http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/sociology1005 Just another Blogs@Baruch weblog Thu, 14 May 2009 20:50:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Instructions: Pick three of the following five questions, and write one-page responses (no more than 500 words) to each topic question. That means you'll write three responses, each about a page long. Let me know if you have any questions! 1. Find a newspaper or magazine article posted online (include the ... http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/sociology1005/2009/05/14/final-due-thursday-may-21-2009-6pm/ In both class sessions yesterday we spent some time talking about technology and the future, and it occured to me that many of you might enjoy reading this article about how the New York Times is responding to the current changes in journalism and the economy. There is an innovation ... http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/sociology1005/2009/05/13/last-reading-assignment-thursday-may-14-2009/ This is another reading-that-isn't-an-assignment. I mentioned it in the first class session, and a few people were really interested in reading it. You're welcome to write a reading response to it, of course! The New York Times wrote about the shameful status of state and federal government aid. As millions of people ... http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/sociology1005/2009/05/13/we-need-technology-to-fix-a-lot-of-things/ Because of a discussion I was having with friends a couple of days ago, an article Malcom Gladwell wrote for the New York in 1996 came up. It's terrific, and I want you to have the opportunity to read it. You're welcome to do a writing response for it, if ... http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/sociology1005/2009/05/13/not-an-assignment-just-a-reading/ Tonight we'll talk about all the articles, videos, and games we've encountered this semester, coming back to the main themes of the class: race, class, gender, technology, and globalization. Either tonight or Thursday we'll have a treat from the greenmarket, too. Reading (watching or gaming!) responses are due on Thursday, May 14th. ... http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/sociology1005/2009/05/12/tonights-class-review/ For Thursday I'd like you to read Robin Nagle's account of part of her training to be a sanitation worker for the New York City Sanitation Department. (You'll need to click through at the bottom of each page; she wrote one entry a day for five days.) The New York Times ... http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/sociology1005/2009/05/06/reading-assignment-for-thursday-may-7-2009/ [Edited to add games links!] As I described in class Thursday night, your assignment for Tuesday, May 5th is to play one (or more!) of the games that I link to here from the Games for Change website. I'm picking just a few so that our class discussion can be a ... http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/sociology1005/2009/05/01/gaming-assignment-tuesday-may-5-2009/ As promised, here's a lighter reading, one that brings us back to food, globalization, and culture.  Sasha Issenberg and Trevor Corson were interviewed in Slate magazine about their books on sushi; their conversation with the interviewer covers a little of the origins and history of sushi, as well as its subsequent ... http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/sociology1005/2009/04/29/reading-assignment-for-thursday-april-30th/ Please make sure you've read the articles from last Thursday, about shrinking cities, and then read two articles about extremely large cities:  Learning from slums -- This is a relatively recent article from the Boston Globe that made a lot of challenging and interesting assertions, such as: ...given the reality that poverty exists ... http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/sociology1005/2009/04/27/reading-assignment-for-tuesday-april-28-2009/ Over the break I was in Cleveland, OH. The current population there is just under half a million people. In *1950* the population there was nearly a million. Rather than growing over the last 60 years, Cleveland's population has shrunk by almost half. The result is a ghost city -- ... http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/sociology1005/2009/04/23/class-tonight-423-shrinking-cities-vs-maximum-cities/