to deny science here, I'd argue that a hypothesis is a sort of story that we believe until evidence challenges the story and then we tell a new one. Consider the plum pudding model of the atom or even string theory which is undergoing some revision. Science is a form of story, too.
Before we consider the worlds outside of us, however, we'll take a moment to consider ourselves. What does it mean to be human? Building on today's activity, watch this TedTalks video by Steve Fuller and review the powerpoint slides from his talk as needed.
Then write out three responses w/ paraphrases of the talk. You can respond w/ disagreement, question, connection to something else, personal anecdote. AND make your personal, revised version of the human/culture/nature venn diagram. Print your responses and bring them to class to guide our conversation and to turn in for credit.
Toyota commercial
British Telecom commercial
World Builder short video
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