Response Assignment #12

For Monday, December 14th, please read and respond to the following (if you still have a blog response to post):

• Cowen, Tyler. Creative Destruction. Chapters 4, 5, & 6.

Congrats for finishing the semester!! Happy Holidays!!

 

Response Assignment #11

For Monday, December 7th, please read the following:

• Cowen, Tyler. Creative Destruction. Chapters 1, 2, & 3.

There’s only one more blog response opportunity after this one, so if you still need to meet your minimum 3 blog response quota for this half of the semester, be sure to do so!

 

Response Assignment #10

For Monday, November 30th class, please read the following:

• Thomlinson, John. Globalization and Culture, Chapter 4—available on Blackboard.
• Bagdikian, Ben. New Media Monopoly, Chapter 2—available on Blackboard.
• Canclini, Néstor García, “Hybrid Cultures”—available on Blackboard.

We only have three blog responses left, so if you still need to do some to meet the minimum three for this half of the semester, please make sure you get them in.

 

Response Assignment # 9

Hi folks – for Monday, November 23rd, please read the following:

• Davis, Mike. Planet of the Slums, Chapters 1 & 2 (I’m having scanner problems, so you’ll have to view/read on google books – and there are a few pages missing, but most of it is there; I’m most interested in you getting the overall picture of poverty that Davis paints for us (particularly in relation to globalization trends, outsourcing, economics, etc.). For those presenting this material, there is more than enough to work with, still – (I think only like 6 pages total are missing from the 50 pages in these two chapters). And you don’t have to cover all the material, but rather focus in on a few salient points.
• Thomlinson, John. Globalization and Culture, Chapters 1 & 3—available on Blackboard.

 

Response Assignment #8

For Monday, November 16th, please read:

• David Harvey, A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Chapters 6 & 7.

Also – to see updated presentation schedule, please click here.

 

Response Assignment # 7

November 2nd class is canceled, due to instructor illness (I sent out emails to you all with updated reading schedule; am also changing web page syllabus, so you can check there, as well).

For Monday, November 9th, please read:

• David Harvey, A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Chapters 3, 4, & 5.

Post your blog responses for this reading here by November 9th. Same presenters as originally scheduled.

 

Response Assignment # 6

For Monday, October 26th, please read:

• David Harvey, A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Chapters 1 & 2

Please take your time reading through these chapters carefully (your understanding of the concept of neoliberalism will be crucial come final exam time).  Also make sure that you consider the arguments/points made and respond thoughtfully with questions, problems, and/or how these pieces add to the conversation (around globalization and culture) that we’ve already engaged (in other readings and/or in class).

I also encourage you, as usual, to provide links to other sites (news stories, magazine articles, advertisements, etc.) that help us to better understand some of the points made within the readings (i.e. an example of a main point or argument made or something that contradicts or peripherally supports). I also encourage connections to your personal experiences, but be sure to make those connections explicit and/or support with quotes from the text.

 

Response Assignment # 5

For Monday, October 19th, please read:

• Klein, Naomi. No logo. Chapters 7 & 9

Also – October 26th is the last date (before class begins) to get your third blog response in for this half of the semester (and an extra credit blog response, should you decide to do one).

 

Response Assignment #4

For TUESDAY, October 13th, please read:

• Klein, Naomi. No logo. Chapters 1, 3 & 5.

Please make sure that you consider the arguments/points made and respond thoughtfully with questions, problems, and/or how these pieces add to the conversation (around globalization and culture) that we’ve already engaged (in other readings and/or in class).

I also encourage you to provide links to other sites (news stories, magazine articles, advertisements, etc.) that help us to better understand some of the points made within the readings (i.e. an example of a main point or argument made or something that contradicts or peripherally supports). I also encourage connections to your personal experiences, but be sure to make those connections explicit and/or support with quotes from the text.

 

Response Assignment # 3

Readings for Monday, September 28th:

• Gabor, Steingart (2008). The War for Wealth: The True Story of Globalization Or why the Flat World is Broken. Chapters 3, 4 & 5.

Please make sure that you consider the arguments/points made and respond thoughtfully with questions, problems, and/or how these pieces add to the conversation (around globalization and culture) that we’ve already engaged (in other readings and/or in class).

I also encourage you to provide links to other sites (news stories, magazine articles, advertisements, etc.) that help us to better understand some of the points made within the readings (i.e. an example of a main point or argument made or something that contradicts or peripherally supports). I also encourage connections to your personal experiences, but be sure to make those connections explicit and/or support with quotes from the text.