AnnouncementsThe latest announcements are always at the top.posted: APRIL 08 - 3:44 PM A TTC strike has been confirmed. Exam schedules remain in effect, and you are responsible for making sure that you get there. You may find ride-share and other transportation info on York's main site at http://www.csbo.yorku.ca/Transportation/. Give yourself extra time. And good luck getting there! posted: APRIL 08 The exam will be held as scheduled even if there is a TTC strike. Stay tuned to the news (we should know by mid-day today). Please be sure to make alternative transportation arrangements in the event of a strike. posted: APRIL 06 All lecture notes are online now. Good luck in all your exams and end-of-term work. See you on Monday, April 11. posted: MARCH 31 EXAM DATE/TIME AND LOCATION: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 - 9:00 AM - 180 MINS - Tait McKenzie MNGYM Here's a very useful tip to keep in mind as you study for the final exam, courtesy of Christine Shaw: "[T]he short answer questions are not pithy little point form responses. We are looking for a performance of knowledge and ability to draw connections to the larger systems at play this term. This is something I have been stressing in my tutorial: concepts (such as democarcy, power, criminalization, embodiment, participation/relation) have been threaded throughout the semester. Therefore, we are looking for the ability to make links in the short answer questions, hence the weight of the mark [10 points per]." posted: MARCH 24 There will be a lecture on Monday, April 4, same time, same place. This will be a make-up day for the holiday Friday. Research papers are due at the beginning of this lecture. posted: FEBRUARY 22 Due to a loss in her immediate family, Gita is away. If you have any questions please contact Jen. Gita's Thursday tutorials will be held this week as usual, conducted by another member of the teaching team. posted: FEBRUARY 12 Gita will not be reachable by e-mail during the reading week. If you have urgent questions, please e-mail Jen. posted: JANUARY 24 Follow up to "observe, record, reflect" work we gave you last Friday, if you didn't get the info in Vari Hall from the organizers, you can find footage of the events at: http://auto_sol.tao.ca/. York Administration has a couple of announcements on the matter which are linked to the main page of the internal site at http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/. The external site, http://www.yorku.ca doesn't seem to have anything regarding the events. Hmmm, I wonder why. Feel free to send me any additional info you have and want to share with others in the class. posted: JANUARY 18 The articles below are posted as follow up to the discussions during the lecture last week. Feel free to send me other articles you think relevant. The Burden Falls On The Poorest Societies, an interview with Mike Davis published in Znet.Org, gives a broader context for the disaster and its aftermaths already in the shaping and points to some key issues that the mainstream media have left out of their coverage. Foreknowledge of A Natural Disaster: Washington was aware that a deadly Tidal Wave was building up in the Indian Ocean published in GlobalResearch.Ca by Michel Chossudovsky, a Canadian academic at Carlton U (I beleive), provides a detailed chronology of the recording and distributing of the information about the earthquake and the tsunami that followed. This chronology raises important questions to think about. posted: JANUARY 04 Term 2 course kits can now be purchased at York bookstore. posted: JANUARY 03 Happy new year and welcome back. Tutorials are running all this week. Lecture as usual on Friday. posted: NOVEMBER 30 YES, TUTORIALS ARE RUNNING ALL THIS WEEK AS USUAL. Good opportunity to get some answers to your last-minute questions as you prepare for the exam. posted: NOVEMBER 26 In the spirit of sharing... Thank you Graham. Dear Gita, A friend of mine was talking to me about this "international buy nothing day". I was intrigued and decided to share the link with you, http://www.adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/ I found it really interesting, concidering we've just been talking about some cultural jamming in class. And here is one being held tomrrow! Thanks, Graham McCarthy posted: NOVEMBER 24 The server hosting the article by Josh Kun seems to be malfunctioning. You can find a cached version of it here: http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:VFZUicw9JbYJ: bad.eserver.org/issues/1994/12/kun.html +bad+subjects+writing,+rap&hl=en posted: NOVEMBER 04 The link to Chomsky's article for next week has been updated. The online schedule reflects the correct link. Thanks to Kirsten Binstock for reporting the broken link and sending in the new one. posted: OCTOBER 29 Tutorials 3 and 5 were cancelled this week because of Gita's illness. Sorry for the cancellation. Tutorials will be held next week as usual. See you there! posted: OCTOBER 19 Please note the new section in the site - tips - where you may find assignment tips and other useful information. Thanks to Peter Fruchter for initiating this. posted: OCTOBER 05 Attention Tutorial 5 (Thursday, 8:30 a.m.): The library workshop is at 9:30. Meet as usual in the usual place in Founders at 8:30. posted: OCTOBER 02 All tutorials next week will include 1 hr library workshops in room 530 at Scott Library. Contact your tutorial leader if you don't know the meeting time for these. Attendance is required. Also, note the new resources section added to the site with links to various academic, writing and other support programmes at York. posted: SEPTEMBER 20 Course kits are now available at the bookstore. IMPORTANT: The order of articles in the kit has been mixed. For correct order, follow the schedule. posted: SEPTEMBER 10 Tutorials will start as of Monday, September 20. Do the first set of readings, listed under September 24 lecture in schedule, before you attend your first tutorial. For tutorial numbers, dates, locations and the Tutorial Leaders' names, note the syllabus under logistics. Correction: October 8 reading, "From Culture to Hegemony" by Dick Hebdige is on reserve at Scott Library's Reserve Desk. Look under course number or course director's names. Course kits should be available at the bookstore by middle of next week. Let us know if you have trouble locating them. SEPTEMBER 8 No tutorials will be held this week. Meet all of the teaching team at the lecture, 12:30 PM, Friday, September 10. |
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