VS 185X: SONGS & PLACES: MÉXICO / SP 2015 / 4 units / Thursdays 6-10pm / Anthony Dubovsky
Un modelo de corazón
Una manera de querer
Cosas de múy adentro
________
Some guidelines--
Carpeta / Folder with cancionero / song sheets--bring to every class; there will be in-class handout supplements
Attendance is required (only medical exceptions, or with 3 week notice)
Participation is important
I send you an email each week and post on this blog: read carefully
50-year rule
ONE PROJECT EACH WEEK (based on canciones, letra, and WORD--la voz de la semana?)
Painting, drawing, collage, writing with images...media open...
Pin up at beginning of class, write comments on each other's work (pin up a sheet for this alongside your project--with your name!)
6:00-6:30 Pin-up and comments; help get room organized. PLEASE BE ON TIME
6:30-7:00 Canciones y letras
7:00-7:45 Background (music & images) with follow-up email including URLS
7:45 Return to songs
short break
8:15-10:00 Review & discussion of work--a conversation
READING:
Octavio Paz (purchase online; read one chapter each week, as assigned)
Frances Toor (purchase online; use for reference, including her photographs)
Guilluermo Bonfil Batalla, México Profundo (purchase or PDF)
Yolanda Moreno Rivas (important for reference; PDF)
Carlos Monsiváis (article on José Alfredo, PDF)
Ry Cooder, Los Angeles Stories, "La vida es un sueño" (short story, PDF)
HOMEWORK:
This is a 4-unit class. I expect two good evenings each week outside of class!
* Exploración (including reading and on-line NOTEBOOK)
* Obra creativa -- your creative PROJECT for each week
Plus a more developed PROJECT of your own choosing on one of our two themes (see course description), with in-class PRESENTATION
* Los abuelitos de tus abuelitos
* Mexican Folkways--Huellas de costumbre (use Frances Toor as a guide for both--her book is encyclopedic, and recognized by Mexicans as such)
ON-LINE NOTEBOOK (use blogger format--blogspot.com). This notebook is a way of sharing and writing about, and picturing, your exploration. It will keep us informed as to what you're doing, what you're thinking. Post your projects here each week as well.
SEND ME BEFORE 2nd CLASS (Jan 29):
1. Blog Notebook URL (active link to your blog homepage, on blogspot.com)
2. Confirm acceptance in class
If I've asked you for examples of your work, and background, send as well, by Jan 26.
Extended Course Outline: http://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/courses/visual-studies/spring/
Un modelo de corazón
Una manera de querer
Cosas de múy adentro
________
Some guidelines--
Carpeta / Folder with cancionero / song sheets--bring to every class; there will be in-class handout supplements
Attendance is required (only medical exceptions, or with 3 week notice)
Participation is important
I send you an email each week and post on this blog: read carefully
50-year rule
ONE PROJECT EACH WEEK (based on canciones, letra, and WORD--la voz de la semana?)
Painting, drawing, collage, writing with images...media open...
Pin up at beginning of class, write comments on each other's work (pin up a sheet for this alongside your project--with your name!)
6:00-6:30 Pin-up and comments; help get room organized. PLEASE BE ON TIME
6:30-7:00 Canciones y letras
7:00-7:45 Background (music & images) with follow-up email including URLS
7:45 Return to songs
short break
8:15-10:00 Review & discussion of work--a conversation
READING:
Octavio Paz (purchase online; read one chapter each week, as assigned)
Frances Toor (purchase online; use for reference, including her photographs)
Guilluermo Bonfil Batalla, México Profundo (purchase or PDF)
Yolanda Moreno Rivas (important for reference; PDF)
Carlos Monsiváis (article on José Alfredo, PDF)
Ry Cooder, Los Angeles Stories, "La vida es un sueño" (short story, PDF)
HOMEWORK:
This is a 4-unit class. I expect two good evenings each week outside of class!
* Exploración (including reading and on-line NOTEBOOK)
* Obra creativa -- your creative PROJECT for each week
Plus a more developed PROJECT of your own choosing on one of our two themes (see course description), with in-class PRESENTATION
* Los abuelitos de tus abuelitos
* Mexican Folkways--Huellas de costumbre (use Frances Toor as a guide for both--her book is encyclopedic, and recognized by Mexicans as such)
ON-LINE NOTEBOOK (use blogger format--blogspot.com). This notebook is a way of sharing and writing about, and picturing, your exploration. It will keep us informed as to what you're doing, what you're thinking. Post your projects here each week as well.
SEND ME BEFORE 2nd CLASS (Jan 29):
1. Blog Notebook URL (active link to your blog homepage, on blogspot.com)
2. Confirm acceptance in class
If I've asked you for examples of your work, and background, send as well, by Jan 26.
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