is the title of the new play by Caleb Penn--
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET
I'll have copies of the play available all morning. I'm in the Foundations classroom (room 603, I think) from 8-12. Copies are also available in the library on reserve, and we'll have some available during IS class.
Thanks,
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Writing projects, with due dates
All of these writings (along with your notes from class and observations from the field) will be submitted periodically throughout the semester, along with an annotated bibiliography
Writing 1, DUE Monday, January 28
Roughly 3 pages introducing your chosen site to your audience--
Where is it?
Why are you drawn to it and how did you first encounter it?
What processes are you finding helpful (or difficult) in researching and translating your experiences into writing?
Specifically, spend some time describing your process (perhaps this could be collected notes that accompany the deeper writing), explaining how and where you are locating information. Are you spending time in the library? Photographing on location? Interviewing? Drawing? Moving in space? Listening to music?
What types of writing are you finding to be most useful in describing or explaining your attraction to this location? Then, in line with these questions, spend some time writing about questions that you may have for both a reader as well as a potential collaborator (remember, we'll be passing these collections around to other members of the class once we get a little deeper into the writing).
Writing 2, DUE Wednesday, February 6
Roughly 3-5 pages, describing a location (a building or site) that no longer exists. Explain your experiences there, giving your audience a sense of why this site resonates with you. What, specifically, do you recall about the location? When were you there? Why is the memory of this space important to you?
Writing 3, DUE Wednesday, February 13
Focus on the context of your chosen PROPOSED LAND USE ACTION location. What is the neighborhood, and who participates in the community? What buildings, resources, parks, amenities are in the vicinity? What are the boundaries of the environment and how does it intersect with other areas in our city?
Writing 4, DUE Wednesday, February 20
Looking back into the past, what historical facts emerge around your site? What events and people were crucial? FIRST DRAFT DUE
Writing 5, DUE Monday, February 25
PORTFOLIO WITH ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE
Looking back into the past, what historical facts emerge around your site? What events and people were crucial? SECOND DRAFT DUE
SPRING BREAK HERE
THE FOLLOWING PROMPTS ARE DRAFT VERSIONS ONLY
FOR CURRENT WRITING PROJECTS, PLEASE VIEW THE SPRING 2008 CALENDAR
Explore writing about your chosen location in a different voice Say, for example, that you are utilizing historical documents in your research--how do those documents frame their arguments? What is distinct about the voice(s) of the writers? How does a document written by Cornish from 1920 differ from one written this afternoon?
Return, revisit. Spend some time walking around your location IN PAIRS What are you noticing about the area as it undergoes changes? How are other people responding to these changes? Construction workers? Neighbors? Developers? Historians? Artists? This writing may be a word list, poem, short story, hybrid form...
Projection-- what will this site look like in the future? Taking your cues from the signage, the neighborhood, and your own observations, produce a portrait of your location and the city it will join.
Writing 1, DUE Monday, January 28
Roughly 3 pages introducing your chosen site to your audience--
Where is it?
Why are you drawn to it and how did you first encounter it?
What processes are you finding helpful (or difficult) in researching and translating your experiences into writing?
Specifically, spend some time describing your process (perhaps this could be collected notes that accompany the deeper writing), explaining how and where you are locating information. Are you spending time in the library? Photographing on location? Interviewing? Drawing? Moving in space? Listening to music?
What types of writing are you finding to be most useful in describing or explaining your attraction to this location? Then, in line with these questions, spend some time writing about questions that you may have for both a reader as well as a potential collaborator (remember, we'll be passing these collections around to other members of the class once we get a little deeper into the writing).
Writing 2, DUE Wednesday, February 6
Roughly 3-5 pages, describing a location (a building or site) that no longer exists. Explain your experiences there, giving your audience a sense of why this site resonates with you. What, specifically, do you recall about the location? When were you there? Why is the memory of this space important to you?
Writing 3, DUE Wednesday, February 13
Focus on the context of your chosen PROPOSED LAND USE ACTION location. What is the neighborhood, and who participates in the community? What buildings, resources, parks, amenities are in the vicinity? What are the boundaries of the environment and how does it intersect with other areas in our city?
Writing 4, DUE Wednesday, February 20
Looking back into the past, what historical facts emerge around your site? What events and people were crucial? FIRST DRAFT DUE
Writing 5, DUE Monday, February 25
PORTFOLIO WITH ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE
Looking back into the past, what historical facts emerge around your site? What events and people were crucial? SECOND DRAFT DUE
SPRING BREAK HERE
THE FOLLOWING PROMPTS ARE DRAFT VERSIONS ONLY
FOR CURRENT WRITING PROJECTS, PLEASE VIEW THE SPRING 2008 CALENDAR
Explore writing about your chosen location in a different voice Say, for example, that you are utilizing historical documents in your research--how do those documents frame their arguments? What is distinct about the voice(s) of the writers? How does a document written by Cornish from 1920 differ from one written this afternoon?
Return, revisit. Spend some time walking around your location IN PAIRS What are you noticing about the area as it undergoes changes? How are other people responding to these changes? Construction workers? Neighbors? Developers? Historians? Artists? This writing may be a word list, poem, short story, hybrid form...
Projection-- what will this site look like in the future? Taking your cues from the signage, the neighborhood, and your own observations, produce a portrait of your location and the city it will join.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Course Reader bibliography
I'm gonna edit this further, but here's a preview of some of the sources cited in the new reader
Burgin, Victor. Some Cities. London: Reaktion Books, 1996.
Brand, Stewart. How Buildings Learn: What happens after they're built. New York: Penguin Books, 1994.
Mumford, Lewis (Jeanne M. Davern, ed.). Architecture as a Home for Man: Essays for the Architectural Record. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975.
Walker, Lester. American Shelter: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Home. Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 1981.
Geist, Johann Friedrich. Arcades: The History of a Building Type. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1983.
Burgin, Victor. Some Cities. London: Reaktion Books, 1996.
Brand, Stewart. How Buildings Learn: What happens after they're built. New York: Penguin Books, 1994.
Mumford, Lewis (Jeanne M. Davern, ed.). Architecture as a Home for Man: Essays for the Architectural Record. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975.
Walker, Lester. American Shelter: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Home. Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 1981.
Geist, Johann Friedrich. Arcades: The History of a Building Type. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1983.
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