I’ll work with you, in small groups, to devise a lesson plan that allows you to share your interests and expertise with the class, while also connecting your individual projects to the overarching themes of the course.
GROUP 1: Henry, Natalie, Gabby, Zoe, Sophie, Lucas, and Nishra
The group has asked you to review lots of little pieces!:
Gabby Vazquez: Objects + Materials: Garments, Identity, and Politics
- Sara Shahriari, “The Best Bolivian Beauty Pageants Are about Indigenous Pride, Not Cheesecake” Indian Country Today (May 23rd, 2011).
- May Rude, “Miss Universe Contestants Use Fashion to Protest Racism, Homophobia.” ADVOCATE, Advocate.com (May 17th, 2021).
- Miss Earth Crown Facebook video: The Making of Miss Earth Water 2020, Roxie Baeyens Finals Gown by RIAN FERNANDEZ.
Natalie DeAbreu: Aesthetic Photography for Anthropological Research
- DACS for Artists, “Uriel Orlow – Between Art and Anthropology,” Nov 23, 2017 (14:48)
- Si Moore, “The Rule of Thirds: How to Use it and When to Break It,” Rangefinder (December 15, 2020)
Henry Lee: Objects as Historical Devices
- Ursula K.Le Guin, “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction” (1986).
Zoe: zines, materiality, and queer connections
- Christian Harrop, WHAT IS A ZINE?. Youtube. NUA Zines Submissions, 2016 (2:14)
- Bluestockings Cooperative, What Is a Zine? Zines at Bluestockings. Youtube, 2020. (25:26) – watch only 1:43 – 6:35, 10:25-11:43, and 12:18-22:58.
Lucas: thinking through objects, bureaucrats
- Jennifer Egan, “Found Objects,” The New Yorker (December 10, 2007).
- Jan Banning, Bureaucratics [Browse through the Pictures]
Sophie: Depop ethnography
- Philippa Allison, “Collecting and Selling Everyday Clothing Narratives on eBay,” Fashion Theory 22, no. 4–5, (2018): 531–537.
- Emily Spivack, Sentimental Value [Browse as much as you want.]
Nishra: Deconstruction in Design
- Brandon Gustafson, “Deconstruction- A Simple Method for Figuring Things Out” (2020).
- Maddie Stone, “Bowing to investors, Microsoft will make its devices easier to fix,” Grist (October 07, 2021).
- Jacob Wiegmann, “The Art of Meticulous Disassembly,” My Modern Met (December 4, 2011).
- Unfabricate