Week |
Focus |
Session 1 (Monday) |
Session 2 (Thursday) |
Week 5: Feb 8-12 |
Planning and
Drafting a Comparative Paper |
No class: Lunar New Year
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Planning/Drafting a Comparative Paper 1: Review for paper 2: Functions of comparative papers; models of argumentation in academic writing; how authors use argument to challenge one anothers' perspectives and assumptions
Discussion topic: Questioning the objectivity of war photographs
Reading: Errol Morris, “Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?” New York Times, Opinionator blog. Part 1. (IVLE Workbin)
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Week 6: Feb 15-19 |
Planning and Drafting a Comparative Paper |
Planning/Drafting a Comparative Paper 2: Topic, problem, motive, analysis, and conclusions for comparative papers
Discussion topic: Visual communication, style, cropping, professional obligations of photojournalism
Reading: Brian Horton, The Associated Press Guide to Photojournalism. (IVLE Workbin)
David Hume Kennerly, "Chop and Crop," New York Times Lens Blog. |
Planning/Drafting a Comparative Paper 3: Thesis and supporting arguments; Selecting relevant, sufficient, and representative evidence
Discussion topic: Are documentary photographs impactful? How?
Reading: Fred Ritchin, “The Useful Photographer,” Bending the Frame: Photojournalism, Documentary, and the Citizen, 8-27. (IVLE Workbin)
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Feb 20-28 |
RECESS WEEK |
No class for recess week |
No class for recess week |
Week 7: Feb 29-Mar 4 |
Revision
Reviewing selection and organization of ideas |
Planning/Drafting a Comparative Paper 4: organizing your arguments; rebutting the claims of other authors
Discussion topic: The ethics and routines of embedded photojournalism
Reading: Julian Stallabrass and Ashley Gilbertson, "In Conversation," Journal of Visual Culture, 349-57. (IVLE Workbin)
Ashley Gilberson, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, selected images. |
Peer Review |
Week 8: Mar 7-11 |
Revision
Student-teacher conferences |
One-on-one conferences on paper drafts |
One-on-one conferences on paper drafts |
Final Paper 2 draft due Wednesday, March 16 @ 8:00 PM. Submit via student submission folder for paper 2 on IVLE. |