I was so impressed with my students' final projects in Visual and Cultural Studies! Overall, they made a very strong showing in their five-minute critical analysis videos. The assignment was fairly open in terms of content, as we were spending several evenings conducting hands-on work in the multimedia lab, but in general, I'd asked them …
Rhetoric, Visual Rhetoric, and Consumer Culture
Tonight's 240 class is packed! We're going to be discussing rhetoric in advertising, with a nod to some of the key definitions of "culture" and the goals of cultural studies that we've covered in other classes. I've asked students to bring in a selection of three print advertisements, one of which may become the subject …
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Overly Abstract in EN240?
This evening I met for the first time with EN240: Intro to Visual and Cultural Study, and I was a little off my mark, I think, with the first half of class. I wanted to stage an ice-breaker that would lead us in to a discussion of how we conventionally understand identity, community, and culture. …
What will the first day of classes hold?
Tomorrow I will meet for the first time with two of my three classes, EN203: World Literature 1450-1800, and EN240: Introduction to Visual and Cultural Study. I've had the real pleasure of teaching EN203 a few times before, so I'm looking forward to adding some new texts and removing a couple I've grown--how shall I …
Tonya Howe 