{"id":618,"date":"2017-01-20T17:14:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T17:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/wp\/?page_id=618"},"modified":"2018-03-07T16:33:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T16:33:08","slug":"green-media-schedule-spring-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=618","title":{"rendered":"Green Media Schedule, Spring 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Outline may change, please check back regularly\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=739\">Featured Vlogs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jan 31\/Feb 2: Week 1<\/strong><br \/>\n1.1<br \/>\nreview syllabus, schedule, UBlearns<br \/>\nwatch Abuela Grillo, The Animation Workshop,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/11429985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vimeo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chaikadai.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/03\/abuela-grillo-grandmother-cricket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">info<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1.2<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb 7\/9: Week 2<\/strong><br \/>\n2.1 \u00a0and 2.2<\/p>\n<p>MATERIAL for both classes here<br \/>\nTopic: <a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Media Represents: focus on Games<\/a><br \/>\nMedia: Oiligarchy, 2008 Molleindustria: World without oil, 2007, Ekland, McGonigal et al.<br \/>\nReading for this week: Klein, TCE, chapter 1<br \/>\nAssignments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Journal Post: <em>Question &#8211;\u00a0Are games a good way to make social commentary? Why?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Quiz &#8211; see UBlearns &#8211; it is on Klein chapter 1<\/li>\n<li>Group Video Blog: <em>Topic &#8211; introduce your group<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Feb 14\/16: Week 3<\/strong><br \/>\n3.1<br \/>\nMedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xvz_m5uPV4s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gasland<\/a>, 2010, Josh Fox (102 mins)<br \/>\nReading for this week: Klein, \u201cThis Changes Everything\u201d (TCE), chapter 1<br \/>\nAssignment: Journal Post: <em>Question\u00a0on\u00a0Gasland: What most struck you about the movie? story, image, frame, person, information, camera style &#8211; be as specific as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>3.2<br \/>\nMedia: Gasland (cont)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How media represents: focus on Documentary<\/a><br \/>\nAssignments: Quiz (see UBlearns), Group Video Blog: <em>Topic : What are the\u00a0current state of frack acts in US, in NY state? Find out and report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb 21\/23: Week 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4.1<br \/>\nMedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=12xj1sHvIWA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">When the Levees Broke<\/a>, Part I, 2006, Spike Lee, (~ 1 hr)<br \/>\nReading for this week: Klein, TCE, chapter 3<br \/>\nAssignment: Journal Post: <em>Question\u00a0on When the Levees Broke: What most struck you about the movie? story, image, frame, person, information, camera style &#8211; be as specific as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>4.2<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=680\">Media representations of Environmental Disasters<\/a><br \/>\nAssignments: Quiz, Group Video Blog: <em>Topic: Is the climate of Buffalo changing? Are the winters on average less severe? Find out and report. Include some kind of representation of the data.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb 28\/ Mar 2: Week 5<br \/>\n<\/strong>5.1<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Media Art and Environmentalism<\/a>,\u00a0E-waste<br \/>\nReading for this Week: Klein, TCE, chapter 4 AND Gabrys, Digital Rubbish, chap 2, Ephemeral Screens, <a href=\"http:\/\/library.buffalo.edu\/reserve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">electronic version available on library<\/a>\u00a0course reserve:<br \/>\nAssignment: Journal Post: <em>Question: Which art project shown today were you must interested in and why? Analyze how\/why the art project worked or did not work. Be as specific as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>5.2<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=713\">Cognition, psychology, media<br \/>\n<\/a>Assignments: Quiz, Group Video Blog: <em>Topic<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chibeom (Andy) Bae: How much trash is actually in the cycle of the Pacific Ocean and how long would it actually take to clean all the trash from the ocean? Is it actually a possible to remove all trash or is it an impossible problem?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Various: In the project The Hive, how does the connection between the bees and the installation work? Are the bees harmed? <\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mar 7\/9: Week 6<br \/>\n<\/strong>6.1<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Devastation and Beauty : Reattuning the Mind<\/a><br \/>\nReading for this week:\u00a0Klein, TCE, chapter 5 AND\u00a0MacDonald, \u201cThe ecocinema experience,\u201d in Ecocinema Theory and Practice, pp 18-20, <a href=\"http:\/\/library.buffalo.edu\/reserve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">electronic version available on library<\/a>\u00a0course reserve:<br \/>\nAssignment: Journal Post: <em>Question: Scott McDonald argues that retraining our perception is a precondition for environmental consciousness but David Ingram suggests that the films McDonald promotes are only accessible for trained viewers and can never be popular &#8211; who do you agree with and why?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>6.2<br \/>\nMedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2zB4YQCRdPs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deseret<\/a> (~1 hr 20) by James Benning, 1995 CLASS ONLINE<br \/>\nAssignments: Quiz, NOTE: will include questions on Deseret<\/p>\n<p>Group Video Blog: <em>Topic find an advertisement that uses nature to sell its products OR find social media campaigns messages that promote environmental awareness and post them. You DO NOT need to make a video of your own this week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mar 14\/16: Week 7<br \/>\n<\/strong>7.1<br \/>\nMedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=761\">Ads, social media campaigns<\/a><br \/>\nReading for this Week: Klein, TCE, chapter 6<br \/>\nAssignment: Journal Post: <em>Question: Pick one of the advertisements that we looked at in class (default is the Monsanto advertisement), to make its meaning\/impact, what specific references, connotations, associations did it use? Did it appeal to affect, emotion, reason and specifically how?<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=776\">Student Ad Choices<\/a><\/p>\n<p>7.2<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=763\">Communicating climate change: Media Campaigns: Greenwashing<\/a><br \/>\nAssignments: Quiz, Group Video Blog: <em>Topic TBA<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SPRING BREAK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mar 28\/30: Week 8<br \/>\n<\/strong>8.1<br \/>\nMedia: Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015, George Miller (2 hours)<br \/>\nReading for this week: \u00a0Klein, TCE, chapter 7 (?) AND <a href=\"https:\/\/bitchmedia.org\/post\/the-ecofeminism-of-mad-max\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Ecofeminism of Mad Max<\/a> by Sarah Mirk: OPTIONAL\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/faustusnotes.wordpress.com\/2015\/06\/22\/mad-max-fury-road-a-savage-masterpiece-of-eco-feminist-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mad Max Fury Road: A Savage Masterpiece of Eco-feminist\u00a0Violence<\/a> by faustusnotes.<br \/>\nAssignment: Journal Post: <em>Question: Pick an example of Mass Media (Movie, TV, Game) that has an environmental message\/theme\/slant and explain how the media work constructed this theme both in terms of content and form. You cannot use Mad Max Fury Road.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>8.2<br \/>\nMad Max (cont\u2019d)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ecofeminism. Mass Media\u00a0and the Environment<\/a>.<br \/>\nAssignments: Quiz, Group Video Blog: <i>Using the &#8220;retraining perception&#8221; style that Scott McDonald identifies (week 6) shoot a video that draws attention to the environmental damage done by vehicles that burn fossil fuel.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 4\/6: Week 9<br \/>\n<\/strong>9.1<br \/>\nMedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QqwZJDEZ9Ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC Beautiful Minds: James Lovelock<\/a>, 2011, (60 minutes)<br \/>\nReading for this week:\u00a0Klein, TCE, chapter 8<br \/>\nAssignment: Journal Post: <em>Question:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have watched and experienced a variety of media works with very different tactics for bringing environmental issues to an audience. \u00a0Compare and contrast some of the pros and cons of trying to raise awareness about ecological problems using mass media, traditional documentary, art projects, experimental forms, games? (choose 2)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>9.2<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=787\">Role of Media in Earth System Science, Geoengineering,<\/a><br \/>\nAssignments: Quiz, Group Video Blog: <i>Using a quick cutting, consume-as-many-images-per-second-as-possible style, to shoot 15 seconds that demonstrates\u00a0mass consumption is an environmental problem. You can use found footage, but the cuts have to be yours.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 11\/13: Week 10<br \/>\n<\/strong>10.1<br \/>\nMedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OazUh0Ym8rc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Yes Men Fix the World<\/a>, 2009 (1:25 start at 8.59)<br \/>\nReading for this week: Klein, TCE, chapter 9<br \/>\nAssignment: Journal Post: <em>Question: What do you think of the Yes Men&#8217;s activist tactics? \u00a0Frame your answer with specific reference to a scene in the movie, citing the minute you are referring to.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*** START Playing: <a href=\"http:\/\/neveralonegame.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Never Alone<\/a> ***<\/p>\n<p>10.2<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=854\">Media and Eco-Activism<\/a><br \/>\nAssignments: Quiz, Group Video Blog: <em>Topic No Video This Week<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 17\/19: Week 11<br \/>\n<\/strong>11.1<br \/>\nMedia: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SHgryQqZ3Qc\">BBC, Planet Earth, Episode 1<\/a> (50 mins), Alastair Fothergill, 2006<br \/>\nReading for this week: Klein, TCE, chapter 10<br \/>\nAssignment: Journal Post: <em>Question: During the semester we have considered a number of ways to analyze media: the ways meaning is made through context and reference (<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=656\">how media makes meaning<\/a>); \u00a0norms, and choices about those norms, in documentary practice (<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=656\">how media makes meaning<\/a>); using some concepts from cognitive film theory (<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=713\">cognition, psychology media<\/a>); thinking about how to <a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reattune the mind<\/a> of the audience; mental models and emotional frameworks (<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">communication and environmentalism<\/a>); \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ecofeminism<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a>and<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> narrative structure<\/a>. Use language and concepts from one or more of these approaches, write a short analysis of BBC, Planet Earth Episode 1. <\/em><strong>For this week only the required word count for the blog post is changed &#8211; 200 word minimum, 400 word maximum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>11.2<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sensing and Simulation<br \/>\n<\/a>Assignments: Quiz, Group Video Blog:<em>Topic: The importance of water was a major topic in the documentary we saw this week and in your reading. Make a short video that addresses issues around climate change and water . You may not use talking heads.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 24\/26: Week 12<br \/>\n<\/strong>12.1<br \/>\nMedia: Tambien La Lluvia, 2010, Ic\u00edar Bolla\u00edn\u00a0(1 hr 42)<br \/>\nReading for this week:\u00a0Klein, TCE, chapter 11<br \/>\nAssignment: Journal Post: <em>Question: Tambien La Lluvia is constructed of films within a film: describe the different films briefly and talk about why you think the director choose this structure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>12.2<br \/>\nMedia: Tambien La Lluvia (cont)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Environmental Justice, Media<\/a><br \/>\nAssignments: Quiz, Group Video Blog:<i>Topic: Make a short video about an environmental issue that effects people locally. Go out into the field to capture footage and\/or to interview people.<br \/>\n<strong>For this week only the video can be from 15 -60 secs long and you will have an additional\u00a0week to complete the assignment. It is therefore due on \u00a0May 9th at 11:59 PM.<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>May 2\/4: Week 13<br \/>\n<\/strong>13.1<br \/>\nMedia: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, 1984, Hayao Miyazaki, (1 hr 58)<br \/>\nReading for this week:\u00a0Klein, TCE, chapter 12<br \/>\nAssignment: Journal Post: <em>Question: In what ways can Nausicaa be considered an environmentalist film? What parallels can you draw between the film and some of Naomi Klein&#8217;s concerns?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>13.2<br \/>\nMedia: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (cont)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">microbes, food, soil<\/a><br \/>\nAssignments: Quiz, Group Video Blog:<em>Topic: see week 12<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>May 9\/11: Week 14<br \/>\n<\/strong>14.1<br \/>\nMedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=943\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Never Alone<\/a>, E-line Media (2015)<br \/>\nReading for this week:\u00a0Klein, TCE, chapter 13<br \/>\nAssignment: Journal Post: <em>Question: In what ways can Never Alone be considered environmentalist media?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>14.2<br \/>\nWrap Up<br \/>\nAssignments: Quiz,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reading Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will not have an exam, but you can review the material you have submitted to get maximum points.<\/p>\n<p>All quizzes will be re-opened.<br \/>\nCheck through your journal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>add any posts you missed<\/li>\n<li>check your posts answer my questions AND provide a comment\/question of your own<\/li>\n<li>revise any posts that I commented on for full points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*******************<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline may change, please check back regularly\u00a0 Featured Vlogs Jan 31\/Feb 2: Week 1 1.1 review syllabus, schedule, UBlearns watch Abuela Grillo, The Animation Workshop,\u00a0vimeo, info 1.2 Introduction Feb 7\/9: Week 2 2.1 \u00a0and 2.2 MATERIAL for both classes here<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/?page_id=618\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":609,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-618","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":88,"href":"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1251,"href":"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/618\/revisions\/1251"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/josephineanstey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}