“I think we should start seeing other texts”:

Using non-print resources in a LAC recitation sectionJonathan Risner

March 2007

“Those other texts”

•Photographs

•Films

•Websites

“Benefits”

• Visual culture

• Learn about different filmmakers and photographers

• Technology in other cultures

Photos:Megacities and Sebastião

Salgado

Megacities

• City in excess of 10 million people

• Immigration• “Microcosm of

globalization”• Urban

experience

In class

• Use photos in lieu of texts or to accompany another reading

• Small group discussions or class discussion

• How to discuss: what one sees and relate to topic

• The photographer

• Museum visit

Film: Structural Adjustment

Policies (SAPs) and The Take

Structural Adjustment Policies

In class

• Organize a screening outside of class• Require students to create discussion

questions about film• Particularize and contextualize SAPs• Possibility of broaching other topics,

such as alternative economic models

Websites: Jihad vs. McWorld and the

Zapatisas

Jihad vs. McWorld

Jihad:• Not exclusive to

Muslim cultures• Slaughter of “other”• Undermining

democratic institutions• Uses information

technology

McWorld: • U.S. popular culture• Expansionist

commerce• Undermining

democratic institutions• Uses information

technology

The Zapatistas

In class

• Website as text or accompanying another text

• View as a class or outside of class• Student discussion leaders

Textual harmony

• Print and non-print

coexisting• Mixing texts• Flexibility• Being aware of

resources