Thursday 15 Sept – Making the class for feminist making and Makers, for ourselves
>ALWAYS NOW BEFORE CLASS DO THE FOLLOWING:
- NOTICE ANYTHING NEW ON THE CLASS WEBSITE AND READ BOTH POSTS AND LINKS.
- WEB & WORLD ASSIGNMENT: each person volunteered a web-world research action to bring in results for this week's class, Thurs 15 Sept. What did you decide to do? Bring in documentation of your research and its results to share before making and think about while making.
- READ: this is also the read assignment for this week.
>IN CLASS:
• MAKING: CIRCUIT SCRIBE basic kit handed out for you to keep. We will explore its offerings and decide how to use it.
KIT CONTENTS LIST HERE: http://www.electroninks.com/kit-contents/
WORKBOOKS DOWNLOADS HERE: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B93k_zS-W3aQWmx2Mm5EVlVRNjg
NOTE: Circuit Scribe's various trans media presences (below):
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• CREATING OUR CLASS: We will set up our procedures for identifying projects, research, activist actions, and classroom practices, considering the LAYERS of the course and what we want to do when.
• ESTABLISHING PRACTICES: We will consider what sort of learning space and community we are creating, and how we enter that space.
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MORE: Circuit Scribe's trans media presences:
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Started on Kickstarter by grad students:
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About the Company: https://www.circuitscribe.com/company/
The Blog (at same link):
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YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1PXwcP5gdpE-vB--9KZc7Q
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ESTABLISHING PRACTICES: a template of possibilities:
From: • Gibson-Graham. 2013. Take Back the Economy: An Ethical Guide for Transforming Our Communities. Minnesota. p. xxi:
https://www.amazon.com/Take-Back-Economy-Transforming-Communities-ebook/dp/B00D02BM5M/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1472562578&sr=8-1#nav-subnav
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COOL STUFF TO KNOW ABOUT!!
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/chemist-designer-team-up-to-weave-solar-panels-into-fabric-180960431/?no-ist
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