2-28-2012+Agenda

//February 28th// Space, Place and Territory //—discussion //

Recommended Readings/Viewings:

 (1) Deutsche, Rosalyn, "Uneven Development: Public Art in New York City," in __Out There__, pp. 107-132. @http://www.jstor.org.subzero.lib.uoguelph.ca/stable/pdfplus/778979.pdf?acceptTC=true (logged in through uog Library--let me know if you have trouble or need me to give it to you).

 (2) Minh-ha, Trinh T., "Cotton and Iron," in __Out There__," pp. 327-336. or watch Ressemblage (1983)

 (3) Said, Edward, "Reflections on Exile," in __Out There__, pp. 357-366. @http://www.dartmouth.edu/~germ43/pdfs/said_reflections.pdf

 (4) Peckham, Linda, "Ons Stel Nie Belang Nie/We Are Not Interested In: Speaking Apartheid," in __Out There__, pp. 367-376. or watch Connie Field's Independent Lens | Have you Heard from Johannesburg (pt 1): Road to Resistance (PBS) Interview with Filmmaker

(5) Mason, from Chapter 5. ..

6) Anon on the Media, #OpOccupyTheMedia 6.1) Anon Operation: Black March Will this be effective or will it fall on deaf ears? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Black March <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">6.2) Anon to Vic Toews <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">6.3) Anon/TruthSeekers Canada - Kill the Bill C-30 and C-11

Discussion: (A) Current Issues Freedom and Internet Security: Bill C-30 in the House of Commons: Do you support this bill? Ottawa hits pause on Web surveillance Act

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,arial,san-serif;">//The government is about to push through a set of electronic surveillance laws that will invade your privacy and cost you money. The plan is to force every phone and Internet provider to allow "authorities" to collect the private information of any Canadian, at any time, without a warrant. Information from Open Media. Sign their Petition.//

(B) Topics - Information Theory: //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,arial,san-serif;">All grammars leak // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,arial,san-serif;">//- 1st vs 3rd Worlds// - //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,arial,san-serif;">Nation and Diaspora // - //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,arial,san-serif;">Apartheid // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,arial,san-serif;">//- Punk vs. Disco// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,arial,san-serif;">//- The Painted Bird// //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"Books impressed me tremendously. From their simple printed pages one could conjure up a world as real as that grasped by the senses. Furthermore, the world of books, like meat in cans, was somehow richer and more flavourful than the everyday variety. In ordinary life, for example, one saw many people without really knowing them, while in books one even knew what people were thinking and planning" (Kosinski, The Painted Bird, 186). //

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,arial,san-serif;">//(C) Presentations?// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: helvetica,arial,san-serif;">//student work/sharing//