{"id":7164,"date":"2026-09-23T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=7164"},"modified":"2026-09-22T19:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T23:48:57","slug":"diversity-and-technology-2026-session-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=7164","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDiversity and Technology\u201d 2026 Session 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Announcements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>News item is a point (for URL), 2 points (for verbal presentation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additional written assignments are up to 3 points for full completion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AGENDA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Device time\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/12OPE0gGJlty6ImsmrhQ1ebVRCwsL2dZICaKV-9OXjCk\/edit?gid=0#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News item<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1P-FTWI_2NOeiArXWY7qLPghN7XAhRL7FDxWD06x4GIc\/edit?gid=1124165214#gid=1124165214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Primary research<\/a>&nbsp;check-in<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1Rm3uq-VoNrhi0TjZZQ9YYhb-W8h9WbQgx4pMZH4xuSg\/edit?gid=0#gid=0\">Discussion sign-up<\/a> check-in\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>audio clips<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sitting in a circle only if class is smaller than 14 people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Device-free time\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Timed exercise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discussion circle with this <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1xZsCRsEQ2bh0ON8-Jz4b3-IGsnUzs_XL\/view?usp=share_link\">audio excerpt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ASSIGNMENT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You can use AI, but you must verify any information you find.<\/em>&nbsp;<em>I may ask you about it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>NEWS<\/strong>: Please share a relevant&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/12OPE0gGJlty6ImsmrhQ1ebVRCwsL2dZICaKV-9OXjCk\/edit?gid=0#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news item<\/a>&nbsp;and be prepared to explain it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>READ<\/strong>&nbsp;and be prepared to discuss:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1Jgv5-KrZ2CUWImjwhCy9i4eVLU9OLVg_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Beloved<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;up until \u201cShe\u2019s not sick!\u201d said Denver, and the passion in her voice made them smile.\u201d (The entirety of Beloved-Part02.mp3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Short readings\/listenings on wrought iron and railroads:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Guardian: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2023\/jul\/05\/industrial-revolution-iron-method-taken-from-jamaica-briton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Industrial Revolution iron method \u2018was taken from Jamaica by Briton\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wikipedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_railway_track#Modern_edge_rails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modern-edge rails<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>REVIEW<\/strong>&nbsp;and be prepared to discuss:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Any\/all previous assignments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FOR <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1Rm3uq-VoNrhi0TjZZQ9YYhb-W8h9WbQgx4pMZH4xuSg\/edit?gid=0#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DISCUSSION FACILITATORS<\/a>: <\/strong>If you&#8217;re leading the next session discussion, email me the following by 1:30pm ET on 9\/28, as part of your discussion grade:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>your audio excerpt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a simple discussion question on the <em>Beloved<\/em> reading assignment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a more challenging discussion question on the same assignment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OPTIONAL: More reading on Railroads and Wrought Iron<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/07341512.2023.2220991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black metallurgists and the making of the industrial revolution<\/a> (covered in the Guardian article above)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>UCL&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/07341512.2023.2275357?src=#d1e106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full and unreserved support<\/a>&#8221; for the article above, after blowback to the article<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/search.library.nyu.edu\/permalink\/01NYU_INST\/1n0hp3f\/alma99100742240707871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Coming of the Railway : a new global history, 1750-1850<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chapter 6: <a href=\"https:\/\/search.library.nyu.edu\/permalink\/01NYU_INST\/1e86n5m\/cdi_walterdegruyter_books_10_12987_9780300271454_009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Geometrical precision\u2019: Wrought-iron rails&nbsp;1808\u20131834<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NPR: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/02\/26\/1198910501\/how-the-underground-railroad-got-its-name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How the Underground Railroad Got Its Name<\/a> (with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/transcripts\/1198910501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcript<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcements AGENDA ASSIGNMENT You can use AI, but you must verify any information you find.&nbsp;I may ask you about it. 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