FYS70 2014 Social Action Groups
Matt Thomas |
Sara Verdi |
Connor Simpson |
Sydney Brown |
Mia Iaderosa |
Joseph Mrowca |
Jonathan Arehart |
Mason McKenrick |
Ben Campbell |
Sami Taylor |
Megan Fenner |
Jaclyn Steele |
Matthew McGreal |
David Chojnacki |
Jakob Wendell |
William Good |
Nicolas Daigle |
Ethan Moeller |
Ryan Hovis |
Sadie Aman |
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Cole Larson |
Jim Walleshauser |
Tony Perugini |
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What can a small group of committed college students do to effect real and lasting change in the world?
As global citizens of our digital world, you are more likely to advance your knowledge and understanding of digital media and social justice through direct experience in our complex technological society. What is your responsibility? How will you respond to the injustices that you witness or learn about through our studies and experiences in class?
Collaborating in small groups (+/- 6 students), propose, design and produce a creative, meaningful and PUBLIC response or intervention that calls out injustice at the intersection of digital media and social justice. Through your response, I challenge you to find your voice and to be the change you want in the world.
The primary goal of this assignment is for you to engage in direct action and to learn with citizens of the world beyond the four walls of our classroom.
Drawing inspiration from
And other forms of social activism, and our studies in FYS, the primary goals of this group project are for you to:
Audience
Perhaps you want to engage and learn with high school students in Cleveland or back home, college students here at John Carroll or at another university, or citizens in the community of any and all ages?
Location
Will your event take place on campus at John Carroll, at a local school, or at public place somewhere in Cleveland?
Your project can vary tremendously in form depending on your interests and where and with whom you want to engage. Some possibilities (suggestive not exhaustive) are not limited to:
1. Reaches a population beyond your FYS.2014 class;
2. Addresses issue(s) at the intersection of digital media and social justice;
3. Approved by all affected organizations or individuals and Dr. Shutkin (See proposal guidelines below);
4. Does NOT cause harm, physical or emotional, to any individual or group;
5. Does NOT cause damage to property;
6. Does NOT involve illegal materials or activities.
For this project, assessment will include group and individual work. I will use relevant aspects of my holistic assessment rubric to assess the merits of your project. Each section of the project, as described below, is weighted and will be assessed using this rubric as well.
If you want to receive credit for your work on a section then your name needs to be on the document.
Further, you are required to keep a log documenting your contributions to the development of the social action project including each of the distinct sections and the social action project itself. This will be turned in after the completion of the project.
6x Additionally, group members will be asked to anonymously assess the contributions made by each group member to the conceptualization, development, production and staging of your social action project. Please follow this link to see the group assessment rubric. Individual and group assessments will be averaged.
(I invite you to develop your proposal in a shared and private online environment such as PBWorks which I used to develop this course syllabus. All collaborative work must include a means of demonstrating the approval of each member of the collaborative).
Conceptually, situate your social action project AND the event(s) that it responds to at the intersection of digital media and social justice. Accomplish this in two steps by surveying the literature about:
A. (Individual) The historically specific event including the varying issues, perspectives and debates within and/or forming its conceptual boundaries; (250 words)
B. (Group) The form of the social action project that you have selected and how to produce and stage such a project (500 words)
Provide a provisional list, including: names and contact information of persons, organizations, and locations for which you might need permits, permissions, and/or written approval to produce and stage your social action project.
Ongoing, continuous and complete bibliography in a standard form such as MLA, Chicago, or APA. Build your bibliography as you go.