EA105 SESSION DETAILS

Session 01 Thursday Aug 27 — Orientation

Before session

• Practice access to ILN: Go to the Sonic.net top page: http://www.sonic.net/~tabine/.

During session (can change last minute)

• Roll call
• Waitlisters not having access to courses?
• Some basic basics first
• ACCESS: Sonic.net and Session Details
• ACCESS: Book (ILN)
• ACCESS: Video
• Read the syllabus
• Begin on time
• Zoom protocol, video presence (community), manners
• Students who are looking to fulfill a breadth requirement and plan not to make this class a priority this semester are probably not in a good situation so let me explain now …..
• Introduce me
• Time zone chart
• Assignments due
• How my settings work
• General topic of the course
• General structure of the course
• About attendance
• From the syllabus
• 1.1. Zoom sessions
• Location
• Availability
• 2.1. Contacting me
• 2.2. Announcements
• 2.3. Knowing what to do
• 2.4. Google Form IMPORTANT
• 7.2., 7.3. Portfolio grades
• 6.1.-6.3. Engagements, Knowledge, Skills
• Active learning (3 phases)
• 8.2. Day-to-day schedule: Session Details trumps backup schedule although for this class the backup schedule is in pretty good shape for now
• 9.3. File titles (read)

After session

• Read the syllabus and complete all the upcoming assignments. There are quite a few. ... Drop this class if you are not sure anymore! There are waitlisters wanting to enroll.

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Session 02 Tuesday Sep 1 — Community building

*Attendance of this session is very important.

Before session

• If you missed Day 1, I require that you view that session and submit the ENGAGE assignment associated with that date.
• Now that we are settled into class, I assume you have read the syllabus. You are bound by the rules and expectations of it.

During session

You will be joining 2-4 breakout groups today and Thursday. Then, this weekend you will be reporting about those many individuals that you meet. So you should take notes during these breakout sessions.

The breakout session should have this work-flow:

• A few minutes for everyone in the group to read the profiles of everyone in the group (bCourse - Modules).
• Then, each student asks one profile-related question to each student. If there are three in the group, Student A will ask something to Student B, then Student C. Then it is Student B's turn. They will ask Student A then Student C a question. And so on.
• Then there is a free-form discussion of cancel culture.

FOR YOUR REFERENCE: Here are the questions you will need to answer for the weekend assignment:

• Share with me, in simple form, the full list of students you met with.
• Share with me, in list form, something interesting or surprising to you about each of the students you met.  The names on this list should match the names above. As with ALL of my assignments, I take note of the energy and interest you display when answering open-ended questions like this.
• Share with me, repeating the above list, whether, for each student, you personally feel culturally close or distant to that person (distance, not like/dislike, just "different"). This is confidential between us, of course.

After session

• Nothing to do officially. However, your weekend assignment will go much faster if you answer it in part now, for today's meetings. You will be doing this again Wednesday and Friday, and you memory of today will fade, so writing it now should result in the least amount of time and effort to finish the work—and probably have better quality, too.

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Session 03 Thursday Sep 3 — Community building

*Attendance of this session is very important.

Before session

• Now that we are settled into class, I assume you have read the syllabus. You are bound by the rules and expectations of it.

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call, then announcements, then small group work in three breakout sessions (about 20 minutes each) as described below.

• Read each other's profile pages silently for four minutes. No discussion or chatting, just get that going first.
• First, each student reports on one and just one thing that they heard on Tuesday from someone regarding cancel culture. NOT one thing you agree with or disagree with but rather one thing that is interesting. There is no discussion of what you say, just make the statement. Go around the room until all three have said something. If you missed Tuesday, say so and pass on this part.
• Next, each student makes a statement relevant to this aspect of the "Spectrum" section: "Match to your own needs, match to the needs of your group" — again, no discussion, just making statements.
• Now you are free to ask each other about profile page content.

After session

• Nothing to do officially. However, your weekend assignment will go much faster if you answer it in part now, for today's meetings. You will be doing this again Wednesday and Friday, and you memory of today will fade, so writing it now should result in the least amount of time and effort to finish the work—and probably have better quality, too.

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Session 04 Tuesday Sep 8 — ILN (Theory of Interpretation)—Getting started with Interpreting Love Narratives (ILN)

Chapters for this session

ABOUT THIS BOOK AND THIS COURSE

1. About this book — The book's audience ◆ the book's parts ◆ notes on eBook format”

2. About this course — Course topic and structure ◆ teaching aspirations & learning outcomes ◆ Object learning and active learning ◆ *Connectionism, *Connectivism, *emergence”

A THEORY OF INTERPRETATION FOR CROSS-CULTURAL READING

3. Overview — Part Two contents ◆ evolving theory ◆ course content as problem-solution formula

4. Interpreting data and code — completing meaning ◆ constructing texts from code

Note:

All chapters in this book list terms you should learn or already know. Please use the glossary in the back to clarify them. The glossary entry is the most recent and complete statement. This book was written and rewritten many times to content is uneven (for now). When in doubt, trust the glossary entry. Also, what terms are introduced and which are already introduced, according to the call-out box at the beginning is not stable. I moved chapters around, changed terms, moved when to introduce them and so on.

Beginning with Chapter 3, each chapter of that part of the book has an abstract at the beginning. One reading strategy is just to read that and go no further if that already makes sense. I did this to reduce the reading load on students.

Before session

• Read with thought and care: ILN Chapters 1-4

During session (can change last minute)

1. You should arrive on time, ready to go, with audio unmuted if possible for a quick roll call. If you either miss hearing your name or answering to your name when I call it, please complete the Google Form with an explanation.
2. General description of how class is run: it is a mix of you viewing video material I have already uploaded (running video from my laptop with a shared screen turns out to be too glitch), small group work, taking questions from you about the reading and you answering questions I ask of you about the reading. Those questions are usually "significance" questions, not opinion (what do you think) or factual (what are ...) although I will sometimes ask "what did I say" questions to get the topic on the table.

After session

• If you have missed this lecture but were supposed to attend, you can complete the ENGAGE assignment for the session, for half-credit. If you are designated as not needing to attend class, you can complete the ENGAGE assignment for full credit. Note that "not required to attend" students often have an additional set of assignments to complete, and this might be on short notice. While I try to process the videos as soon as possible, there are many steps along the way with opportunities for delays over which I have little or no control. It is an imperfect system but it is what we will need to deal with.

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Session 05 Thursday Sep 10 — ILN (Theory of Interpretation)—Selection, Organization / Matching (SO/M)

* Class ends today at 10:55. I have an 11AM administrative meeting. If you have questions after class, please email them to me.

A THEORY OF INTERPRETATION FOR CROSS-CULTURAL READING (continued)

Chapters for this session

5. Selection, Organization / Matching (SO/M) — A schema for how we attribute meaning to objects ◆ patterns & models ◆ making sense ◆ interpretation and the outside world

6. SO/M, "the (cultural) world," and "horizon of expectation — Turning from perception theory to interpretation ◆ horizon of expectation

Note:

If you are unable to say why it is SO/M and not SM/O then there are key portions of the theory yet unclear to you.

Before session

• Read with thought and care: ILN Chapters 5-6
• Complete undated assignment EX200910 PreC gor

During session (can change last minute)

1. You should arrive on time, ready to go, with audio unmuted if possible for a quick roll call. If you either miss hearing your name or answering to your name when I call it, please complete the Google Form with an explanation.
2. General description of how class is run: Same as Session 4.

After session

• Same as Session 4.

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Session 06 Tuesday Sep 15 — ILN (Theory of Interpretation)—Patterns | Ending interpretations

A THEORY OF INTERPRETATION FOR CROSS-CULTURAL READING (continued)

Chapters for this session

7. A closer look at patterns — Introduction

8. Patterns with gravitational power — Implicit and cognitive bias ◆ mimetic desire ◆ attractors ◆ cultural attractors

9. Patterns with time-leaps — Memories, shared memories, cause-and-effect in narrative segments

10. Ending an interpretation

Before session

• Read with thought and care: ILN Chapters 7-10

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call
2. Exercise—A short video shared on screen that explores patterns: "Pattern recognition exercise 480p 200913". If the on-screen presentation doesn't stream smoothly I'll deploy a Plan B: I'll publish it inside our bCourse Files > admin folder.
3. This class is primarily lecture mode, with an emphasis on "mimetic desire" "attractors" and a return to the idea of "making sense"

After session

• EA students and those who missed the session should watch for an ENGAGE assignment.
• I believe the add/drop deadline is soon.

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Session 07 Thursday Sep 17 — ILN (Large cultural contexts)—Introduction to large cultural contexts / close cultural contexts / common practice and situational factors | Western ATS (Authoritative Thought System): Greek concepts

CULTURAL CONTEXTS—TRADITIONAL THOUGHT SYSTEMS IN EAST ASIAN LOVE NARRATIVES

Chapters for this session

24. Western cultural contexts — Overview

25. Early Greek philosophy — The Beautiful = The Good = The Truthful = The Eternal ◆ will and moral acts ◆ Eros, philia, agape, nomos, storge

Before session

• Read with thought and care: ILN Chapters 24-25

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call.
2. Why we start with Western concepts.
3. Key Concept: The Beautiful = The Good = The Truthful = The Eternal
4. Key Concept: Will and morality
5. Helpful to later categorizing love in East Asia: Aristotle's love categories.
6. Short video (at Media Gallery, a chance to practice access to that resource), then small group discussion: "Aristotle Love Categories 200206".

After session

• EA students and those who missed the session should watch for an ENGAGE assignment.

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Session 08 Tuesday Sep 22 — ILN (Large cultural contexts)—Western ATS: Christian love, Sacred and secular space, Romanticism, Individualism

*NOTE: You must watch "My First Crush" before THURSDAY'S class.

Before session

• Read with thought and care: ILN Chapters 26

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call — this is a very crowded day. I have compressed two days into one. Arrive on time.
2. Terms review: I will draw cards and ask randomly selected students to provide a definition of a few of the terms we have covered so far. This is a closed book quiz.
3. Western idealized romantic love with Christian and Greek roots
4. Sacred love / secular love (includes Norman)
5. Western romanticism
6. Rise of individualism
7. Expect to explain to others in breakout groups what I have explained to you with regard to ILN 26 and the topics above. (You will complete tonight a peer review on how well concepts were explained in your group. Be sure to have your group member names. Read the chapter with care, then listen in class with care.)

After session

• There is a group submission due Sunday night based on a short film (19 minutes) that will be released Thursday at 11AM.
• You should start discussing with each other now (but not in class!) when you would be able to meet for 1 or 1.5 hours to complete this work. This meeting should happen on Saturday or Sunday since you must first complete and submit to me IA (Independent Analysis) work on your own by early Saturday morning.
• IA work is entirely independent. It is NOT group work! You cannot consult with your team at all. If you have a confusion about instructions, ask me.
• Overseas groups: If the Thursday 11AM – early Saturday morning (Pacific time) time frame is too tight for the overseas student group (that is, to complete the IA work before meeting as a group), they should contact me immediately, before the release of the film at 11AM Thursday.

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Session 09 Thursday Sep 24 — Interpretive Projects (IP): IA 1 CONTRACT, IA 3-5 RRR, CDE

Before session

• View "My First Crush" (bCourse > Media Gallery)
• Read thoroughly these template on bCourse > Files > Templates
• IA 1 (Individual analysis) Template CONTRACT v200707
• IA 3-5 (Individual analysis) Template RESULTS-RESEARCH-RANDOM v200707
• CDE (group meeting) Template v200705

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call
2. I ask students questions about the templates by drawing cards. These will be "significance" questions such as "Why do you think that is part of the template?" In some cases you should know the answer, in some cases you can perhaps deduce the answer. In some case you will need to make your best guess.
3. I will answer questions that remain.
4. We view a short video in class and students complete an IA 3-5 RRR, using a CONTRACT I have prepared. The work is due later that evening. I am in the room to answer questions as you work through the material.

After session

• Release of the film for the IP project due Friday (IA) and Sunday (CDE).
• IA due early Saturday morning.
• IA work in entirely independent work. You cannot consult with your team!
• If someone fails to submit an IA on time, they are excluded from the following group work as well which means they will score both a zero on BOTH the IA and CDE assignments.
• All IP work is very important to the final grade except this one, which is closer to a dry run.
• CDE due early Monday morning. CDE work cannot be started until everyone in your team has submitted their IA. If a member of your team has not, meeting without that member.

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Session 10 Tuesday Sep 29 — ILN (Large cultural contexts)—East Asian ATS: Ancient Chinese Cosmos, Daoism

*Note: I will be grading the "Crush" IA, the "Orbit" IA, and the "Orbit" CDE. Once done, I will release suggestions and advice to the class as a whole. It is unlikely I will make individual comments even if there is just one individual for whom the comment is relevant this time around. I have found in the past that nearly all the possible errors are shared by students and so even if you happened to be correct this time, you might make the error a student DID make this time with your next submission. So everyone should read the advice released. Until that happens we will not discuss the IP process in class. Both the Daoism and the Confucianism days are absolutely critical so very little, if any, time will be spent during these sessions on IP work.

CULTURAL CONTEXTS—TRADITIONAL THOUGHT SYSTEMS IN EAST ASIAN LOVE NARRATIVES

Chapters for this session

• 27. Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism – Overview
• 28. Ancient Chinese Cosmology, Daoism, and Daoist-like elements in East Asian love narratives — Book of Changes ◆ yang-yin and its ramifications ◆ five elements (wuxing) ◆ Daoist passivity and change ◆ Daoist sexual alchemy

Before session

• Read with thought and care: ILN Chapters 27-28

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call.
2. "Orbit Ever After"
3. Sharing CDE video files:
• a) link to Google Drive file (make sure I have permission)
• b) embed media into the submission itself (is there a file limit?)
• c) link to iCloud file
• d) link to Zoom file (provides transcript)
4. Chapter 27 is an overview. We will discuss it. I will ask questions based on the reading.
5. Chapter 28 is covered in a similar way, except (see below) ...
6. At the end of this class I discuss some explicit things about premodern sexuality (Daoist sexual alchemy). I will give the basics and then those who have concern about sexually graphic information are free to leave for the day. The recording will also be edited to remove the explicit material. If you were unable to attend and want to discuss this further with me, schedule office hours.

After session

• Nothing to do related to this session.

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Session 11 Thursday Oct 1 — ILN (Large cultural contexts)—East Asian ATS: Confucianism

*Note: Expect there to be additional readying and probably assignments associated with this day.

CULTURAL CONTEXTS—TRADITIONAL THOUGHT SYSTEMS IN EAST ASIAN LOVE NARRATIVES

Chapter for this session

• 29. Confucianism in East Asian love narratives — Accepting hierarchies ◆ society before the individual ◆ Confucian sexism ◆ Confucian ideal couples ◆ basic Confucian values

Before session

• Special assignment for Yonna: Comment on the ILN concepts about Daoism and on Daoism "in her life" if relevant (think about it)
• Read on bCourse - Files - IP advice - the two files, one on IA advice based on "My First Crush" and one based on "Orbit Ever After".
• Read with thought and care: ILN Chapters 29
• Memorize the basic ethical terms covered in this chapter.
• Watch bCourse and this page for announcements with regard to additional reading or ENGAGE assignments that would need to be completed before the session. Confucianism is a very important topic for us and I have shortened its presentation to just one day. We cannot cover enough material if you arrive to class unprepared. Expect me to be checking closely as to whether the reading was done.
• Have Yonna's video open and ready to view. It is at Sonic > Google editable folder > VIDEO-C folder

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call.
2. Some overview comments not made last time.
3. View Yonna's video and respond. (skipped)
4. ILN terminology: "true love"
5. ILN terminology: "high" and "low" love
6. ILN terminology: "X" "XF" "XO" and "X-like"
• EX201001 InC Heidi — Visualize Heidi’s life, how she grew up, what she has read and done. Let’s posit that she embraces the cosmic worldview “the stars make things in my life happen.” Use the terminology in this presentation and the ATS "Daoism" to speculate on the cultural origins of her cosmic worldview.
• ToM = Heidi
  WV = cosmic worldview : "the stars make things in my life happen"
7. We discuss Confucianism.
• Questions
• EX201001 InC Confucianism and me

After session

• Most of you will need to review the Confucian ethics list and the special uses of terms like loyalty.

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Session 12 Tuesday Oct 6 — ILN (Large cultural contexts)—East Asian ATS: Confucianism (continued)

Before session

• Read with thought and care ILN Chapter 20
• Review: ILN Chapter 29
• Submit to the pre-class exercise "Confucianism and me"
• You are invited to look over Files > Confucianism > "Aristotle and Confucius compared by ST Spring 2012"
• You are invited to look over Files > Confucianism > "Bushido values via Nitobe v130822"

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call.
2. We view Yonna's video and respond.
3. We view Xilin's video and respond.
4. I will take questions about Confucian terms. I might also ask you to explain them. Arrive ready to do so without looking at text or notes.
5. "Confucianism and me" (possible exercise)
6. "Aristotle and Confucius compared by ST Spring 2012" (possible exercise)
7. "Bushido values via Nitobe v130822" (possible exercise)

After session

• Nothing in particular related to this session.

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Session 13 Thursday Oct 8 — ILN (Large cultural contexts)—East Asian ATS: Buddhism | Setup for "House of Flying Daggers"

CULTURAL CONTEXTS—TRADITIONAL THOUGHT SYSTEMS IN EAST ASIAN LOVE NARRATIVES

Chapter for this session

30. Buddhism in East Asian love narratives — Happiness ◆ illusion ◆ desire ◆ excessive emotion ◆ change ◆ fate ◆ karma

Before session

• Read with thought and care:
• Sonic Top Page > Film modules for EA105 "Interpreting Love Narratives (ILN)" > House of Flying Daggers, General Statements
• Sonic Top Page > Film modules for EA105 "Interpreting Love Narratives (ILN)" > House of Flying Daggers, Main Characters
• Sonic Top Page > Film modules for EA105 "Interpreting Love Narratives (ILN)" > House of Flying Daggers, Director
• Read with thought and care: ILN Chapter 30

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call—arrive on time, this is a busy day
2. We will discuss the chapter on Buddhism from the perspective of identifying Buddhism in our films. This is an important segment that should not be missed.
3. DIAGRAM Love Spiral
4. I will make some basic comments about "House of Flying Daggers" and release the contract after class is over. You cannot discuss the contract with anyone. Interpret it as accurately as you can.

After session

• You have to complete an IA based on the CONTRACT then, once that is submitted, meet with your group to complete the CDE.

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Session 14 Tuesday Oct 13 — Discussion of films: "House of Flying Daggers"

Before session

• For everyone but Yonna, Xilin and Iris, there is nothing to prepare except to locate and have at hand the student submitted videos listed below.
• For Yonna, Xilin and Iris, they have the work stated below.

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call.
2. View Yonna's submission on "Daggers" (2-3 minute video submitted to the VIDEO-C folder)
3. View Xilin's submission on "Daggers" (2-3 minute video submitted to the VIDEO-C folder)
4. View Iris's submission on "Buddhism" and "Daggers" (4-5 minute video submitted to the VIDEO-C folder)
5. Open discussion "House of Flying Daggers"

After session

• Nothing to do related to this session.

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Session 15 Thursday Oct 15 — ILN (Elements of Interpretive Projects /IPs)—"Bounded dialogue" | Cognitive, affective, and neurochemical love | DIAGRAM "Spectrums"

METHOD—ELEMENTS OF (COURSE) INTERPRETIVE PROJECTS

Chapters for this session

11. Dialogue, bounded dialogue, and emergent knowledge — Expanding understanding through dialogue ◆ emergent knowledge

12. "Love" as we will view it — "High order / low order" love ◆ Neurochemical, affective, and cognitive love

Before session

• Read with thought and care: ILN Chapters 11-12

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call.
2. We discuss some of the points presented in ILN 11.
3. We discuss some of the points presented in ILN 12.
4. I introduce another DIAGRAM "Spectrums"

After session

• Nothing in particular to do. You could start watching parts of the trilogy "Days of Being Wild" "In the Mood for Love" "2046".

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Session 16 Tuesday Oct 20 — ILN (Elements of IPs)—WV/CP and situational factors | Constructing ToM

METHOD—ELEMENTS OF (COURSE) INTERPRETIVE PROJECTS

Chapters for this session

13. Cultural contexts as worldviews, ethical values, and common practices (WV/CP) — Introducing instances of cultural contexts via 5 Centimeters Per Second ◆ resources for interpretation ◆ worldviews ◆ ethical values ◆ common practices ◆ situational factors

14. Reconstructing culture through Theory of Mind (ToM) and narratives — Constructing ToM ◆ seeing ourselves and others in narrative figures ◆ making sense of narrative developments

Before session

• Read with thought and care: ILN Chapters 13-14

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call.
2. We discuss some of the points presented in ILN 13.
3. We discuss some of the points presented in ILN 14.

After session

• Nothing in particular to do. You SHOULD start watching parts of the trilogy "Days of Being Wild" "In the Mood for Love" "2046". See the announcement that was titled "CAUTION about time management and film support for 2046".

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Session 17 Thursday Oct 22 — ILN (Elements of IPs)—Pluralities | Arrays

METHOD—ELEMENTS OF (COURSE) INTERPRETIVE PROJECTS

Chapters for this session

15. Context pluralities and their importance — Karen Overhill ◆ pluralities ◆ interpretive balance

16. Arrays of cultural groups and their WV/CP — Autonomous entities ◆ competitive multiplicities ◆ layering ◆ alternating contexts

Before session

• Read with thought and care: ILN Chapters 15-16

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call.
2. We discuss some of the points presented in ILN 15.
3. We discuss some of the points presented in ILN 16.
4. I introduce another DIAGRAM "Arrays"

After session

• There is IP work to do this weekend.

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Session 18 Tuesday Oct 27 — Discussion of films: "2046"

Before session

• Nothing to do.

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call.
2. Grading comments and advice.
3. New groups announced.
4. New groups complete an exercise together.

After session

• Watch for a release of IP advice and grades. Once released, read with care. Grades on IP work become increasingly more important. 
• Consider watching one of the two films early. 
• Make space for some additional reading for the Thursday class. Besides ILN we will discuss Korean "han" and there is reading associated with that.

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Session 19 Thursday Oct 29 — ILN (Building and completing IPs)—Theory meets practice | Rules and guidelines | Korean "han" | Setup for "3-Iron"

METHOD—DESIGNING AND COMPLETING (COURSE) INTERPRETIVE PROJECTS

Beginning with this chapter, ILN has not been rewritten much since its first draft. Therefore, some of the terminology and diagrams are different than what you are working with. Also, my eBook version (ePub) seems glitchy between ILN 18 and ILN 19 (doesn't advance automatically to the next chapter).

Chapters for this session

17. Building interpretive projects: Theory meets practice — White noise ◆ common practices ◆ love narrative circle ◆ the focus of interpretive projects ◆ steps and elements of the interpretive project: film, instance, ToM, narrowly defined topic, cultural context, context-to-Tom distance, outcome ◆ topical intensity spectrum ◆ status spectrum ◆ context robustness and ToM receptivity

18. Quick reference list of principles, rules, guidelines, and advice

19. Introduction: Rules, guidelines, advice, and the principles that govern them

Before session

• Korean "Han" Navigate to bCourses > Files > Korean "Jeong-Han" and read there sufficiently to be able to answer in class this question: "Provide for the class a complex, yet clear, definition of han that is based on several of the assigned articles."
• Read with thought and care: ILN Chapters 17-19

During session (can change last minute)

1. This is a busy class. Arrive ready to go.
2. Roll call.
3. We revisit briefly my comments on the IP work.
4. We discuss Korean han.
5. If time, we cover some of the points ILN 17-19 but you are responsible for this content and it can have a direct impact on your grade. Bring questions if you have them.
6. Be sure to have this guiding principles close at hand when completing and submitting IP work, and when conducting CDE meetings. It is the same set I use as a grading rubric: practicability, shareability, credibility, discovery and insight, accuracy, equality, diversity, and liveliness (defined in ILN 19)
7. Basic setup for 3-Iron: Samaritan Girl, The Bow
8. I might re-introduce another DIAGRAM: "Arrays"

After session

• There is IP work to do on two films this weekend. There is CDE work to do on one film.

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Session 20 Tuesday Nov 3 — ILN (Building and completing IPs)— Precision in communication | high-order love | narrative worlds

METHOD—DESIGNING AND COMPLETING (COURSE) INTERPRETIVE PROJECTS

Chapters for this session

20. Discursive rules and shared terminology for precision in communication — shared terminology ◆ compound statements ◆ specific usage requirements for certain words and phrases

21. Limiting the scope of interpretive projects — always about high-order love ◆ narrative worlds, not "real" worlds ◆ ToM as litmus test ◆ short-listing

Before session

• Read with thought and care: ILN Chapters 20-21

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call.
2. I will make comments about CONTRACTS. This will be your only opportunity for feedback on CONTRACTS. I will not made individual comments, but will grade them as if they were part of the final course submission. Bring your questions. I won't answer them after class or via email.
3. I will ask you about a few of the points in ILN 20-21. I will, in particular, ask "significance" questions such as "What does it matter, to the interpretive process of this course, that we use precise language?"

After session

• It is election night. I don't expect you to do any work for this class until you just come to class on Thursday.

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Session 21 Thursday Nov 5 — Discussion of films: "Housemaid" (1960) and "3-Iron" | Setup for "Tokyo Sonata"

Before session

• Nothing to do.

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call.
2. You can bring your questions. This is open discussion.
3. I make some brief statements about "Tokyo Sonata"

After session

• As before, we work on two films, both due Nov 17, 10AM.
• For "Japanese Film 1 (2 hours long)", I will provide the CONTRACT (the ATS will be Confucianism), and you will complete two DIAGRAMS (Love Spiral, Spectrums—nothing new) plus your IA and have the usual CDE work to do. Film 2 is set up during this session. The details of the work are released today, 11AM.
• For "Japanese Film 2 (also 2 hours long)", you will create a CONTRACT and complete an RRR based on that contract. Film 2 is set up Tuesday, Nov 10 and the details for this film are released Tuesday at 11AM.
• By this Friday night, you need to submit a group work plan for Film 2.

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Session 22 Tuesday Nov 10 — Buddhist Fate (fate as gift, fate as trap) | Japanese "amae" | Japanese "musubi" | Setup for "Dolls" (bunraku)

Before session

• Read with thought and care the material about "amae" that is listed on the bCourse > Modules / Non-ATS Concepts > Amae

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call.
2. We discuss (again) fate.
3. We discuss natural love.
4. I will ask you to tell me what "amae" is, and provide examples, where the nuance would be negative and where it would be positive.
5. I will introduce "musubi" / "en"
6. I will provide the setup for the film "Dolls"

After session

• Assignments for "Dolls" are released.

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Session 23 Thursday Nov 12 — ILN (Building and completing IPs)—Cultural contexts, balanced interpretations

METHOD—DESIGNING AND COMPLETING (COURSE) INTERPRETIVE PROJECTS

Chapters for this session

22. Deducing (gathering) possible cultural contexts via plausible ToM construction — Dynamics of cultural contexts ◆ Gathering cultural contexts ◆ Creating interpretive balance

23. Achieving outcome credibility and interest — Basic understanding of the film ◆ secondary sources ◆ being real ◆ critical judgment ◆ time investment ◆ rhetorical and logical missteps ◆ "Beyond-First-Thoughts" ◆ "Content-rich" ◆ managing dialogue

Before session

• Read with thought and care: ILN Chapters 22-23. This is the end of the ILN reading! This is also one of your last chances to show me that you are reading ILN with thought and care, understanding the significance of how the parts relate to one another.

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call.
2. What is a cultural context? Why do we care?
3. What is "basic understanding"?
4. What are some of the concerns I have that could be called rhetorical or logical missteps?
5. What is "beyond-first-thoughts" and why do we care?
6. What is "content-rich" and can you provide examples of it and examples where it is missing?

After session

• There is, again, IP work to complete by Nov 17.

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Session 24 Tuesday Nov 17 — Discussion of films: "Tokyo Sonata" "Dolls"

Before session

• Nothing to do.

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call—as always, it is important to attend, on-time, and avoid all multi-tasking.
2. Discussion of these two films. "Musubi" is likely to come up, as is "fate" and nihilism.

After session

• Look at the Thursday schedule and prepare as is best for you.

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Session 25 Thursday Nov 19 — IP Workshop

Before session

• Read the below "during session" comments and prepare accordingly.

During session (can change last minute)

Roll call—as always, it is important to attend, on-time, and avoid all multi-tasking.

You will need to make, on your own, a CONTRACT, IA RRR, and associated DIAGRAMs, based on a film I will assign to you. You will then answer questions about these submissions and ILN terms in a final one-on-one interview. Today is the last chance to ask questions about IP work (template questions, diagram questions, method related terms). You will not be able to ask these during office hours. After this class ends, your film assignment will be released. You will need to do your own work and you cannot ask questions about your film or how you want to approach your film during office ours or at any other time before your interview with me. Therefore, given these things, you should bring well-organized, specific questions to this class session.

Announcements (read these silently)

• Film assignments released shortly after class. Remember to do you own work.
• Friday or Saturday you will received an advice document on CONTRACTS.
• Your CONTRACT is due Tuesday, 7AM PST. Without a contract submitted on time, you cannot submit an RRR. Read the instructions
• It is unlikely that I will have any advice document similar to the one on CONTRACTS. You have practiced these more, and you have see the work of your peers. I will scan for serious problems but the most serious problem is lack of coordination between CONTRACT and RRR. I won't have time to check that.
• All other IP work is due Monday, Nov 30, at noon.

First five minutes today — If you came prepared with questions, email them to me now. I’ll answer them in class.

What are examples of reasonings of ATS that we can say for the films (for the IP Contract)?

• Why, if we consider such-and-such ATS, we might learn something about "to what degree is it useful ..." that isn't already sort of already obvious.
• Imagine that you are setting a GROUP off on a journey of discovery. Don't give them a boring mission. Something hopeful but not obvious. Something that might end up with a result you didn't expect.
• Students often write a paper deciding the conclusion then "writing to it". This is not a paper. It is a project of discovery. It is instructions to a work group as to where to go looking, but NOT what to find.

For the Diagram Arrays, could we choose to write it out paragraph form the way we did for the exercise?

• If you do so with clarity, yes.

For the love spiral, is it plotting two points: the ToM's view of the relationship and the ToM's view of how the partner views the relationship?

• Yes.

(About RRR 3.3.) What determines necessary vs helpful? Is it from the perspective of the director?

• We are trying to overcome blind spots of WV. That should be the measurement. Does X inquiry succeed or seem potentially to be able to succeed in uncovering something that was missed that is worth uncovering. (All inquiry uncovers SOMETHING, but was it worth the time and effort?)
• I understand the difficulty that the question asks about because it is a matter of judgment when something is "good enough" and we people will differ on that point. I think the best grade protection is to try to find something that isn't already pretty obvious by just thinking about it for a couple of minutes.

In what situations would it be helpful to pick a ToM that is not the director?

• I think you should avoid the director for the FINAL-IP in nearly all cases. I want you to find something specific and narrow to consider rather than get a "total understanding" of a film. Of course, the director is "behind" all the characters in some way. But we can treat them as independent entities. ... Worst combination: ToM = director, Instance = whole film

How do we pick a ToM that best helps us understand the WV instead of the narrative?

• I think it is best, actually, just to settle on a ToM first. Then start thinking about that character and that character's world. Based on that you can find a good ATS. I know the "flow" of the document is not that -- it is designed around larger topics to narrow topics or the other way around. But ALL ToM have WV so just randomly picking any one of them is possible.

Open the FINAL-IP CONTRACT assignment, read the instructions, download the template and read that, too (30 minutes)

• In group but silent: Look and think for 10 minutes.
• In group: Discuss with a group for 10 minutes.
• Main room: Bring questions to me for 10 minutes.

Open the FINAL-IP RRR assignment, read the instructions, download the template and read that, too (30 minutes)

• In group but silent: Look and think for 10 minutes.
• In group: Discuss with a group for 10 minutes.
• Main room: Bring questions to me for 10 minutes.

Any diagrams questions? (remaining time, or end early)

• How would you decide when a diagram would be appropriate?

After session

• You can begin work on your film once I release it. Remember, you should not communicate with your classmates about this work.

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Session 26 Tuesday Nov 24 — Open discussion

Before session

• Nothing to prepare.

During session (can change last minute)

1. Roll call—as always, it is important to attend, on-time, and avoid all multi-tasking. Missing this class will have an impact on your final course grade.
2. This is an ATS-centric discussion. So, if you have questions related to ATS content, this is a good time to ask.

FILMS AND VIDEO SHORTS

Full length films

• House of Flying Daggers
• 2046
• Housemaid
• 3-Iron
• Tokyo Sonata
• Dolls

Korean shorts

• KISS
• Goodbye
• Bang

Japanese shorts

• Takeshi-kun

Mixed

• My First Crush
• Ping Wants Transformers
• Da Capo
• Chinese High-Five

After session

• I expect attendance for this session. There will be an extensive post-session assignment for partial credit for those who missed this class. (Overseas students, of course, are an exception.).

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Thursday Nov 26 — No class

Session 27 Tuesday Dec 1 — One-on-one interviews on the FINAL-IP (CONTRACT + RRR + any submitted DIAGRAMS) and ILN terms, theory, method

Before session

• You can check on which day (or, if overseas, at which day and time) you will be interviewed at the top of this Session Details page via G-Drive view only folder > FINAL-IP Interview schedule

During session

• These students will have interviews on this day. They should log in to Zoom by 9:40 and wait in the waiting room until invited in. No one else should log into this Zoom session. I will not announce in which order I will call students. Be ready to be called at any time.
• Ann, Evan, Gillian N., Miki, Myka, William

After session

• If you interviewed today, you are done with everything you need to do for this course! Congratulations!

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Wednesday Dec 2 — One-on-one interviews on the FINAL-IP (CONTRACT + RRR + any submitted DIAGRAMS) and ILN terms, theory, method

Before session

• You can check on which day (or, if overseas, at which day and time) you will be interviewed at the top of this Session Details page via G-Drive view only folder > FINAL-IP Interview schedule

During session

• These students will have interviews on this day. Each has a different Zoom link so you do not need to worry that you will accidentally join a session while I am talking to a different student.
• 7:30 AM Gillian B
• 8:00 AM Iris
• 9:00 AM Xilin
• 5:00 PM Yonna

After session

• If you interviewed today, you are done with everything you need to do for this course! Congratulations!

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Session 28 Thursday Dec 3 — One-on-one interviews on the FINAL-IP (CONTRACT + RRR + any submitted DIAGRAMS) and ILN terms, theory, method

Before session

• You can check on which day (or, if overseas, at which day and time) you will be interviewed at the top of this Session Details page via G-Drive view only folder > FINAL-IP Interview schedule

During session

• These students will have interviews on this day. They should log in to Zoom by 9:40 and wait in the waiting room until invited in. No one else should log into this Zoom session. I will not announce in which order I will call students. Be ready to be called at any time.
• Anna, Annie, Keesan, Monica, Natlie L, Sam, Tina

After session

• If you interviewed today, you are done with everything you need to do for this course! Congratulations!

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RRR 01 Tuesday Dec 8 — One-on-one interviews on the FINAL-IP (CONTRACT + RRR + any submitted DIAGRAMS) and ILN terms, theory, method

Before session

• You can check on which day (or, if overseas, at which day and time) you will be interviewed at the top of this Session Details page via G-Drive view only folder > FINAL-IP Interview schedule

During session

• These students will have interviews on this day. They should log in to Zoom by 9:40 and wait in the waiting room until invited in. No one else should log into this Zoom session. I will not announce in which order I will call students. Be ready to be called at any time.
• Bethany, Melissa, Natalie P, Qinlin, Thea, Yehong, Yijian, Yoora

After session

• If you interviewed today, you are done with everything you need to do for this course! Congratulations!

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RRR 02 Thursday Dec 10 — Informal get-together (optional)

Before session

Nothing to do!

During session

Normally we would have a party in the room with snacks or sweets or both. Sometimes we just chat. Usually I have some game-like activity as well. On this day, I think I will set up an "Academy Awards" type thing where we can nominate films or actors or sound or such for awards.

The sorts of categories I have in mind (examples only, quick brain-storming):

Worst decision a character made
Who you would (would not) want to have as a teacher
Most likely to thrive at Berkeley
Most moral film
Most immoral film
Film that seems most like the country it came from

After session

• I wish you all the best. I am sad this class is over.

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Final Exam Period

This course does not have a final exam.

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