Announcements

TODAY 10/19: Visit to the Topographical Bureau @ Brooklyn Borough Hall. Our appointment is at 2:30, so let’s meet at 2pm outside of this building’s exit (2 Metrotech) and walk over together.

• Other scheduled visits: 11/2 visit to Clive Davis Gallery, 11/14 Disability Zone training (remote).
• Photos from class events
• Today is International Pronouns Day!
  • NYU’s Pronouns Guide

Agenda

• Visit to Brooklyn Borough Hall Topographical Bureau (see announcement above. We will start class OUTSIDE)
• Media and Information Literacy (MIL) 
  • UNESCO MIL site
  • Covid-era MIL tips from PEN America 
  • PEN Online Harassment Field Manual
  • More PEN guides
  • MIL and more from APC, including a guide on digital women’s rights from Pollicy Uganda
• Microaggressions Training, Part 1
  • Video: Microaggressions as mosquito bites (Fusion Comedy)
  • Video: Microaggressions (Quartz)
  • Microaggressions: Research Papers and More
• Tables and Images (if we have time)

Assignment for Monday 10/24: 2700-word Midterm Checkpoint

• Please see the syllabus for the midterm grading rubric, which is based on word count and participation.
• If you haven’t already, try to have some draft writing in every section, except the Conclusion and Abstract. (You can hold off on these until your paper is more complete.)