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Exploring and Examining "Resistance": Perspectives and Approaches Across Eras, Communities, and Technologies
This FIG pairing provides students the opportunity to examine resistance as concept, process, and product as we explore perspectives and approaches across time, communities, and technological devices. We will explore what resistance can look like, how resistance can be enacted, what resistance can lead to, and what can lead to the need for resistance in the first place. We will examine commonly known forms of resistance (marches, protests, unions, boycotts, etc.) as well as explore the wide range of resistance possibilities in our globalized and ever developing multimedia world (street art, social media posting/flooding, hacking, podcasts, micro blogging, etc.). Students will interrogate the role of language, storytelling, and media to better develop an understanding of resistance as the process of amplifying voices and fostering solidarity. We will unpack the concept of resistance and explore the use of voice as a tool for a range of possibilities from individual empowerment to social change.
These courses will rely on the lens of rhetoric (the study of effective communication) to help you delve into the dynamic interplay between resistance, voice, and perspective across various domains: music, literature, art, public speaking, mass media, graphic design, architecture, artificial intelligence, etc. By the end of this FIG experience, students will be equipped with the tools to critically engage with complex issues that are of personal relevance as this FIG pairing asks students to consider the complex subject of resistance based on their own experiences and interests (career, community, academic interests, hobbies, etc.). This course will provide opportunities for students to communicate their new found discoveries of resistance through personal reflections, speeches, scripts, dialogues, social media posts, emails, articles, and multimedia exhibitions. Students will gain critical analytical skills to deconstruct power structures, amplify marginalized voices, and cultivate empathy and solidarity.
ENG 110, Section 14
Freshman Composition Accelerated
Day/Time: T/Th 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Room: VIL 310
Instructor: Amanda Reyes
ENG 110, Section 18
Freshman Composition Accelerated
Day/Time: T/Th 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Room: VIL 310
Instructor: Amanda Reyes
About this Course:
This composition course is all about developing our critical thinking, reading, and writing skills through a rhetorical lens. This means we will develop our rhetorical knowledge (your understanding of purpose, context, audience) and how that relates to our ability to write/create effective texts in our academic and professional lives. We will use the theme of resistance as a springboard for our critical thinking, reading, and writing. This course provides opportunities for you to play and experiment with your thinking and writing when it comes to resistance and your overall understanding of how to communicate your ideas. Our goal is to make your interests and ideas the center of your creative work so that you experience reading and writing that is meaningful and useful for your specific life!
In addition to the class below, you will select one of the classes above as part of this FIG.
THE 120, Section 18
Fundamentals of Speech
Day/Time: T/Th 11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Room: SBS A104
Instructor: Shaunte Caraballo
About this Course
This course introduces the basic principles of speech communication. Classes cover the use of organization and evidence in speech preparation, and emphasize research and performance techniques. Students develop speeches for a variety of topics and situations. Students discuss the elements of oral communication, including basic rhetorical strategies in speech. It builds self-confidence to utilize effective delivery techniques and give lucid, logical, persuasive speeches in a variety of contexts that cross apply to multiple disciplines.