Forum 2: Scarcity and Knowledge in the Medieval Era
Presenters: Anchor your presentation in a deeper exploration of ideas examined in at least one essay from Writing Material that are not part of the required reading. Demonstrate your ability to use what you have learned so far to defend a non-obvious position on an issue that will teach something of value to the class. Draw the attention of the class to particular passages in WM that are not on the required reading list.
Suggestions from WM: Baron, Hirsch, Douglass, Malcolm X
A discussion of the "Medieval Era," roughly speaking, can include the fall of the Roman Empire on one end and the rise of the printing press on the other, so this topic could focus on manuscript culture, or cover the interaction of manuscript culture with oral culture, or print culture, or both.
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Leslie Rodriguez on Forum 2: Scarcity and Knowledge in the Medieval Era: Give this blog a look before class. It summarizes
Daniella Choynowski on Forum 2: Scarcity and Knowledge in the Medieval Era: http://blogs.setonhill.edu/DaniellaChoynowski/2008
David Cristello on Forum 2: Scarcity and Knowledge in the Medieval Era: Alright, just focus on the malcolm X passage and
Leslie Rodriguez on Forum 2: Scarcity and Knowledge in the Medieval Era: Please read WM Baron.
ChrisU on Forum 2: Scarcity and Knowledge in the Medieval Era: "Let me tell you something: from then until I left
David Cristello on Forum 2: Scarcity and Knowledge in the Medieval Era: I've chosen the passage by Malcolm X as the basi
Stormy Knight on Forum 2: Scarcity and Knowledge in the Medieval Era: Hey everybody, for my presentation I'd like you al
Stormy Knight on Forum 2: Scarcity and Knowledge in the Medieval Era: I would like to present on this topic.
I would like to present on this topic.
Hey everybody, for my presentation I'd like you all to read WM Hirsch. It's a quick read that's very interesting. Thanks!
I've chosen the passage by Malcolm X as the basis for my presentation on Thursday. Its roughly 3 pages long, so if all could browse the passage that would be great. This isnt mandatory, but this reviewing the passage could help jump start your own reactions towards the power of print as well as manuscript culture. Focus on why literacy was so important to Malcolm X, and also the way he went about educating himself. Questions and further analysis might be posted tomorrow, hopefully before 6.
"Let me tell you something: from then until I left that prison, in every free moment I had, if I was not reading in the library, I was reading on my bunk. You couldn't have gotten me out of books with a wedge. Between Mr. Muhammad's teachings, my correspondence, my visitors ... and my reading of books, months passed without my even thinking about being imprisoned. In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free in my life. (Malcolm X, "From The Autobiography of Malcolm X," Writing Material 244)" -- David Cristello's assigned reading
"Studies show that the most effective learning environment is one that guides a student through manageable, incremental advances in knowledge. Other studies show that the most effective learning materials are those that offer the student a relatively small proportion of new content. (Hirsch, "'You Can Always Look It Up'...or Can You?", Writing Material 189)" -- Stormy Knight's assigned reading
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Please read WM Baron.
Alright, just focus on the malcolm X passage and we go into detail in the class discussion
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/DaniellaChoynowski/2008/02/three_in_one.html
Give this blog a look before class. It summarizes the main points of my article. http://blogs.setonhill.edu/LeslieRodriguez/024648.html
My responses to the peers http://blogs.setonhill.edu/LeslieRodriguez/024821.html