Örebro-Stanford Cross-Cultural Workshop on Photographs/ Other Texts April 16, 2008 I. Welcome and introductory remarks Time: 18.10–18.20 / 9.10– 9.20 10 minutes You will be connected to room T217 (http://emeeting.tech.oru.se:8000/index.jsp) Anders Eriksson (Örebro): Welcome and short introduction John Peterson (Stanford): Example: Learning a Topic by Cross Referencing Text II. Small group introductions Leave T217. Switch to small group A, B, C or D at http://switchboard.stanford.edu Time: 18.20-18.35 / 9:20-9:35 15 minutes Introductions: Students talk about what they’ve been doing since last workshop III. Small group analysis Time: 18.35-18:55 / 9:35-9:55 20 minutes Each group will be assigned one photograph and other texts. Look at the photograph, discuss the focusing questions with your group, and then write an analysis and present it to the class Group A: Örebro Photograph #1 and other related texts Group B: “Disco is Dead” photograph and other related texts Group C: Örebro Photograph #2 and other related texts Group D: “Wardrobe Malfunction” photographs and other related texts Focusing questions: Suggestion: You might start simply by describing to each other what you see in the photograph – the setting, the people, the clothing, the details. Be aware of when you refer to other texts to talk about the photo. Then move to the questions below. 1. What details do you most notice in the photo? What argument does it seem to be making? How does kairos, or the image’s place in time, have something to do with the photo? 2. What seems to be culturally specific in the photo? Why is it culturally specific? How do the other texts help to construct a cultural context? 3. In order to understand the culturally specific components, what else do you have to know? Where does this knowledge come from? In addition to using the other provided texts, feel free to use the web to search for cross referencing sources. 4. Discuss how using the other texts inform a reading of this photo. IV. Collaborative activity Time: 18.55-19.10 / 9:55-10:10 15 minutes Work together as a group to create a brief, informal presentation about your analysis of one of the photos and other texts you reference to consider doxa as well as other contexts. Write your analysis and presentation script on the Whiteboard. Rehearse and time your presentation (speakers will be cut off at two minutes). • Presentations will be 2 minutes long per group • Give one person the speaking role • Provide an overview and explanation of your analysis of the photo and how other texts inform an understanding of the photo • Present key points of the small group work (answers to focusing questions above) • Identify what the group learned about different cultural perspectives from the analysis. To read & comment on the Cross-Cultural Blog: http://www.stanford.edu/group/ccr/blog/ To post your own entry to the blog: http://cgi.stanford.edu/%7Egroupccr/mt/mt.cgi If you have time in class, post your own entry before the group presentation. If time is short, assign one person to be the blogger to email the group analysis and script to him/herself for posting later on the CCR blog. Follow the instructions for blogging at http://ccr.stanford.edu/workshops/040908.html or http://ccr.stanford.edu/workshops/041608.html V. Group Presentations Time: 19:10-19:25 /10:10-10:25 15 minutes 1. Present group work in closing “Virtual Student Conference.” In Marratech, leave your virtual room and go to T217 (http://emeeting.tech.oru.se:8000/index.jsp) Tech tip: You can click on the GLOBE icon and go “HOME” then choose Orebro; or ask one of the CCR teachers to switch you to T217 Each group’s speaker will present the analysis. We will go from Group A to Group D. (Note: Speakers will be cut off at two minutes.) VI. Debrief at Individual Universities Time: 19.30-19:45 / 10.30-10.45 15 minutes What did you learn about your group members today? How might you now understand how texts inform each other and give direction to research? If you had more time, what kinds of sources would you like to have found? In what ways can you use sharing ideas about images and cultural contexts with students from another country? What worked best or surprised you most in today’s class? In what ways does this cross-cultural exchange help your learning?