Please read Ten Walks/Two Talks, "Hashish in Marseilles," and "Walking in the City." Make sure that you've read these texts closely and underlined, highlighted, jotted down notes in the margins, etc. before you come to class on Monday. There is no written assignment for Monday, but you will be asked to respond to the readings either verbally or on paper so make sure you're prepared!
FOR WEDNESDAY:
Since the writing assignment for Wednesday takes some prior planning, I will explain it now. Feel free to complete the assignment over the weekend and post it to the blog then, if you wish. There will be reading due on Wednesday, so perhaps it would be wise to get a head start on the writing assignment. It is due by 8pm Tuesday evening.
Here's what to do: choose a neighborhood that particularly interests you—it could be a place you know well or somewhere completely new—and take a walk there. Bring a “field notebook” so that you can write down your observations as they happen. Force yourself to look more closely than usual: this is not the singularly focused walk to the subway station or the hurried walk to class but a good hour or so spent simply looking at the incredibly complex array of things and people that you’ll pass along the way. Make sure to include descriptions of things you’ve seen along your walk, not just people: there is a lot of meaning to be discovered in the sidewalks, fences, storefronts, graffiti, advertisements, stairwells, steeples, newsstands, trash, and sewage grates (and on and on) that constitute our city landscape. You don't need to analyze if you don't want to. Simply say what you see in as much detail as possible. You can take cues from the assigned readings if you like.
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