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Agenda

• Intro: News Items (20)
• Timed Exercise (25) in Brightspace
  • Notes on Timed Exercises:
    • Be mindful of how you use the term “Third World” (see D&T Project Resources below)
    • Technology
• Discussion (30) 
• Icebreaker (35)
• If there’s time: Research & Cultural Competence Skills
  • Equity vs Equality
  • Commas inside quote marks
  • Subtext in narrative: the said, the unsaid, the unsayable
  • Authorial voice in third person (and see TEDed video “First person vs. Second person vs. Third person – Rebekah Bergman“)
  • D&T Reading, Watching, Listening
  • D&T Project Resources, including Cultural Competence Checklist

Assignment

• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin. This short book is available in the Class Books folder.
• Reading about cars and cities:
  • America on the Move (Smithsonian American History). These are quick reads. Focus on
    • The Connected City (NYC in the 1920s)
    • City and Suburb (Chicago in the 1950s).
  • America’s Assembly Line, Chapter 7: Discontent. Read the entire chapter, but pay special attention starting at my comment on page 177. 
  • Crenshaw: Why Intersectionality Can’t Wait (Washington Post). How is this article related to cars and/or cities?
• What current technology issues come to mind from your reading? Please find a news item about a relevant technology issue, and add its URL to the 9/25 tab in D&T News Items 2024.
• Start to think about the class books, identity(s), and technology(s) you would like to address in your midterm paper. We will start talking about the midterm on Wednesday.