Friday, November 20

announcements

Roll

Questions?

  • about the Client Project?
  • anything?

 

For Today You Were To:
From the Trend book, read Michael Heim (Platonic philosopher) starting on page 70

For Next Time
For Monday, November 30, please read Pierre Levy (253), and review Michael Heim (70)--if we don't complete our discussion of Heim today.

We will not meet during Thanksgiving Week to give you time to work on your Client Projects.


client project

 

Questions?
on the Client Project?

A BETA version of this project will be due by noon on Tuesday, December 8. We will have a group workshop of all the projects starting on Wednesday, December 9.

The final version of the project will be due online by the final exam time of Monday, December 21 at 4 p.m.

Today, I will give you a copy of the Client Project Checklist.

 

radings

Identity (vs. Personality, Soul, "Authentic Self," etc.)
I will give you a handout of the page from my Ideas Site.

Donna Haraway's "A Manifesto for Cyborgs" (as Describing an Unintended Consequence)
See starting on page 28 of the Trend collection. donna haraway

Online Dicussion
1. What does Haraway mean by saying "We are cyborgs" (28)?

2. How does Haraway suggest we react to being cyborgs?

We will take up these questions in the forum "A Manifesto for Cyborgs"

Key Terms

  • cyborg
  • cyborg politics and writing
  • Western dualisms (0thers)

 

Resources