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Group Project - Understanding Remediation - Texts

White Male Privilege Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privilege_(social_inequality) The New Yorker: The Origins of Privilege: http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-origins-of-privilege Rebecca Solnit: Men Explain Things to Me: https://www.guernicamag.com/ rebecca-solnit-men-explain- things-to-me/ Psychological Perspectives on Carl Jung : TED Talk by Philip Zimbardo: On the Psychology of Evil : https://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil Psychology Today: Essential Secrets – What is the Shadow: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evil-deeds/201204/essential-secrets-psychotherapy-what-is-the-shadow Carl Jung.co – eBook Preview : http://www.carljung.co/2011/10/jung-shadow-self.html Perspectives on Nostalgia : Nautilus - "How Nostalgia Helped Elect Trump"  https://nautil.us/how-nostalgia-made-america-great-again-236556/ New York Times: “What is Nostalgia Good for?” : http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/scie

Understanding Remediation and Cross-Textual Analysis: In Class Project

Understanding Remediation and Cross-Textual Analysis: In Class Project English 1A, San José State University For this project, you will work in small groups to better understand, unpack, and appreciate how remediation and cross-textual analysis works throughout different genres and texts. You need your brains, a computer, and possibly headphones. Your group may choose to ‘close read; one of the following text and/or remediation sets*. The sets are listed in the next blog post. Each set includes two or more different compositions. • White Male Privilege • Jung and the Unconscious • Nostalgia Analyses • Social Media Analyses •      Perspectives on Race *No more than 2 groups can work on the same set. After you get into groups, take 5 minutes to choose what set interests you the most. Then, tell me your choice. Set self-assignments are first come first serve. What to do with your Text Set: 1.     Engage with each of the compositions. Read/watch/listen to them. You may absolutely l