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D&T: Top Topics 🧏🏽🧏🏿🧏

Now that I’ve taught D&T for a few years (and have spent decades thinking about D&T 🙃), here are some of the top topics that come up again and again for many kinds of experiences in many kinds of D&T fields. I will start fleshing these out into resource guides… during and after this semester. […]

NYU D&T #14 😷💉 Microaggressions, Tables/Images

Announcements Tech check Seating check Giveaways Current upcoming class activity dates: Probably Tuesday: Gowanus (infrastructure), weather allowing More frequent remote classes in November/December Midterm checkpoint: today! Your total word count will be around 3300-3600. Please see the syllabus for the grading rubric. I’ll start reading today and will comment after reading all drafts. I’ll using this […]

NYU D&T #13 🤏🤏🏾 Microaggressions, Tables/Images

Announcements Tech check Seating check Giveaways Current upcoming class activity dates: 10/21: Remote class with “Human Subjects” training 10/26 or 10/28: Gowanus (infrastructure), weather allowing 11/02: Visit to Bobst 11/9 or 11/11: Borough Hall (politics), weather allowing 11/16: Remote Environmental and Racial Justice conference 11/23: Visit to Dibner 12/02: Remote VPL make-a-thon 12/07 or 12/09: […]

NYU D&T #12 🦚 Patterns, MIL, Schematics

Announcements Tech check Seating check Giveaways! NYU Library has lots of video access Upcoming events in flux. Current plans: 10/21: Remote class with Microaggressions training 11/02: Visit to Bobst. 11/16: Visit to Dibner 12/2: VPL make-a-thon. 12/7: Emojis? Attend the NYU Environmental and Racial Justice conference on Nov 16? Midterm: I won’t be grading for […]

NYU D&T #11: VPL 🧫🎭 BK Navy Yard 🎖️

Announcements Tech check Seating check Giveaways! No class next Tuesday 10/12 Quick show of hands please: Dibner: archives only? Or stacks + archives? Bobst: Avery Fischer Center? Data Services? Update: Questions on a particular part of your paper? Email me with a bookmark link (don’t @me in a comment) Interesting sites, orgs and events Indigenous […]

NYU D&T #10: Hard Concepts 🌮🌮 Spot Checks For Real 🍄🦒🐞🐆

Announcements Tech check Seating check Giveaways! Last chance: input on Inside Ideas. No class next Tuesday 10/12 Thursday, 10/7: a visit from Verbatim Performance Lab, then a walk to Brooklyn Navy Yard Thursday, 10/21: Remote class with a training on Microaggressions Thursday, 10/28: Emoji workshop South of Atlantic is now Cobble Hill More interesting sites, orgs […]

NYU D&T #9: Spot Checks & Outside 🍄🦒🐞🐆🍄🦒🐞🐆🍄🦒🐞🐆

Announcements Tech check No seating check (remote) Giveaways! Now I could use your input on Inside Ideas. Next Thursday: a visit from Verbatim Performance lab More interesting orgs and events Outdoor festivals near Tandon this weekend: Van Alen Block Party, Brooklyn Book Fest, Atlantic Antic MinorityAfrica.org Association for Progressive Communications Hollaback Harassment Training Agenda: Hour […]

NYU D&T #8: Catching 🆙 ☝🏿☝️☝🏾

Announcements Tech check No seating check (remote) Giveaways! Last chance for Outside Ideas. Now in the Diversity menu of this site: Resources, Due Dates, Class Recordings. More interesting orgs and events NYU Institute of African American Affairs NYU Veterans Future Lab Asian American / Asian Research Institute @ CUNY Acknowledgement to Land Back: The Path to […]

D&T Recordings 📼 📼

Please ask Prof for password September 16 September 23 October 21

D&T Due Dates 🗓️

All checkpoints are now on THURSDAYS until Thanksgiving. 1200 words (total) due September 30. 2400 words (total) due October 14. 3000 words (total) due October 21. 4000 words (20-pages) full draft, due November 4. (Completion check and comments only.) 10% 20-comment Peer Review 1, due November 18. After Thanksgiving: 20-comment Peer Review 2, Due November […]