I got to the Getty's Indonesian Puppets while checking out old files to go with a new piece on art tools for teaching. The link was broken, and curiosity led to the file on Indonesian Puppets, from a show we saw last year at the Getty. The site said so much to me of alterity and recognition and transforming the disciplines along with the rest of the public sphere, that I wanted you to see them. Then I figured I wanted you to see them as I saw them. And so the painting.

Now, for art, alterity, and transforming discourse: what attracted me so to the Getty page on the Indonesian Puppet Performance is that it performs, at least if you have Flash, and it's a "powerfully creative" and imaginative way to present issues of alternative identities . It gets your attention. It tells a story of entertainment in Indonesia, and invites you to join in. Notice that I couldn't resist drawing my own version. And notice what I did with background color in this piece. It somehow seemed natural, the very bright colors. Having just come home from the area, Thailand, the bright colors are still fresh in my mind. But I split them. That also seemed natural and reminiscent of a culture caught in two worlds as they modernize.

As I came upon them on the Getty site, I felt drawn by recent familiarity. That's the value of narrative. Hearing the stories, seeing the images, one becomes accustomed to them. They become familiar, not strange. That awareness makes it easier for their voices to be heard, for us not to make unstated assumptions about who and what they are, but to listen to their voices tell their story. Go to Interacting with Art to visit the Getty performance. And go to Powerfully Imaginative Speech for Donna Woods' comments on Maria Pia Lara' theoretical perspective on recognition. jeanne

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NEW for the Week ofSeptember 2, 2002

Announcements:

The class announcements will stay up for the first couple of weeks until we're all settled in. jeanne

• Learning Records to Updated Sept. 6 but not complete.
• Women in Crime Start of series for those who wish to read in this area.
• Commentary on Lectures: September 6, 2002.
• Lecture Notes Up from Thursday, September 5.
• Commentary on Lectures: September 3, 2002.
• Lecture Notes Up from Wednesday, September 4.
• Lecture Notes Up from Tuesday, September 3.
• Lecture Notes Up from Thursday, August 29.
• Lecture Notes Up from Tuesday, August 26.

• Fall 2002 Courses With Susan (UWP) and jeanne (CSUDH).
• Texts for Fall Courses

• Syllabus for Women in Society
  
  • Class Page for Women in Society
  • Schedule for Week 1 - Women in Society
  • Schedule for Week 2 - Women in Society
• Syllabus for Sociology of Law
  
  • Class Page for Sociology of Law
  • Schedule for Weeks 1 - Sociology of Law
• Syllabus for Moot Court and Social Justice
  
  • Class Page for Moot Court and Social Justice
  • Schedule for Week 2
• Syllabus for Graduate Seminar on Reinterpreting Theory
  
  • Class Page for Reinterpreting Theory
  • Schedule for Weeks 1 and 2 - Up soon. Honest. jeanne

Theoretical Musings for Us by Us

• Sample Contents: Michael Daniels' Article on the Habermas-Foucault Debate Impressive article by a junior at Trinity Univesity in San Antonio. I plan to add explanatiory notes for those of you who may not have an adequate theory background for Michael's thesis, but restructuring the site has to come first. jeanne. Link added August 3, 2002.

Lived Experience: Emancipatory Narratives

• Sample Contents: Transforming Discourse: Frankie and Johnny Personal reaction to review of new play; things we do to restructure our identities. Expressions from our own lived experience. Link added August 4, 2002.

Art Shenanigans


• Sample Contents: Ten Little Indians Miller Updegraff, Artist
  September Exhibition at Gallery 825, La Cienega Blvd. Fine art paintings invoke nostalgia which puts us in touch with our authentic history, contributing to transformed discourse. Link added August 7, 2002.

Scholarly Resources

• Sample Contents: The Journal of Mundane Behavior Online Journal. Free access. Traditional journal, not student directed, not student writing, at least not primarily a teaching journal. At Cal State Fullerton. Link added August 17, 2002.

Classes, Workshops, and Lifelong Learning

• Classes and Lifetime Learning

  • Site Teaching Essays and Preparatory Readings:

    • Ethics? Rules? The Other?This piece offers a joke shared over a listserv on theory. How to become a CEO. Link added August 21, 2002. Link added August 21, 2002.

  • Site Teaching Modules with Self Tests and Exercises:
    • See James Neal's very brief defintion of social justice. Here's an example of how to let me see in just a few words that you've got the right idea.

• Thesis Projects

  • Essays on Thesis Praxis

    Reference Essays:

    • Pulling It Together How to get started writing once you've done your research. From Pat Acone's thesis project: Collaborative Writing in Online Education. Link added August 16, 2002.

    • Getting Started How to recognize what you've really been doing when you thought you were trying to do something else. Berthena Kemp's thesis project: Our African Heritage. Link added August 16, 2002.

    • Recharging Along the Way Millie Coulter has thought of changing topics frequently. Not because she doesn't want to write on her topic, but because barriers, institutional barriers, keep getting in her way. This is the problem of finding your authentic self in writing your thesis. How do you make the thesis fit you in spite of external institutional constraints? Lin to be added August 18, 2002.

      • Through Hot Pink Glasses: Fat Is Fun
        Link added August 16, 2002. This piece will fit into Millie Coulter's thesis project. Link added August 17, 2002.

• Workshops:

  • Alcohol and Aging In response to student requests for our Fall workshop on alcohol abuse and domestic violence. Link added August 21.

  • Menopause: from Sex, Gender, and Menopause Workshop In response to Agnes' request for our Fall 2002 workshop. Link added August 18, 2002.

Index of Site Teaching Modules: Our Topical Index

• Reference:
• Index of Site Teaching Modules
  With teaching essays, analyses of texts, discussion questions, field activities, and self tests.
• Module List Each essay or article paired with its Practice Module. Notation clarifies when Practice Module not yet uploaded.

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