{"id":625,"date":"2016-08-31T16:33:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T20:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/storytelling\/?p=625"},"modified":"2016-09-14T14:05:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:05:34","slug":"class-notes-831","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/storytelling\/2016\/08\/31\/class-notes-831\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Notes 8\/31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Important Announcements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***** On Friday, we&#8217;re\u00a0leaving to be fingerprinted at Bon Air at\u00a02:30 in\u00a0the transportation center in the commons. Make sure to bring your completed forms with you. You DO NOT need to bring $10 like one of the forms says.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to post on this blog with things you think are important about any of the\u00a0readings we will start to look at. This includes questions you hope to be answered and things you took away from the text. This is a good\u00a0way for students who don\u2019t like to talk\u00a0as much in class to add their opinions and include themselves in discussions. While writing blog posts do fall\u00a0under the class citizenship points section of your grade, it is not \u201crequired&#8221; so to speak.<\/p>\n<p>4 forms for the fingerprinting process were passed out in class today: if you have questions email Professor Dolson and she will post answers to those questions\u00a0in\u00a0a coming blog post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Class Discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Summaries about the class syllabus and Story Corps\u00a0were handed back and discussed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We spoke\u00a0about voice when it came to our different summaries\n<ul>\n<li>The summary about the class policies was more direct and to the point. Very organized and structured<\/li>\n<li>The second summary about story corps discussed the\u00a0different qualities of the subject. More conversational and flowing. Less linear than the former.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Important to note that a summary shouldn\u2019t be your interpretation. It\u2019s more of the \u201cbare bones\u201d facts of the piece. This is our first step on our way toward an analysis which will be completed for next week&#8217;s class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Campfire article<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWhat\u2019s the article really about?\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>The study on how socializing around firelight expanded our ancestors\u2019 minds<\/li>\n<li>Article contains link to the study for readers to\u00a0go more in depth on the subject\n<ul>\n<li>http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/111\/39\/14027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fire changed our ancestors&#8217; chemical nature\u00a0which changed the way they lived and how we live now<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ideas brought up in our discussion\n<ul>\n<li>Maybe nighttime is just a time to relax? Does this really have to do with the fire?\n<ul>\n<li>At night you\u2019re finished with your work, so you\u2019re more willing to tell your personal stories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Facial expressions\n<ul>\n<li>Everyone is focusing on the fire. Even with light from a fire,\u00a0you can\u2019t see those around you as well\u00a0as you would if the conversation took place during the day<\/li>\n<li>Fire gives a different perspective of faces. Can this\u00a0cause you to think\/behave differently?<\/li>\n<li>Are we drawn to firelight because it hides or shields us in a way?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Firelight makes a more intimate\/relaxed setting\n<ul>\n<li>Could this allow one to retain the story better?<\/li>\n<li>Increases vulnerability- allows one to tell stories more easily<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lack of sight heightens listening skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Stories Our Parents Tell Us\u201d article<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ideas brought up in class\n<ul>\n<li>Parents shape our identities\n<ul>\n<li>You are who you are because of your parents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Can\u2019t remember what happened as an infant\n<ul>\n<li>Disturbing in a way<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIdentity is the task of adolescence\u201d (Peterson).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Shared our earliest memories from when we were young to the person next to us<\/li>\n<li>What can you classify as a memory? Does just a snapshot of a time and place count or does it have to be a full out narrative?\n<ul>\n<li>Connection to place and feeling when it comes to memory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Quotes I took away from class<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cReal writing is re-writing\u2026 Revising is more than editing\u201d (Dolson).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIdentity is the task of adolescence\u201d (Peterson).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important Announcements: ***** On Friday, we&#8217;re\u00a0leaving to be fingerprinted at Bon Air at\u00a02:30 in\u00a0the transportation center in the commons. Make sure to bring your completed forms with you. You DO NOT need to bring $10 like one of the forms says. 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