{"id":6059,"date":"2024-09-03T15:25:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=6059"},"modified":"2025-11-30T15:35:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T20:35:26","slug":"diversity-technology-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=6059","title":{"rendered":"Diversity &amp; Technology 2024 Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"top\"><strong>Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#overview\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#learningGoals\">Learning Goals<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#booksResources\">Course Books &amp; Resources<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#topicAreas\">Topic Areas and Required Books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#schedule\">Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#sessions\">Sessions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#attendance\">Attendance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#grading\">Grading<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#gradingRubrics\">Grading Rubrics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#faqs\">Your Questions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#office-hours\">Office Hours<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#nyu-policies\">NYU Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"overview\">Overview<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What does diversity mean in the context of the United States? How does diversity, equity, inclusion, representation and belonging impact the way that technology is designed, developed and scaled in the United States? As generative artificial intelligence has grown into a ubiquitous technology, how might it impact \u2014 and be impacted by \u2014 the most challenging diversity-related issues in the United States?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this year\u2019s D&amp;T course, we will examine the root causes of diversity issues through the work of five literary writers (Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Octavia E. Butler) who have led critical thought on sociocultural identity in the American context. This Advanced Seminar is a reading, discussion, writing, and research-intensive course that will encourage students to take personal narratives of demographic representation and apply them to issues of disruptive technology&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through research, literary and critical analysis, timed exercises on reading comprehension and ideation, class discussion, occasional field trips, and guest speakers, this course will explore the relationships between many kinds of technology and many kinds of diversity.&nbsp;Literary works will be used in particular to explore identity formation and meaning-making amongst users and creators of technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students will be required to choose one of the class\u2019s five main topic areas, then use its required reading, plus recommended reading and their own research, to write a peer-reviewed, 15- to 20-page research article in the second half of the semester. Student research articles will examine not only how diversity has and hasn\u2019t impacted technology, but also how technology has and hasn\u2019t impacted intersectional social movements toward diversity, representation, justice, and inclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Required Prerequisites:&nbsp; EXPOS-1 and one TCS elective course.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This TCS Advanced Seminar&nbsp;is intended to be a capstone of the student\u2019s TCS experience. Although some sophomores might meet the prerequisites, normally this course would be taken in the junior or senior year. For this 4-credit course, students should expect to do 6.6 hours per week of supplemental time as defined by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/academics\/accreditation-authorization-assessment\/resources-faqs\/credit-hour-guidance.html\"> NYU&#8217;s guidance on credit hours.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recommended prerequisites: This course uses seminal, historical literary work influenced by and influential on feminist theory, queer theory, and critical race theory, with the goal of supporting the values of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transformative_justice\">transformative justice<\/a> and creating space for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transformative_learning\">transformative learning<\/a>. Students should have theoretical experience in sociocultural analysis or practical experience in movement-building and organizing work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#top\">top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-duotone-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-5.13.54-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-5.13.54-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-5.13.54-PM.png 1000w, https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-5.13.54-PM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-5.13.54-PM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-5.13.54-PM-900x507.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"learningGoals\">Learning Goals<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Understand what diversity means under federal, state and city human\/civil rights law and history.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use close literary reading to understand the American context of language, gender, race, spatial sovereignty, and bodily autonomy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use close literary reading to conduct sociocultural analyses of generative AI in the context of language, gender, race, spatial sovereignty, and bodily autonomy.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop techniques to use information outside the public internet;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Train with critical analysis and information literacy tools that show how to identify and evaluate the technological oppression of marginalized groups in various contexts;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Examine modes of technological production in a socioeconomic and cultural setting;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Write a research paper that combines the course\u2019s required literature with the student\u2019s own research on generative AI in the context of language, gender, race, spatial sovereignty, or bodily autonomy.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#top\">top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"booksResources\">Course Books &amp; Resources<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Required Introductory Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Literary\/technical timelines and background reading (forthcoming) \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First and Second Industrial Revolutions: the cotton gin &amp; assembly lines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Third Industrial Revolution: televisions &amp; computing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fourth Industrial Revolution: the internet and AI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Civil &amp; Human Rights laws and policies of\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/about\/policies-guidelines-compliance\/equal-opportunity.html\">NYU<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/site\/cchr\/law\/the-law.page\" target=\"_blank\">New York City<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/labor\/discriminations\" target=\"_blank\">New York State<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eeoc.gov\/employers\/small-business\/3-who-protected-employment-discrimination\" target=\"_blank\">United States<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diversitystyleguide.com\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diversity Style Guides<\/a>&nbsp;for various protected (from SFSU Journalism School). This includes guides on race\/ethnicity, gender\/sexuality, disability\/ability, mental health, religion, and more.<br>Note the outdated terms that are used in this course\u2019s literary reading.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw: <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagounbound.uchicago.edu\/uclf\/vol1989\/iss1\/8\/\">Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Policies<\/a> (also cited <a href=\"https:\/\/inclusionandbelongingtaskforce.harvard.edu\/publications\/demarginalizing-intersection-race-and-sex-black-feminist-critique\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intro to LGBTQ+ at NYU (lecture by Prof D)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wgacontract2023.org\">http:\/\/wgacontract2023.org<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sagaftrastrike.org\/\">https:\/\/www.sagaftrastrike.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MLA Guide to Inclusive Language (NYU login required; summary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sjsu.edu\/writingcenter\/docs\/handouts\/Inclusive%20Writing%20in%20MLA.pdf\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>APA <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apastyle.apa.org\/style-grammar-guidelines\/bias-free-language\" target=\"_blank\">Bias-Free Language Guidelines<\/a>&nbsp;(See the full chapter&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1z7IFqBUZ3tNecl2GCYWQlDff1uQtJznZ\/view\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"topicAreas\"><strong>Topic Areas and Required Books<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the following topics, students will be required to read and discuss at least 50% of each required text, as directed by Prof. All required texts are available in both e-book and audiobook. For their final writing project, students will choose one of the following topics, then read the entirety of the recommended and additional texts as part of their research. Since this is an Advanced Seminar, you will be trained to create your own bibliography of scholarly journal articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bodily Autonomy\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Literary text: <em>Beloved<\/em> by Toni Morrison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data-driven text: <em>Medical Apartheid<\/em> by Harriet Washington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Race\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Literary texts by James Baldwin: <em>The Fire Next Time, Going to Meet the Man, and<\/em> excerpts from <em>Notes of a Native Son <\/em>and <em>Nobody Knows My Name<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data-driven text: <em>Race After Technology<\/em> by Ruha Benjamin&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Language\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Literary text: <em>Sister Outsider<\/em> by Audre Lorde<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data-driven texts: Research by Emily Bender (including \u201cOn the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots\u201d and the profile \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/ai-artificial-intelligence-chatbots-emily-m-bender.html\">You Are Not a Parrot<\/a>\u201d about Bender&#8217;s work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spatial Sovereignty\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Literary text: <em>Dawn<\/em> by Octavia Butler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data-driven text: <em>The Age of Surveillance Capitalism<\/em> by Shoshanna Zuboff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gender\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Literary text:<em> The Left Hand of Darkness<\/em> by Ursula K. Le Guin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data-driven texts: Research related to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/AI-and-GE-2020\">UNESCO report on Artificial Intelligence and Gender Equality<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41599-022-01043-5\">Gender and feminist considerations in artificial intelligence from a developing world perspective<\/a> (Nature)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Additional General Materials&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NYU Research Guides (technology, social science, literature, writing &amp; stylistics)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/methods.sagepub.com\">Sage<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/methods.sagepub.com\/book\/the-sage-handbook-of-online-research-methods\">Research Methods<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additional materials on the D&amp;T &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=5089\">Project Resources<\/a>&#8221; page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#top\">top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"schedule\">Schedule<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>General Session Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ll follow this structure on days when we don\u2019t have field trips or guest speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>25 mins: Discussion on your news items (led by Prof)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>25 mins: Timed Exercise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>35 mins: Your collaborative discussion activity (led by students assigned to that session)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>25 mins: Research skills (led by Prof)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Weekly Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following weekly schedule is an approximate plan that\u2019s subject to change. We will check in the Add\/Drop deadline to finalize class policies. Please note that&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Each student will be required to lead two 35-minute sessions of discussion time, as assigned by the professor.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When the weather starts getting cold, we may have more remote sessions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No class on October 14 (Fall break); class on October 15 instead.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our last class: December 11.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Session<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Timed exercise on<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Discussion on<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Reading Assignment<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Writing Assignment<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td>First and Second Industrial Revolutions<\/td><td>Overview of semester<\/td><td>Intro materials &amp; Morrison 1<\/td><td>Take notes on the reading; find relevant technology news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2 <\/td><td>Intro materials &amp; Morrison 1<\/td><td>Intro materials<\/td><td>Intro Materials &amp; Morrison 2<\/td><td>Take notes on the reading; find relevant technology news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3 <\/td><td>Intro materials &amp; Morrison 2<\/td><td>Morrison 1<\/td><td>Morrison 3<\/td><td>Take notes on the reading; find relevant technology news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4 &#8211; Last day of Add\/Drop (9\/16)<\/td><td>Morrison 3<\/td><td>Morrison 2<\/td><td>Morrison 4<\/td><td>Take notes on the reading; find relevant technology news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Morrison 4<\/td><td>Morrison 3<\/td><td>Baldwin 1, Third Industrial Revolution (Crenshaw)<\/td><td>Start midterm; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>Baldwin 1, Third Industrial Revolution (Crenshaw)<\/td><td>Morrison 4<\/td><td>Baldwin 2<\/td><td>Work on midterm; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>Baldwin 2<\/td><td>Baldwin 1, Third Industrial Revolution (Crenshaw)<\/td><td>Baldwin 3<\/td><td>Work on midterm; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>Baldwin 3<\/td><td>Baldwin 2<\/td><td>Baldwin 4<\/td><td>Work on midterm; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>Baldwin 4<\/td><td>Baldwin 3<\/td><td>Lorde 1<\/td><td>Work on midterm; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>Lorde 1<\/td><td>Baldwin 4<\/td><td>Lorde 2<\/td><td>Work on midterm; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td>Lorde 2<\/td><td>Lorde 1<\/td><td>Lorde 3<\/td><td>Work on midterm; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12<\/td><td>Lorde 3<\/td><td>Lorde 2<\/td><td>Lorde 4<\/td><td>Work on midterm; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13<\/td><td>Lorde 4<\/td><td>Lorde 3<\/td><td>Butler 1, Fourth Industrial Revolution<\/td><td>Finish midterm; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14 &#8211; midterm due<\/td><td>Butler 1, Fourth Industrial Revolution<\/td><td>Lorde 4<\/td><td>Butler 2<\/td><td>Start final; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15<\/td><td>Butler 2<\/td><td>Butler 1, Fourth Industrial Revolution<\/td><td>Butler 3<\/td><td>Work on final; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16<\/td><td>Butler 3<\/td><td>Butler 2<\/td><td>Butler 4<\/td><td>Work on final; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17<\/td><td>Butler 4<\/td><td>Butler 3<\/td><td>Le Guin 1<\/td><td>Work on final; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18<\/td><td>Le Guin 1<\/td><td>Butler 4<\/td><td>Le Guin 2<\/td><td>Work on final; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19<\/td><td>Le Guin 2<\/td><td>Le Guin 1<\/td><td>Le Guin 3<\/td><td>Work on final; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20<\/td><td>Le Guin 3<\/td><td>Le Guin 2<\/td><td>Le Guin 4<\/td><td>Work on final; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21<\/td><td>Le Guin 4<\/td><td>Le Guin 3<\/td><td>Books for your topic<\/td><td>Work on final; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22<\/td><td>All required materials<\/td><td>Le Guin 4<\/td><td>Books for your topic<\/td><td>Work on final; find relevant news items<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>23<\/td><td>All required materials<\/td><td>Research methods &amp; organization<\/td><td>Books for your topic<\/td><td>Work on final<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24<\/td><td>All required materials<\/td><td>Research methods &amp; organization<\/td><td>Books for your topic<\/td><td>Work on final<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>25<\/td><td>All required materials<\/td><td>Research methods &amp; organization<\/td><td>Additional research for your topic<\/td><td>Work on final<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>26<\/td><td>All required materials<\/td><td>Research methods &amp; organization<\/td><td>Additional research for your topic<\/td><td>Final Presentations<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>27<\/td><td>Final Presentations<\/td><td>Research methods &amp; organization<\/td><td>Additional research for your topic<\/td><td>Final Presentations<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28 &#8211; Last day of class (12\/13)<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Final Presentations<\/td><td>Additional research for your topic<\/td><td>Work on final<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>29 &#8211; Exam week(s)<\/td><td colspan=\"4\">Final Article DUE<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The table above is maintained in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1jNlGMsYXUX-FRtTCwCzN1sgjFK5j0DG_0ucb1PklzIs\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">this Google Sheet<\/a> (NYU login required).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#top\">top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sessions\">Sessions <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(to be scheduled based on student interest\/needs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Research Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Research with Generative AI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cultural Competence (Avatar exercise)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inclusive Language<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NYU Research Guides: Machines and Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NYU One Zone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/methods.sagepub.com\">Sage Research Methods<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/methods-sagepub-com.proxy.library.nyu.edu\/Search\/Results?q=PwSwdgxgNgrgJgUwKJgC4gE4IOoHsMDWAzgLyoYwIBk408CACgIYaqnmU2SyIDKCAcwC2CNOwrUCCAJ4B3fHFIBSAKwAhJQHYNAJh0AzEAihwlepQGYAgmYMwoUVAgAeqW2YDCtp6-fXbYCwYTOgAbggA1EyBUNJEIETumgAiqslAA\">Narrative Analysis<\/a> (NYU login required)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/methods-sagepub-com.proxy.library.nyu.edu\/video\/an-introduction-to-narrative-methods\">Introduction to Narrative Analysis<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wikipedia&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Google Scholar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Internet Archives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NYU Research Guides: Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NYU Research Guides: Literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NYU Research Guides: Writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NYU Research Guides: Social Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NYU Research Guides: STS &amp; TCS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NYU Research Guides: Gender &amp; Sexuality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NYU Research Guides: Other relevant guides&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other institutions\u2019 research guides (e.g. CUNY, UCLA, Berkeley, NYPL, LoC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NYU Database Search<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NYU Libraries Search<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DOI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>APA Style Handbook<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MLA Style Handbook<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NYU Writing Center<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Special Sessions (schedule TBD)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A.D Stinnett<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Civil War \/ Reconstruction-era walking tour of Downtown Brooklyn + Sojourner Truth <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A visit from a SAG-AFTRA rep<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A visit from a WGA rep<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tandon @ The Yard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black Movement Library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#top\">top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"attendance\">Attendance<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Please arrive on time. I\u2019ll give you 10 minutes to trickle in, but late arrivals are disruptive and stressful for me.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Illness-Related Absence\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For short illness: up to one calendar week\u2019s (2 consecutive sessions) absence from class due to illness will be excused, without a healthcare provider&#8217;s note. Please try to notify me via email (arlduc [at] nyu.edu) <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by 11am on the day you&#8217;ll be absent<\/span><\/strong>. <strong>I&#8217;m not able to check email between 12-4pm on class days.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Please do your best to complete each session&#8217;s Timed Exercise on Brightspace. I will drop some of your quiz scores (see grading below), but try to keep on top of these. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chronic and long-term illness should be registered with the NYU Moses Center and Deanna Rayment (see &#8220;<a href=\"#nyu-policies\">NYU Policies<\/a>&#8221; below for contact info).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other Types of Absences\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unexcused absences: 5 points will be deducted from your midterm and final grades for every class in which I don\u2019t receive 3 hours advance notice.&nbsp;<strong>Meaning: I\u2019m flexible if you communicate with me well in advance!<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you have multiple unexcused absences, please contact the NYU Office of Student Affairs to get help devising a make-up plan (see &#8220;<a href=\"#nyu-policies\">NYU Policies<\/a>&#8221; below for contact info).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To be clear: an absence is unexcused  unless you notify me and receive confirmation in advance of class (or the same day, in cases of emergencies).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If there\u2019s a structural issue that\u2019s keeping you from regularly attending in-person sessions, I will refer you to Tandon Student Affairs for further mediation and support.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you start to feel you can\u2019t keep up with your assignments for this class, I&nbsp;<strong>urge you to let me know sooner (e.g. days\/weeks ahead) rather than later (e.g. the day of the deadline, or after the deadline has passed)<\/strong>. This can be hard to do, especially for minority and marginalized people, but it\u2019s important to ahead of the problem so I can work with you and plan accordingly.&nbsp;<strong>I CAN\u2019T STRESS THIS ENOUGH<\/strong>. \u201cSooner rather than later\u201d is an important rule of thumb for professional settings!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#top\">top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"grading\">Grading<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Midterm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>15% In-class timed exercises. An average of your 10 best exercises.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>35% Participation and discussion leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>50% Midterm Essay of 2200+ words (9 pages + bibliography). This can be an essay that compiles your notes and techno-cultural research on all the required reading so far.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adherence to Attendance Policy (see above)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Final<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>15% In-class timed exercises. An average of your 22 best exercises.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>35% Participation and discussion leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>50% Final Essay of 3300+ words (14 pages + bibliography). This essay should reflect your final choice of topic, the required reading for the topic, and your relevant reflections\/research from the midterm essay.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adherence to Attendance Policy (see above)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#top\">top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"gradingRubrics\">Grading Rubrics<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Timed Writing Exercises<\/strong><br>Does each answer&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Make basic sense?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrate basic understanding of the reading\/listening\/viewing?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Correctly cite evidence and details from the assigned reading\/listening\/viewing?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use additional information and\/or context clues to correctly identify causality, correlation, or other connections, as appropriate?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use evidence to demonstrate an inferential understanding of deeper themes?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion<\/strong><br>As a discussion leader, did you demonstrate a curiosity\/comprehension of and ask questions about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Basics from the assigned reading\/listening\/viewing?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deeper themes from the assigned reading\/listening\/viewing?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How such themes play a role in the development, deployment, and\/or dissemination of technology?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How such themes are relevant for marginalized communities who hold one or more protected identities (as defined by NYC Human Rights Law)?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Significant passages from the assigned reading\/listening\/viewing?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Current case studies and news items relevant to this discussion?<br>In addition, you will be evaluated on<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accuracy and understandability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flow and continuity of the discussion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Citations to external references<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clear role division and planning with your discussion co-leader&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Midterm Essay<\/strong>: Rubric is now in <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1BlROSX64tTg1tvyZe1TFAPU2d6JF5NPXgetp8RH4y6o\/edit#gid=0\">this grade sheet template<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Final Essay Grading Rubric<\/strong> (will be finalized in a grade sheet soon)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Basics: Word count and APA inline citations, bibliography, and DOI links&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduction: Clear theme\/thesis that links your topic, literary work, and data-driven work. Your thesis should answer the question: how do these texts highlight and contextualize issues of equity, belonging and representation within your topic?&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Methods: Explain the narrative analysis technique you plan to use. Do you plan to focus on character, temporality, objects, spatiality, etc? Cite specific narrative analysis models.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Literary work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data-driven work&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Synthesis of how the literary work is connected to the data-driven work. Use the narrative analysis methods you establish in the &#8220;Methods&#8221; section.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additional criteria forthcoming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cultural competence checks (penalties)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#top\">top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"FAQs\">Your Questions<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I use a generative chatbot (eg ChatGPT) to write my papers?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sure, if you think it will help your paper! (Given the sociocultural complexity of your writing assignments, I\u2019m skeptical that AI will help you more than it hurts you, but I\u2019m open to you trying!)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you use generative AI for your writing, you must 1) explain how you used it in the introduction of your paper; 2) check and revise the AI\u2019s outputs as needed, such that you\u2019re still fulfilling the writing requirements of this class. I also reserve the right to use generative AI to review your work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I watch the movie\/performance of the literary work(s) I choose? Can I use the Cliffs Notes, Spark Notes, etc?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can! I find that all these things can help me understand the text more deeply. But I\u2019ll be quizzing you on the original text, not the derivative works.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, here are some supplemental films we might watch in class. You\u2019re also welcome to watch them on your own and cite them in your research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcampus-swankmp-net.proxy.library.nyu.edu\/nyu305164\/play\/0daed97d191b22a6\">Beloved<\/a> (NYU login required)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/about\/policies-guidelines-compliance\/equal-opportunity.html\">Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am<\/a> (DVD from Bobst)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Kanopy (NYU login required):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/en\/product\/542400?vp=nyu\">I Am Not Your Negro<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/en\/nyu\/video\/6440434\">Worlds of Ursula&nbsp;Le Guin<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/en\/nyu\/video\/1483806\/1483838\">Ursula Le Guin and the Ambiguous Utopia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/en\/nyu\/search\">Audre Lorde: The Edge of Each Other&#8217;s Battles<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Octavia biography (audiobook, link forthcoming)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kindred (TV series)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parable of the Sower (opera)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#top\">top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"office-hours\">Office Hours<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday and Wednesday by appointment, preferably before or after class. Ask me or e-mail arlduc [at] nyu.edu&nbsp;to make an appointment. I\u2019ll respond within 1 business day. Appointments can be conducted&nbsp;in person or over Zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#top\">top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"nyu-policies\">NYU Policies<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic Honesty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All work for this class must be your own and specific to this semester. Any work recycled from other classes or from another, non-original source will be rejected with serious implications for the student. Plagiarism, knowingly representing the words or ideas of another as one\u2019s own work in any academic exercise, is absolutely unacceptable. Any student who commits plagiarism must re-do the assignment for a grade no higher than a D. In fact, a D is the highest possible course grade for any student who commits plagiarism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disability &amp; Accessibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are student with a&nbsp;disability&nbsp;who is requesting accommodations, please contact NYU&nbsp;Moses&nbsp;Center for Students Accessibility&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"tel:212-998-4980\" target=\"_blank\">212-998-4980<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:mosescsd@nyu.edu\" target=\"_blank\">mosescsd@nyu.edu<\/a>.&nbsp; You&nbsp;must be registered with CSD to receive accommodations.&nbsp;Information about the&nbsp;Moses&nbsp;Center can be found at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/csd\" target=\"_blank\">www.nyu.edu\/csd<\/a>. The&nbsp;Moses&nbsp;Center is located at 726 Broadway on the 2nd floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Religious Accommodation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NYU\u2019s Calendar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/students\/communities-and-groups\/student-diversity\/spiritual-life\/religious-and-spiritual-life-on-campus\/resources-faculty-staff.html\">Policy on Religious Holidays<\/a> states that members of any religious group may, without penalty, absent themselves from classes when required in compliance with their religious observances. You must notify me in advance of religious holidays or observances that might coincide with exams, assignments, or class times to schedule reasonable alternatives. Students may also contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:religiousaccommodations@nyu.edu\">religiousaccommodations@nyu.edu<\/a>&nbsp;for assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you find yourself needing additional interpersonal, professional, emotional, and\/or other kinds of support in the course of this semester, I strongly encourage you to contact&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.nyu.edu\/staff\/deanna-rayment\" target=\"_blank\">Deanna Rayment<\/a>, Assistant Director of Compliance and Student Advocacy,&nbsp;at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.nyu.edu\/campus-and-community\/student-life\/office-student-affairs\">Office of Student Affairs<\/a>. Professors are working with Deanna to increase the likelihood of your academic success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NYU Compliance + Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For further information on NYU guidelines for compliance, please visit the following sites. I will refer to these if we need to address larger policy issues in the class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/bulletin.engineering.nyu.edu\/content.php?catoid=17&amp;navoid=1361#Policies_on_Undergraduate_Grading_and_Grades\" target=\"_blank\">Tandon Undergraduate Policies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.nyu.edu\/campus-and-community\/student-life\/office-student-affairs\/policies\/student-code-conduct\">NYU Tandon Student Code of Conduct<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\">NYU Returns<\/a>&nbsp;(COVID-related)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#top\">top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-duotone-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-9.15.55-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-9.15.55-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-9.15.55-PM.png 865w, https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-9.15.55-PM-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-9.15.55-PM-768x454.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contents Overview What does diversity mean in the context of the United States? 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