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Week 7: Connections
HUMN 100 6981 Introduction to Humanities (2215) OO
Connections
Without fear, we are able to see more clearly
our connections to others. Without fear, we
have more room for understanding and
compassion. Without fear, we are truly free.
—Thich Nhat Hanh
Constellation: Toward the Rainbow by Joan Miró
Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access "The Met Collection"
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Overview We've been exploring a wide variety of fields in the humanities. For the sake of simplicity,
each of these fields has been treated in isolation. But people do not make creative works
in a vacuum, and our talents grow and bloom when we share ideas, skills, and artistic
expressions. We turn now to the subject of connections in the humanities—connections
among the creative endeavors; connections between the arts and the skills people use in
daily life; and connections among the people who create and experience the products of
the human imagination.
Connections Among Creative Endeavors
You've doubtless noticed connections between some of the arts discussed in this course:
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A poem read aloud becomes a performance. A poem becomes lyrics when set to
music. The song and music may be integrated with dance.
A short story or novel may be adapted for the theater or film, and within the play
or the film, other arts may be represented, including music and dance.
With the aid of technology, traditional visual arts become less static. Paintings and
drawings can be animated. Sculptures move with the wind, or with mechanical aid.
Who Are We? Why Are We Here? Where Are We Going?
These are the big questions of philosophy—existential questions about the meaning and
purpose of life. These questions underlie many myths and religions, and have inspired
countless works of literature and art. At the same time, religious images and teachings
draw from myths, as well as contribute to them.
Cross-Fertilization in the Humanities
Cross-fertilization facilitates the creation of new, sometimes controversial, art forms. In
the United States, the two main public organizations that support and encourage efforts
in the humanities, including cross-disciplinary efforts, are the National Endowment for the
Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Connections in Everyday Life
If you imagine the visual arts as belonging in museums, the performing arts as confined to
theaters, and literature stuffed onto library shelves, then the humanities may seem distant
from the concerns of everyday life.
However, this course may have sensitized you to the ways that the arts permeate people's
lives. The music you hear in public places or through your headphones, the built
environment of architecture, the film adaptation of a great work of fiction—these
manifestations of the arts are so omnipresent that we take them for granted.
Technology
Technology facilitates easy, inexpensive reproduction of art works. This means that art no
longer refers exclusively to original writings, performances, images, and sculptures. The
implications for the future of the arts—including concerns about ownership and copyright
—have engaged cultural critics since Walter Benjamin's 1936 essay, "The Work of Art in
the Age of Mechanical Reproduction." In many societies, "old" technologies such as the
printing press, photography, recording technologies, and film have been supplanted by
electronic media that permit near-instantaneous sharing of writing, music, and the visual
arts, not to mention ideas, opinions, facts, and fallacies.
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The humanities also enhance everyday life in ways that are practical, economically
important, and have major implications for career development. For example, employers
place high value on humanities students' skills, including clear and systematic thinking,
ethical judgment, cultural sensitivity and fair-mindedness, openness to new ideas,
effective communication, honesty and humility, courage and perseverance, and creative
problem solving.
Human Connections
The arts help people heal, they facilitate personal, spiritual, and emotional development,
and they foster community well-being. By nature, the performing arts are collective
experiences that bring together performers and audiences. Creating and supporting the
arts nurtures communities, both traditionally, such as through collective religious rituals,
and in new ways made possible only by advanced technology, such as crowd funding for
arts projects. Finally, the arts connect us not only to the rest of humanity, but to our own
deepest human desires for meaning, connection, and self-expression.
Learning Outcomes
Following is a list of the Week 7 outcomes, mapped to the corresponding course
outcome. The course outcomes give "the big picture," and the weekly outcomes provide
more detailed information that will help you achieve the course outcomes.
Week 7 Outcomes
Describe and investigate connections between the fields in the humanities (1).
Identify the relevance of the arts and humanities in everyday endeavors (1).
Identify and describe controversies regarding the cost and the value of humanities
(1).
Explain the role of arts and letters in cross-cultural communication (1, 3).
Explain the role of arts and letters in healing and personal development (3, 4).
Course Outcomes Met in Week 7
1. Describe and analyze the way human culture is expressed through works of
literature, performing and visual arts, philosophy, and religion in order to appreciate
the depth and breadth of the humanities disciplines.
2. Use basic vocabulary, concepts, methods, and theories of the humanities disciplines
in order to describe and analyze cultural and artistic expressions.
3. Identify and apply criteria in order to evaluate individual and collective cultural
accomplishments.
4. Examine individual and cultural perspectives in the field of humanities in order to
recognize and assess cultural diversity and the individual's place in the world.
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Week 7 Checklist Checklist
Week 7 Study Guide Web Page
Week 7 Learning Resources External Learning Tool
Week 7: QUIZ Quiz
WEEK 7 DISCUSSION: Making Connections Discussion Topic
0 % 0 of 6 topics complete
Read the Weekly Overview & Learning Goals
Read, View, Review all of the Learning Resources & Links
Participate in our Discussions
Take the Quiz
Complete & Submit your Cultural Experience #2
Take the quiz before you post to the discussions.
Please use the Learning Resources from this module to answer the quiz questions. You
may take this quiz up to five times. Questions you have answered incorrectly will be
shown to you after each attempt. Your best grade will be recorded in the grade book.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISCUSSIONS: Your contributions should be thoughtful
and developed. Answer all parts of the question and use concepts from the course
materials. Use a professional style of communication, with attention to grammar, spelling,
and typos; cite your sources.
Unless your instructor specifies otherwise, choose ONE of the following questions, and
give a substantive response to at least two other students.
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1. YOU, THE ARTIST
Write a poem or a brief essay, draw or paint a picture, make a carving, compose a song,
take a series of photographs. Consider doing a self-portrait in any artistic medium or
literary form, representational or abstract. To get started, you might look at “Project Art-
a-Day” at http://projectartaday.blogspot.com/2013/03/lesson-value-self-portraits.html
Include images or audio files of your creative efforts in your response. Then reflect on
your experience and use one interpretative tool from the semester to say something
about your work. Make sure refer to the Learning Resource for the tool and which week it
is from either in your narrative or as a citation. Underline or bold the vocabulary, concept
or technique you use as a interpretative tool in your post.
2. CROSS-FERTILIZATION
Present and discuss an example of cross-fertilization between two or more art forms. For
example, you might compare a theater presentation with a film adapation of the same
play, or discover and describe how a poem can be illustrated as a drawing or painting.
For this discussion, you might also compare art forms between two different cultures. For
example, you might compare how religious images or music differ between religious or
cultural groups.
Be sure to include images and links so everyone can see or hear what you’re discussing,
and make sure to use one interpretative tool from the semester to say something about
the things you are comparing. Make sure refer to the Learning Resource for the tool and
which week it is from either in your narrative or as a citation. Underline or bold the
vocabulary, concept or technique you use as a interpretative tool in your post.
3. REVIEW A TED TALK
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design. The TED organization sponsors
global presentations on “Ideas Worth Spreading.”
Go to the website https://www.ted.com/ . Find a TED talk that addresses the value of
one of the humanities fields covered in this course or a controversy in one of the
humanities disciplines.
Write a review of the presentation. First, identify the name of the speaker and the
presentation, indicate when it was presented, and give a link to the talk. Second, describe
the main points of the TED talk. Finally, offer a critique —your assessment of the
speaker’s ideas and the presentation overall.
4. DISCUSS FUNDING FOR THE ARTS
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Cultural Experience Report #2 Assignment
Due August 3 at 11:59 PM
Although most people appreciate the arts as part of their everyday lives (perhaps,
especially, music and film), the arts often are first to go when public school funding is
tight. Use the educational resources for this week as a starting place to explore the pros
and cons of public funding for the arts and funding for art and music in public schools.
You will not see any other postings until you post your own.
Initial posts are due by Saturday at 11:30PM ET and at least two responses to fellow
classmates are expected by the end of the academic week on Tuesday by 11:30PM ET.
Cultural Experience Field Report #2
Note: This assignment has been adapted to adhere to the current guidance from the CDC
for social distancing because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
For this assignment, you will choose a virtual cultural venue from the instructions below
to visit online and write a short 500-800 word report about your visit.
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to introduce you to the process of engaging with the cultural venues and communities. This will inform you personally of the Humanities and groups that support it.
Skills
This assignment will help you practice the following skills that will be useful to you in your professional and personal life beyond school.
Identify cultural venues and inform you with deeper knowledge about
the cultural form chosen.
Organize reflections about engaging with a cultural experience and community
Use concepts and skills learned in class to describe and interpret cultural
experiences and communities
Use appropriate and proper grammar, organization, and academic- style formatting in order to communicate
Knowledge
This assignment will help you become familiar with the following important content knowledge in the Humanities.
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Available virtual cultural venues and communities
Methods of interpretation within the Humanities
Instructions
For your report, choose one virtual venue from this pre-approved list that most interests you, or contact your professor for approval of your own online choice. If your choice below has both a website and a video, make sure you examine both. If you need special accommodations to complete this assignment, please inform your instructor and contact the Accessibility Accommodations office for guidance.
Please watch the entire performance or thoroughly explore the venue you choose.
THEATER PLAY
Shakespeare
First Encounter: King Lear (adapted for children)
https://youtu.be/zP_g-ODJ2SM
The Tragedy of Richard II
https://youtu.be/e1fkiixQbeM
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
https://youtu.be/6naZxb2KwTE
The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
https://youtu.be/BWPftxsBPz0
NEW MA by Dora Dee Hunter
https://youtu.be/tT5-Ra6filk
Watch a full performance of one of the plays on this list of full length plays available
on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?
list=PL4UvHdqgzgxyW8nqcnS5NU1FhIkL3NRyC
Watch a full performance of a Broadway musical that is available for streaming on various
paid services. A list is available here: https://www.playbill.com/article/15-broadway-plays-
and-musicals-you-can-watch-on-stage-from-home
POETRY OR BOOK READING, AUTHOR EVENT, OR SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE
Author interviews
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Toni Morrison on “The Bluest Eye” and “Paradise”
https://youtu.be/eSLbTtMiEzY
Inside the Imagination with China Miéville
https://youtu.be/GaaFun09At0
William Gibson: Technology, Science Fiction & the Apolcalypse
https://youtu.be/4dlvle5YBv4
A conversation with Ursula K. Le Guin
https://youtu.be/ovZ6qgTy3SE
George R.R. Martin On Strombo: Extended Interview
https://youtu.be/fHfip4DefG4
Salman Rushdie on Storytelling
https://youtu.be/ud5Wu_D2kVE
Alice Walker
https://youtu.be/AH25fUzeTpQ
Poetry Readings
Joy Harjo
https://youtu.be/F-YWoOuVU5c
Leslie Marmon Silko https://youtu.be/M3OhZXki6Xo Rita Dove
https://youtu.be/2wS3AOEKcdI
Naomi Shihab Nye
https://youtu.be/4ZEBfQjh6lU
Arthur Sze
https://youtu.be/gwfWoywcB3o
Heather McHugh
https://youtu.be/8F2ylB0LpVM
Juan Felipe Herrera
https://youtu.be/KwzgVyqYrVU
An Evening with Robert Pinsky
https://youtu.be/v9fIGpBT75Y
Poetry Festivals, Slams and Spoken Word
The BreakBeat Poets
https://youtu.be/orimkwA5qOg
The Last Word Festival- Poetry Slam Final 2018
https://youtu.be/aRJdUK9LB0w
The Last Word Festival –Poetry Slam Final 2017
https://youtu.be/3k8qf5FZIOs
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Louder than a Bomb (Millennial Stage)
https://youtu.be/8d6mpNGE4aM
Henry Rollins “Up for It” spoken word performance (includes some obscenities)
https://youtu.be/e0cMviFOknk
Kate Tempest spoken word performance on KEXP https://youtu.be/Ype63tsMMTw
FILM COMMENTARY BY A DIRECTOR OR CINEMA EXPERT
Watch an entire DVD/Blue Ray film with the “audio commentary” special feature as long
as the commentary is by or includes the director or a film historian/expert, not just the
actors/actresses or commercial film critics.
Examples of a few films on DVD/Blue Ray with director’s commentary:
Get Out, commentary by Jordan Peele
Lord of the Rings films, commentary by Peter Jackson
Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas, commentary by Martin Scorsese
Pan’s Labyrinth, commentary by Guillermo Del Toro
Das Boot, commentary by Stephen Spielberg
National Treasure: Book of Secrets, commentary by Jon Turteltaub
A list of older films with DVD/Audio commentary is available here, just make sure you are
listening to directors and film experts: http://www.ratethatcommentary.com/top100.php
Listen to a director’s commentary on a film on this podcast: Watching
With.....by NetFlix: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1464225558
RELIGIOUS SERVICE, CEREMONY OR RITUAL
Your choice should be different from one’s own religion, if practiced. Please view all
videos under the ritual, service, or ceremony you choose.
JUDAISM
Passover Seder Meal
The Passover Seder: What to Expect
https://youtu.be/LzsuL9U1a_k
Model Passover Seder https://youtu.be/rG8G4OmPh04
Yom Kippur
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What is Yom Kippur?
https://youtu.be/4oqBzg8wCUg
Yom Kippur Neilah (Concluding) Service https://youtu.be/6k_Orlkk9Ww
Yom Kippur Ritual: Kaparot in Israel https://youtu.be/x9dwPADN4ss
CHRISTIANITY
Baptism rituals
Catholic Baptism
https://youtu.be/pD7kE8qUz5A
https://youtu.be/2zgmLiXtyI0
Evangelical Full Immersion Baptism https://youtu.be/KoPEMVTAl9M Baptists in India https://youtu.be/coHFPvbEF08 Baptist Ceremony https://youtu.be/e5Pqfz0Xew0
Rituals of the Eucharist
Catholic Sacrament of the Eucharist 101
https://youtu.be/qdGkTdv4Dt4
Orthodox Communion https://youtu.be/WPj7z72VgT0 Baptist Communion Service https://youtu.be/itWcKO7-sTY Evangelical Communion Service https://youtu.be/gQx4Xp1pE5E
ISLAM
Ramadan
The Adhan: Call to Prayer during Ramadan
https://youtu.be/_n5PFtW9jDc
What is Ramadan? https://youtu.be/7kM27b-iaBg Welcoming Ramadan: Shaykh Abdul Moez Nafti https://youtu.be/rnJro6ykqZ4
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Hajj
Hajj: BBC News
https://youtu.be/VMWgeSuHKhs
Hajj: real footage from Mecca to Medina https://youtu.be/HOnv1Zo9ub0 Bosnian Hajj Pilgrims (transcript/translation of speakers in video notes) https://youtu.be/KrhHBdlZs3c
HINDUISM
Upanayana Ceremony
Upanayana Adhar: A Rite of Passage
https://youtu.be/4F4KgEK8SZw
Upanayana: Thread Ceremony example 1 https://youtu.be/vfZSgXzgLJM Upanayanam ceremony example 2 https://youtu.be/dPbPUVtyh1o
Puja
Why is Puja necessary to maintain Hinduism?
https://youtu.be/sjFATI2FvJI
Daily Puja ritual example https://youtu.be/_8EkW71NdWo Puja Temple Service https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqeCSiq95Dc
BUDDHISM
Heart Sutra Ritual
Heart Sutra Chanting
https://youtu.be/RAcE8U8SWlo
How to Chant the Heart Sutra Mantra: Robert A.F. Thurman https://youtu.be/jyXRN5bbbdc Heart Sutra Translation https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/letters/thich-nhat- hanh-new-heart-sutra-translation/
Ordination Rite
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Ordination and Closing Ceremony
https://youtu.be/bYo2sDXvCgA
Becoming a Buddhist Monk https://youtu.be/MpKzoH0mTDU Ordination Procedure in the Theraveda Tradition http://www.buddhanet.net/e- learning/buddhistworld/ordination1.htm
Restrictions: The experience should be viewed during the current semester. If this is
impossible, contact the instructor to arrange for alternatives. You may not report on a
cultural experience viewed prior to this class.
Write a report after you have explored or viewed the online resource.
Your report should include the following information. Include photos or links that help
convey the information. As always, be sure to document all sources you consult in
preparing your work. This includes any learning resources from the class, or information
from the websites that informed you about the particular item you explored.
Name and location of event or name and director of the film, writer’s name etc. If
there is on-line information about what you viewed, be sure to include a link to it
within the text of your essay in an appropriate place.
Type of event. For example is it a film, ritual, service, ceremony, poetry reading,
festival, author interview etc. Make sure to include the name of the authors,
directors, producers, speakers, author of your favorite poem (if poetry festival or
event).
Briefly describe the general setting by talking a bit about the location (you can
research the location online) and the general overall "vibe" of the place or places
viewed.
Describe at least one aspect of what you viewed that you found especially
interesting. For example, you might write about the different ways the same ritual
is conducted by different groups, a poem you really liked from the reading or
poetry festival, something an author or direct said that really struck you. Explain
what impressed or affected you, and why. Your reaction can be positive or
negative, as long as you offer an explanation.
Identify and use at least two tools, concepts or methods that you have learned
about in this class in the Learning Resources to talk about your viewing. For
example, if you view a director’s commentary, you might point out what the
director says about lighting or the set, or if you view to a ritual, talk about the myth
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the ritual is based on, or if you watch a spoken word or poetry reading, you can talk
about specific literary language or imagery. Make sure you are explicit in identifying
the tools/concept/methods you are using and the specific learning resources they
come from. Be sure to inform the reader about the tool/concept/method through a
quote or paraphrase from the learning resource. Then, make sure to tell the reader
how you interpret and/or analyze some elements of what you experience with the
tools.
Be sure to cite the learning resources you have used in MLA format. Please
see http://sites.umgc.edu/library/libhow/mla_examples.cfm
Reflect on the relevance--if any--of your viewing to your everyday life. How did
the experience engage your feelings or emotions, if at all? What does this tell you
about human culture, and/or about yourself?
STOP: Before you hand in your assignment, ask yourself the following questions:
1. Have I clearly provided identifying information about what I viewed in terms of
who was involved and where it took place and provided the URL, if
applicable? Have I done what I could to describe the setting and/or vibe?
2. Have I identified and explained an especially interesting aspect of the experience
and used examples to illustrate reflections and to explain why this aspect was
interesting?
3. Have I identified and applied two tools, concepts or methods of interpretation from
learning resources to concrete and specific examples from visit?
4. Have I used examples to clearly explain the relevance of my visit to at least one of
the following: 1) emotion 2) human culture 3) self-identity 4) cultural identity?
5. Have I used Learning Resources from the class and provided a list of resources, and do all of my citations conform to MLA 8th edition guidelines?
6. Have I proofread this assignment for grammatical, structural, and spelling errors that might impede someone from understanding what I am trying to say?
This assignment is due by the end of the seventh week of class on TUESDAY by 11:30PM
ET.
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