Monday, May 23, 2011

Blog 25: Final Project (due 6/11)

For your final project this semester you will pick a text or activity that connects to the themes we have explored in this course. You will engage with your choice (watch it or visit it) and then discuss your experience on Blog 25: My Final Project. This last blog is due Saturday, June 11 by 9:00AM.

Choose ONE of two projects:

I. FOOD
From GrowNYC
Visit the Farmers Market at Union Square (find more information about the market HERE). The market is open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 8AM to 6PM, but it is at its best in the earlier hours.

Specifically, you should
  1. Walk around, jotting down what types of food are being sold and what other activities are happening.
  2. Take photos.
  3. Buy food for a small meal.
  4. Go home and make the meal. Take photos of it.
  5. Lastly, write Blog 25, a narrative of your visit, what you learned, and explain what meal you made. Add any/all photos to the blog entry.
    II. FILM
    From Zazzle.com.au

    Rent ONE film from the list below (some are available for free online). Watch it. Then,



    1. List the main topics of the film as they connect to the ideas in the class:
    • How is contemporary reality produced?
    • Who produces this reality and how do we collaborate in its creation?
    • What are the ends of producing reality and who benefits and who suffers from it?
    • Are there any ways in which an individual or a group can achieve agency (control over their lives) in contemporary reality?
    2. From your list, choose a topic to write about.

    3. Select three (3) web images, web videos, or websites that you think speak to or represent the topic. Keep track of the websites where you got the images or videos.

    4. Now write Blog 25:
    • Begin by introducing the film by mentioning its director, its title, and describing what the film is about in one or two lines (in your own words, please--no quotes from Wikipedia).
    • Then post the images/videos/name the websites and write 400+ words explaining how the three web images, web videos, or websites you have chosen "speak to" or "speak about" the film.
    • Your images or videos should indicate where you got them from via a link to the appropriate website. You may place these links in the caption under the photo or video or at the very end of the blog entry.


    List of Films
    • An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim
    • Capitalism: A Love Story. Dir. Michael Moore
    • Darwin’s Nightmare. Dir. Hubert Sauper
    • Fahrenheit 9/11. Dir. Michael Moore
    • Flow: For the Love of Water. Dir. Irena Salina
    • Food, Inc. Dir. Robert Kenner
    • The Future of Food. Dir. Deborah Koons Garcia
    • Is Walmart Good for America? PBS' Frontline
    • Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media. Dir. Mark Akbar and Peter Wintonick
    • Outfoxed:Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism. Dir. Robert Greenwald
    • Sicko. Dir. Michael Moore
    • Taxi to the Dark Side. Dir. Alex Gibney
    • The Tillman Story. Dir. Amir Bar-Lev
    • When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. Dir. Spike Lee

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