Dear group,
A reminder about privacy options for your blog (this came up in seminar a few weeks ago). You can opt
to secure your personal blog by taking these steps:
1. Go to "Customize"
2. From customize, go to "Settings"
3. go to "Permission"
4. Choose "Who can view this blog"? "Only people I choose".
5. Insert emails of all students in class and also instructor emails (and anyone else you choose).
Some thought on the Berlin Blog (and Honors blogs for Amsterdam, Rome, Argentina, Zimbabwe blogs).
Why blog?
*information resource (central site for information)
*interactive network/creating a focused on-line community
*central site to gather and organize research resources
*day-to-day communication tool to keep colleagues, friends, and family informed and engaged in your travel
plans and experiences abroad
*to encourage interest in Berlin and, more broadly, to promote and encourage international engagement
*public scholarship--share what we learn, share our process and progress which may inspire others to jump
in and become more internationally aware and engaged
*photo sharing
*international network of scholars (scholarly community across the globe, i.e. diplomacy)
*program archive that might be useful for personal; educational: career
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Reminders for this Thursday
Hello Group,
A few reminders about this Thursday's seminar, June 5. This is our last seminar of the quarter (!!).
As Shanga mentioned last Thursday, we have several items on the agenda for this week:
* students will be sharing their project drafts. Please be prepared to give a brief overview of your group
projects and individual projects, using the proposal guidelines as structure for your presentation.
Presentations will last approx 15 minutes per group plus Q&A/suggestions from peers and our guest speakers.
I've invited a few guests: Amsterdam director Professor Jessica Burstein and our colleague visiting from
University of Amsterdam, Paul Wouters. Dr. Wouters assists our students with urban research in Amsterdam.
Also invited, Berlin seminar guest speakers. As this is a work in progress(and will continue to progress
preBerlin and also in Berlin), guests are there to offer suggestions, NOT to critique. All the people you
have heard from this quarter are resources for you, please feel free to contact them.
* Projects will be due on June 12 (emailed to us).
* After presentations, we will enjoy pizza and travel talk. You will receive a packet of
information to prepare you for the summer program. We will also attempt to find time to
gather in June or July before we depart for Berlin (with the realization that many students
will be out of town...we will do our best to find a time when most students can meet up)
*We will do course evaluations and also take a look the Berlin Code of Conduct (stay tuned...)
*If you have not already done so, please send me your travel itinerary for Berlin
*And remember: concurrent enrollment forms are due to IPE by June 1.
See you all on Thursday.
Julie
A few reminders about this Thursday's seminar, June 5. This is our last seminar of the quarter (!!).
As Shanga mentioned last Thursday, we have several items on the agenda for this week:
* students will be sharing their project drafts. Please be prepared to give a brief overview of your group
projects and individual projects, using the proposal guidelines as structure for your presentation.
Presentations will last approx 15 minutes per group plus Q&A/suggestions from peers and our guest speakers.
I've invited a few guests: Amsterdam director Professor Jessica Burstein and our colleague visiting from
University of Amsterdam, Paul Wouters. Dr. Wouters assists our students with urban research in Amsterdam.
Also invited, Berlin seminar guest speakers. As this is a work in progress(and will continue to progress
preBerlin and also in Berlin), guests are there to offer suggestions, NOT to critique. All the people you
have heard from this quarter are resources for you, please feel free to contact them.
* Projects will be due on June 12 (emailed to us).
* After presentations, we will enjoy pizza and travel talk. You will receive a packet of
information to prepare you for the summer program. We will also attempt to find time to
gather in June or July before we depart for Berlin (with the realization that many students
will be out of town...we will do our best to find a time when most students can meet up)
*We will do course evaluations and also take a look the Berlin Code of Conduct (stay tuned...)
*If you have not already done so, please send me your travel itinerary for Berlin
*And remember: concurrent enrollment forms are due to IPE by June 1.
See you all on Thursday.
Julie
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Suggested Readings/Urban Studies-Reading the City
Dear Group,
As a follow-up to today's class, some recommended readings:
1) Lynch - A Walk Around the Block
2) Zeisel - Inquiry by Design
3) Jacobs - Looking at Cities, part 1 and part 2
These are readings on urban studies research, basically "how to read a city as text". These are not required readings, but highly recommended to prepare you for your explorations in Berlin. If you do read one (or all!), please post a blog comment for next week, i.e. a review of the reading. This "review" can replace the "reaction to composition" that we have listed on the syllabus for next week. Also, I forgot about the urban studies assignment listed on the syllabus (oops!). The assignment for this long weekend is to "be observant, be aware of your surroundings, take notice of the details, see your environment with fresh eyes. Prepare for Berlin and read your surroundings as a text!" As always, feel free to blog any observations.
Next week, 5/29, our rescheduled guest speaker, Sam Lim, will give you a preview of sites in Berlin using Google Earth (and an introduction to the Google Earth tool which you might find useful for your projects). Also, Sam will discuss his research in Berlin last summer, which focused on Youth Culture.
You will also have some time in class next week to work on your project proposals and on your research schedules, i.e. a tentative daily plan for your research activities in Berlin. This is not set in stone, it is just to get you thinking about a plan of action. In preparation, I would suggest drafting your "research question" and at the same time keep asking "Why is this question of interest to me?"and "What do I want to learn/discover"? Please bring your guidebook "TIME OUT, BERLIN!" to class next week. It will be useful as you work on your summer schedules. During the summer you will have daily "research/exploration" time, so you should plan on scheduling research activities/city exploration for a portion of each day while you are in Berlin.
Finally, this article THE SOMETHING WE CAN DO should help you to put your exploratory research into context...it's a good read. It's about doing the good work of public scholarship (what you all will be doing in Berlin). Here's a quote from the article "More knowledge is always better. Even still, the best public scholarship is about more than the imparting of knowledge; it’s also about providing hope, even inspiration. Hope is a word that is almost entirely absent from the academic lexicon. Why? Because to talk of hope suggests that we might care, that we might be genuinely invested in the material that we research and teach about. Public scholarship and hope go hand in hand. When scholars highlight opportunities for social change, we offer hope. When scholars help people to negotiate systems in ways that more fully honor their humanity, we offer hope. When scholars provide tools that allow people to take greater control over personal and cultural choices, we offer hope. And when scholars drop our detachment and adopt an ethic of engagement, we offer hope. It is this emphasis—on the belief that together we can build a better world, a more perfect union of humanity—that drives me toward public scholarship." Thanks to Clifford for recommending this article.
That's all for now. Remember, I will be out next week, but back on June 2. Have a nice holiday weekend!
Julie
As a follow-up to today's class, some recommended readings:
1) Lynch - A Walk Around the Block
2) Zeisel - Inquiry by Design
3) Jacobs - Looking at Cities, part 1 and part 2
These are readings on urban studies research, basically "how to read a city as text". These are not required readings, but highly recommended to prepare you for your explorations in Berlin. If you do read one (or all!), please post a blog comment for next week, i.e. a review of the reading. This "review" can replace the "reaction to composition" that we have listed on the syllabus for next week. Also, I forgot about the urban studies assignment listed on the syllabus (oops!). The assignment for this long weekend is to "be observant, be aware of your surroundings, take notice of the details, see your environment with fresh eyes. Prepare for Berlin and read your surroundings as a text!" As always, feel free to blog any observations.
Next week, 5/29, our rescheduled guest speaker, Sam Lim, will give you a preview of sites in Berlin using Google Earth (and an introduction to the Google Earth tool which you might find useful for your projects). Also, Sam will discuss his research in Berlin last summer, which focused on Youth Culture.
You will also have some time in class next week to work on your project proposals and on your research schedules, i.e. a tentative daily plan for your research activities in Berlin. This is not set in stone, it is just to get you thinking about a plan of action. In preparation, I would suggest drafting your "research question" and at the same time keep asking "Why is this question of interest to me?"and "What do I want to learn/discover"? Please bring your guidebook "TIME OUT, BERLIN!" to class next week. It will be useful as you work on your summer schedules. During the summer you will have daily "research/exploration" time, so you should plan on scheduling research activities/city exploration for a portion of each day while you are in Berlin.
Finally, this article THE SOMETHING WE CAN DO should help you to put your exploratory research into context...it's a good read. It's about doing the good work of public scholarship (what you all will be doing in Berlin). Here's a quote from the article "More knowledge is always better. Even still, the best public scholarship is about more than the imparting of knowledge; it’s also about providing hope, even inspiration. Hope is a word that is almost entirely absent from the academic lexicon. Why? Because to talk of hope suggests that we might care, that we might be genuinely invested in the material that we research and teach about. Public scholarship and hope go hand in hand. When scholars highlight opportunities for social change, we offer hope. When scholars help people to negotiate systems in ways that more fully honor their humanity, we offer hope. When scholars provide tools that allow people to take greater control over personal and cultural choices, we offer hope. And when scholars drop our detachment and adopt an ethic of engagement, we offer hope. It is this emphasis—on the belief that together we can build a better world, a more perfect union of humanity—that drives me toward public scholarship." Thanks to Clifford for recommending this article.
That's all for now. Remember, I will be out next week, but back on June 2. Have a nice holiday weekend!
Julie
Ethical Research with Tanya Matthews (Human Subjects Division)
The Belmont Report
Respect for persons
-informed consent; privacy; protections for volunteer participants
-voluntary
-ability to understand
Beneficence (maximum benefits with minimal risk)
-confidentiality (risks and benefits)
Justice
-equitable subject selection
-avoid exploitation
Examples from class:
Kareem
Research Question (How do Berliners break into acting?)
Population and Procedures (actors in Berlin)
Recruitment/Approach (script or talking points)
Consent (written or oral)
Instruments (questions)
Data and Data storage (video with identity or anonymous)
Respect for persons
-informed consent; privacy; protections for volunteer participants
-voluntary
-ability to understand
Beneficence (maximum benefits with minimal risk)
-confidentiality (risks and benefits)
Justice
-equitable subject selection
-avoid exploitation
Examples from class:
Kareem
Research Question (How do Berliners break into acting?)
Population and Procedures (actors in Berlin)
Recruitment/Approach (script or talking points)
Consent (written or oral)
Instruments (questions)
Data and Data storage (video with identity or anonymous)
Angels in America--Starts on Sunday!
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
When: Thurs–Sun at 7:30 pm. Through June 8Price: $5–$10
A bunch of fresh-faced kids at the University of Washington get too big for their collective britches and produce America's great epic play of the twentieth century. Anne Marie Avey plays the Angel!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The Misanthrope, May 25-June 8
The Misanthrope
by Moliere
directed by Andrew Tsao
Aghast and appalled by the hypocritical society that surrounds him, the self righteous Alceste decides to tell the truth---only the truth---and nothing but the truth. But just as he commits to his new life, he falls hopelessly in love with a beautiful and dishonest young socialite who embodies everything he despises. Considered one of Moliere's "most intelligent" plays, this sharply written comedy explores the importance of truth in society.
For Tickets:http://www.meany.org/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=2252
Kareem is in this production.
"Grimms Marchen" May 30 and 31
Dont' miss
"Grimms Marchen"May 30-31:7:30p.m., Ethnic Cultural Theatre
3940 Brooklyn Ave NE
This is a Contemporary German Performance of “Grimms Märchen“ (fairytales).
Our own Rachel S. is part of this production. Show your support and attend!
"Grimms Marchen"May 30-31:7:30p.m., Ethnic Cultural Theatre
3940 Brooklyn Ave NE
This is a Contemporary German Performance of “Grimms Märchen“ (fairytales).
Our own Rachel S. is part of this production. Show your support and attend!
"Edge of Heaven" Seattle International Film Festival
"Akin makes films about Turks, Germans, punks, drunks, restless students — all manner of people uneasy in their worlds."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90643082
"The Edge of Heaven" is playing this Friday, May 23 and also on Sunday, May 25 at SIFF:
http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=27174&FID=64
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90643082
"The Edge of Heaven" is playing this Friday, May 23 and also on Sunday, May 25 at SIFF:
http://www.siff.net/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=27174&FID=64
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Institute for Global Community
This may be a great resource:
The Institute for Global Community
Global CommunityThe concept of our Global Community is collective in that its participants are a truly representative sample of the interdependent, interdisciplinary pluralistic nature of our current global demographic at the local, regional and international level. icd insists we must think both globally and locally- and act accordingly. Therefore, we have created community outreach programs allowing the local community to engage in diplomacy that has global impacts.icd’s global community provides an arena where people can become a part of the diplomatic process in their own backyard. icd hosts regular roundtable discussions where regional leaders and cultural diplomats lead groups through discussion on specific issues that influence local and international communities.The icd Global Community program assists at the local level to progressively develop and explore the need and appreciation of inter-personal and inter-cultural harmony as means towards representative governance, socio-economic progress, conflict prevention and a greater sense of inclusion, understanding and trust. The goal of the Global community is to give a powerful voice to those who are not usually heard and discuss their issues, concerns and most importantly ideas and then propagate those issues via our international platform. icd aims to foster a climate where people can not help but feel intrinsically motivated to adopt a more positive and collective outlook.icd’s monthly World cafe meetings held in local cafes and are informal, interactive and thematically open gatherings, focusing on the promotion of intercultural exchange. As a conversational process, the World Café is an innovative yet simple methodology for hosting conversations about questions that matter. icd runs, in collaboration with Lexia international, a German-English tandem program, and host periodic guest lectures where an exceptional leader, writer, artist, cultural diplomat, etc., will discuss his or her work with the local community.These conversations link and build on each other as people move between groups, cross-pollinate ideas, and discover new insights into the questions or issues that are most important in their life, work, or community. As a process, the World Café can evoke and make visible the collective intelligence of any group, thus increasing people’s capacity for effective action in pursuit of common aims.
The Institute for Global Community
Global CommunityThe concept of our Global Community is collective in that its participants are a truly representative sample of the interdependent, interdisciplinary pluralistic nature of our current global demographic at the local, regional and international level. icd insists we must think both globally and locally- and act accordingly. Therefore, we have created community outreach programs allowing the local community to engage in diplomacy that has global impacts.icd’s global community provides an arena where people can become a part of the diplomatic process in their own backyard. icd hosts regular roundtable discussions where regional leaders and cultural diplomats lead groups through discussion on specific issues that influence local and international communities.The icd Global Community program assists at the local level to progressively develop and explore the need and appreciation of inter-personal and inter-cultural harmony as means towards representative governance, socio-economic progress, conflict prevention and a greater sense of inclusion, understanding and trust. The goal of the Global community is to give a powerful voice to those who are not usually heard and discuss their issues, concerns and most importantly ideas and then propagate those issues via our international platform. icd aims to foster a climate where people can not help but feel intrinsically motivated to adopt a more positive and collective outlook.icd’s monthly World cafe meetings held in local cafes and are informal, interactive and thematically open gatherings, focusing on the promotion of intercultural exchange. As a conversational process, the World Café is an innovative yet simple methodology for hosting conversations about questions that matter. icd runs, in collaboration with Lexia international, a German-English tandem program, and host periodic guest lectures where an exceptional leader, writer, artist, cultural diplomat, etc., will discuss his or her work with the local community.These conversations link and build on each other as people move between groups, cross-pollinate ideas, and discover new insights into the questions or issues that are most important in their life, work, or community. As a process, the World Café can evoke and make visible the collective intelligence of any group, thus increasing people’s capacity for effective action in pursuit of common aims.
Summer Program Preview
Here is a preview of the summer program. The sequence of events is still being determined, but this will give you an idea of the talks and excursions!
Memorial Sites of Berlin
The representations of commemoration
- Holocaust Memorial
- Soviet War Memorial and Military Cemetery in Berlin's Treptower Park
- Topographie des Terrors (Topography of Terror). Talk by Tobias Temme.
Remains of Nazi secret police torture chamber.
Former Wall Walk
Visibility and Invisibility of History.
- A walk along the former wall of Berlin through the districts of Kreuzberg and Friedrichhain.
Surveillance
Former Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (Ministry for State Security Now Stasi Museum)
As an introduction to the topic: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives Of Others)
Talk with the Berlin artist Andreas Paeslack, who published the book: Das Vermögen der Kunst (The Means of Art) in 2008.
Talk with the Berlin artist Claire Waffel about her work as a photographer and her life in Berlin.
Consumerism
Guided tour in Germany’s biggest department store KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaDeWe)
Berlin from Underneath: Bunkers and Tunnels.
Subway tunnels, the arteries of Berlin. Bunkers, hidden places - a tour through bunkers from the Cold War and Second World War.
Narratives of a city’s history.
An actor will tell the most outrages stories of some well known buildings in the center of Berlin. They are not true but will the audience believe it? Questions of how we perceive information and whether we are willing to question them or not will be discussed.
Tropical Islands Entertainment Center
Located just outside of Berlin, Tropical Islands is the largest free standing building in Europe.
A former cargo lifter hall filed bankruptcy and became an indoor water park and entertainment center.
Berlin, as a literary center:
Walter Benjamin: Berlin Childhood around 1900
(http://www.amazon.com/Berlin-Childhood-around-Walter-Benjamin/dp/067402222X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209728872&sr=8-1)
Joseph Roth: What I Saw: Reports from Berlin 1920-1933
(http://www.amazon.com/What-Saw-Reports-Berlin-1920-1933/dp/0393325822/ref=pd_bbs_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209729021&sr=8-4)
Film in Berlin
Field-trip to Babelsberg Film Studios, Potsdam: From “Metropolis” to “Valkyrie”
PD Dr. Reinhard Isensee, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: “Transatlantic perspectives on education.”
Theater in Berlin
- The Admiralspalast (Admiral-Palace)
- Talk with Prof. Rhys Martin, at the Art Academy (UdK, Universität der Künste, Berlin) of Berlin about his Musical course.
Requested: Meeting with Member of the German Parliament Mr. Sebastian Edathy, Social Democrats. Expert on Neo-Nazism.
(http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/committees/a04/index.html)
Science in Berlin: the cutting edge of neuroscience.
Prof. Dr. John-Dylan Haynes, Humboldt-Universtät zu Berlin, Charité on “thought reading” and the question of the free will.
(http://www.bccn-berlin.de/People/haynes)
Fieldtrip to Potsdam: Sanssouci: Staged architecture of the 18th century.
Jewish Berlin past and present.
From the old Jewish quarters to modern Jewish life in Berlin.
GLBTQ Berlin
The history of gay life in Berlin and Germany.
http://www.glbtq.com/arts/schwules_museum.html
Turkish Life in Berlin
Youth culture, mosques, and Turkish soccer clubs in Berlin.
Program Introduction, Tour Humboldt, tour of city centers, tour of area around apartments
Memorial Sites of Berlin
The representations of commemoration
- Holocaust Memorial
- Soviet War Memorial and Military Cemetery in Berlin's Treptower Park
- Topographie des Terrors (Topography of Terror). Talk by Tobias Temme.
Remains of Nazi secret police torture chamber.
-vist to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial
Former Wall Walk
Visibility and Invisibility of History.
- A walk along the former wall of Berlin through the districts of Kreuzberg and Friedrichhain.
Surveillance
Former Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (Ministry for State Security Now Stasi Museum)
As an introduction to the topic: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives Of Others)
Talk with the Berlin artist Andreas Paeslack, who published the book: Das Vermögen der Kunst (The Means of Art) in 2008.
Talk with the Berlin artist Claire Waffel about her work as a photographer and her life in Berlin.
Consumerism
Guided tour in Germany’s biggest department store KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaDeWe)
Berlin from Underneath: Bunkers and Tunnels.
Subway tunnels, the arteries of Berlin. Bunkers, hidden places - a tour through bunkers from the Cold War and Second World War.
Narratives of a city’s history.
An actor will tell the most outrages stories of some well known buildings in the center of Berlin. They are not true but will the audience believe it? Questions of how we perceive information and whether we are willing to question them or not will be discussed.
Tropical Islands Entertainment Center
Located just outside of Berlin, Tropical Islands is the largest free standing building in Europe.
A former cargo lifter hall filed bankruptcy and became an indoor water park and entertainment center.
Berlin, as a literary center:
Walter Benjamin: Berlin Childhood around 1900
(http://www.amazon.com/Berlin-Childhood-around-Walter-Benjamin/dp/067402222X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209728872&sr=8-1)
Joseph Roth: What I Saw: Reports from Berlin 1920-1933
(http://www.amazon.com/What-Saw-Reports-Berlin-1920-1933/dp/0393325822/ref=pd_bbs_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209729021&sr=8-4)
Film in Berlin
Field-trip to Babelsberg Film Studios, Potsdam: From “Metropolis” to “Valkyrie”
PD Dr. Reinhard Isensee, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: “Transatlantic perspectives on education.”
Theater in Berlin
- The Admiralspalast (Admiral-Palace)
- Talk with Prof. Rhys Martin, at the Art Academy (UdK, Universität der Künste, Berlin) of Berlin about his Musical course.
Requested: Meeting with Member of the German Parliament Mr. Sebastian Edathy, Social Democrats. Expert on Neo-Nazism.
(http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/committees/a04/index.html)
Science in Berlin: the cutting edge of neuroscience.
Prof. Dr. John-Dylan Haynes, Humboldt-Universtät zu Berlin, Charité on “thought reading” and the question of the free will.
(http://www.bccn-berlin.de/People/haynes)
Fieldtrip to Potsdam: Sanssouci: Staged architecture of the 18th century.
Jewish Berlin past and present.
From the old Jewish quarters to modern Jewish life in Berlin.
GLBTQ Berlin
The history of gay life in Berlin and Germany.
http://www.glbtq.com/arts/schwules_museum.html
Turkish Life in Berlin
Youth culture, mosques, and Turkish soccer clubs in Berlin.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Holocaust Memorial in Berlin
Musicians of Germany's Kammersymphoniker Berlin orchestra perform during a rehearsal for the media at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin. On Friday, May 9, 2008 the orchestra will perform its first concert in the memorial. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (May 07, 2008)
Credit: Associated Press
Credit: Associated Press
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
American Artists Make Berlin Home
American Artists Make Berlin Home
American artists are discovering what study-abroad students have known for years-Berlin is a great place to survive on a shoestring. An article in T Magazine, a publication of the New York Times, profiles the city as a beacon of artistic creation and low costs of living for American expats. While unemployment is at a high rate in the city, those who aren't looking for regular work-that is, musicians, painters, writers, etc.-are finding Berlin an affordable and welcoming city in which to settle. "According to the last census count, in 2006, there were about 13,100 Americans living here, and, invariably, they cite Berlin's bohemianism as the draw." Some of these Americans are former students, who came to Berlin to study or complete dissertation research, and ultimately decided to put down roots there.
To read the complete article, go to www.nytimes.com
American artists are discovering what study-abroad students have known for years-Berlin is a great place to survive on a shoestring. An article in T Magazine, a publication of the New York Times, profiles the city as a beacon of artistic creation and low costs of living for American expats. While unemployment is at a high rate in the city, those who aren't looking for regular work-that is, musicians, painters, writers, etc.-are finding Berlin an affordable and welcoming city in which to settle. "According to the last census count, in 2006, there were about 13,100 Americans living here, and, invariably, they cite Berlin's bohemianism as the draw." Some of these Americans are former students, who came to Berlin to study or complete dissertation research, and ultimately decided to put down roots there.
To read the complete article, go to www.nytimes.com
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Meetings with Groups
Hello,
Please let us know when your group is available to meet (30-45 min meeting). We have the following times available:
May 12 either 2:00 or 4:00
May 13 after 12:30
May 14 after 1:30
May 19 after 9:30-11:00 or after 1:30
May 20 after 12:30
And here's a nifty "Doodle Scheduler" to help us coordinate.
http://www.doodle.ch/t9e5mz65nrewkavc
It may be difficult to find a time for all members of the group to meet together but let's do our best and see what happens. This is a chance to check in, give an update, and have any questions or concerns answered. We will also be giving each group guidance and resources to assist them with their topic.
Please let us know when your group is available to meet (30-45 min meeting). We have the following times available:
May 12 either 2:00 or 4:00
May 13 after 12:30
May 14 after 1:30
May 19 after 9:30-11:00 or after 1:30
May 20 after 12:30
And here's a nifty "Doodle Scheduler" to help us coordinate.
http://www.doodle.ch/t9e5mz65nrewkavc
It may be difficult to find a time for all members of the group to meet together but let's do our best and see what happens. This is a chance to check in, give an update, and have any questions or concerns answered. We will also be giving each group guidance and resources to assist them with their topic.
Reminders for this Thursday
Dear Berlin Group,
I hope you all had a chance to watch the film "Head-On". Please remember to blog a reaction to the film for Thursday's
discussion and also pull out a few themes you notice in the film (and from the reading assignment handout).
Here are a few other films that may be of interest to you. This first link addresses some of the violence young people face in Berlin:
http://www.knallhart-derfilm.de
The term "knallhart" means hardcore.
The second link, du bist nicht allein: http://www.oefilm.de/
"...addresses long-term unemployed former East Berliners living in
Marzahn. Marzahn was the largest communist block housing development
in Berlin (30 minutes outside the city center) and during the Third
Reich was used as a camp for Sinti and Roma. Since the mid-nineties,
they have tried to re-energize the area."
These sources were recommended by a Berliner. An excursion to Marzahn is recommended.
See you all on Thursday.
p.s. remember:
-- to let me know if you would like to reserve a $10 ticket to the May 15 showing of "Diary of Anne Frank".
--forward your flight itinerary once you have it
--if you have not done so already, let me know if you have a roommate preference
Friday, May 2, 2008
Sunday Invite/May 4
Hello,
Kareem has invited you to watch "Head On' at his place Sunday afternoon.
Apparently Kareem has couch space for 10+!
Contact Kareem if you are interested:
kcerv@u.washington.edu
More information about the movie:
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/303200/Head-On/overview
FAIR PLAY matinee begins at 2:00 on Sunday. Movie at Kareem's right after the
performance:
http://www.meany.org/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=2237Thursday, May 1, 2008
Groups in progress...
Identity (title?)
Rachel K.
Kristin
Prano
Min
Michael
Immigration
Mary Grace
Rachel S.
Anya
Arts
Levi
Elizabeth
Won Kyung
Rachel K.
Kristin
Prano
Min
Michael
Immigration
Mary Grace
Rachel S.
Anya
Arts
Levi
Elizabeth
Won Kyung
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Thursday Guest Speaker-Ran Hennes
Professor Ran Hennes, History "History of Berlin/Germany"
German Map
Germania, extent in 2nd Century AD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Imperium_Romanum_Germania.png#file
Germany in 1815
http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/german/172/germany1815.JPG
Germany in 1871—Kingdom of Prussia regions in blue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Map-DR-Prussia.svg
Bismarck "makes" the German Empire
http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/schools/s090/lloyd/GermanEmpire.gif
Europe before and after WWI
Third Reich maximum expansion(1942)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Second_world_war_europe_1941-1942_map_en.png
n.png
Sachsenhausen KZ ("Arbeit Macht Frei")--near Berlin
http://www.newberlintours.com/nbt/images/stories/p1230772.jpg
Dresden in ruins (Feb. 1945)
http://www.uoregon.edu/~kimball/images/1945.Dresden.jpg
Sovs hang banner from Reichstag Bldg
http://www.history.neu.edu/fac/burds/chstg203_files/image001.jpg
Berlin street scene, May '45
http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/images/30015036-p2.jpg
Truemmerfrauen:
http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/3270567.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=2C48553CC6AAB74C9C86E3988113DA27A55A1E4F32AD3138
German refugees/expellees, (July, 1945)
http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/2669148.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=6E41E83E90A345BDBA6DDE7835E921BCA55A1E4F32AD3138 
Allied occupation zones, 1945
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Deutschland_Besatzungszonen_1945_1946.png
Occupation zones in Berlin
http://www.berlin-brigade.de/aut-hist/4sector.jpg
Berlin, 17 June 1953 (Leipziger Strasse)
http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/images/30003527-p.jpg
Berlin Wall
http://www.6913th.org/PH/gifs12/3Berlin.jpg
JFK 1963
http://www.historyplace.com/kennedy/jfkpix/berlin2thp.jpg
The Wall, 9 Nov. 1989
http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/bilder/mauer.gif
Holocaust Memorial, Berlin (Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Berlin_hh.jpg#file
Eva-Maria Ziege, International Studies DAAD Visiting Professor
"Jewish Community and Jewish Monuments-Memorials"
"Jewish Community and Jewish Monuments-Memorials"
Project Proposal Guidelines
Project Proposals || Basic Structure || Due 12 June 2008
“Berlin Viewpoints”, Spring Seminar H A&S 397B
updated 4/30/08
5-12 pages (depending on group size)
1. Abstract of group project (approx 200 words max)—the abstract will be close to its final draft, but
does not need to be THE final version. (this will be same for each member in your group-work together
on this)
2. Background (approx 1000 words) – an overview that synthesizes the group project for.
Include (work together on this):
a) Context (Why is the topic relevant. How will it advance yours and others
understanding of the issue? Remember to consider why it is of personal interest
to you.)
b) Problem(s) (what are the struggles you have encountered while beginning your
investigation?)
3. Research Questions (this is individual--but of course get member feedback and suggestions).
This is where each group member sets up their individual research as one component of the overall
group research project. Each group member should discuss their topic and develop a specific
research question:
• group member 1
• group member 2
• group member 3
• group member 4 (if applicable)
• group member 5(if applicable)
4. Research Methods (approximately 1-2 pages), i.e. interviews, field research,
observation, library research, expert opinions/interviews, case studies, etc. etc.
Think about why each method chosen is appropriate for the research. What are the limitations of each
method. How will the information collected inform your project/be helpful to your
project? What biases and what assumptions do you bring to the project
If you are developing any survey or interview questions, include them in this section.
5. Cultural Sensitivity i.e. ethical research: discuss 1) your methods for
recruiting (interview) subjects, and 2) measures taken to guarantee
confidentiality and anonymity. (approx 500 words?)
6. Daily research schedule while in Berlin. This will be a tentative schedule. You
may have both group and individual schedules. This schedule will probably be adjusted,
but good to start planning now. Think about:
• People (names, titles, etc.)
• Places (address)
• Equipment you'll need
• Information you will gather
7) Your reference list at this point (bibliography)
8) All work to be completed and submitted (post on your blog) by midnight 12 June 2008
Groups will present their preliminary project proposals to the class on June 5.
Questions? Contact Julie or Shanga
Friday, April 25, 2008
Projects
Kareem has graciously allowed me to share this with the group. Sorry about the confusion. Thanks everyone!
Good discussion yesterday. Looking forward to the outcome of the Facebook discussions. See you all next week
and have a great weekend.
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So, I think the general (mis)understanding, was that we thought it was expected
of us to choose one of the 5 groups, and within those groups, we would all have
to decide on one single, specific topic to focus on. For example:
Group: Immigration/migration
Topic: Headscarves
Objective: Everyone in group goes out and researches a specific topic dealing
only with the headscarf issue, comes together and creates performance based
presentation on the headscarf issue.
When...(in my understanding) it actually goes a little more like this:
Group: Youth Culture
Topic(s): Media, Arts and Social Life in Youth Culture
Objective: Anne Marie-researches Gay culture within youth culture,
Lauren-researches drugs and alcohol/social dancing, Kareem-researches Youth
culture in film/film's influence on youth culture, Aya-researches fashion trends
in youth culture, Phil-researches music scene. Then group comes together and
creates performance based presentation shedding light on each one of these
topics and their relation to the youth culture in Berlin.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Today
Hi Group,
Just to confirm that there is no reading assignment from the Viewpoints book .
Today we will be:
-- choosing groups
-- do a composition exercise
--discuss "Rethinking/Thinking" in your groups, then larger group discussion
--watch "Berlin's Hidden History"
Remember to bring $10 if you'd like to reserve a seat for May 15 Intiman performance of Anne Frank.
Finally, check out the UW's front page. Shanga's play, FAIR PLAY, is highlighted:
http://www.washington.edu/
Just to confirm that there is no reading assignment from the Viewpoints book .
Today we will be:
-- choosing groups
-- do a composition exercise
--discuss "Rethinking/Thinking" in your groups, then larger group discussion
--watch "Berlin's Hidden History"
Remember to bring $10 if you'd like to reserve a seat for May 15 Intiman performance of Anne Frank.
Finally, check out the UW's front page. Shanga's play, FAIR PLAY, is highlighted:
http://www.washington.edu/
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Syllabus Update
Hello Group,
This week's updates and announcements:
1. I've updated the course syllabus. Please note the blog assignments. All should now be more clear, but let me know if you have any questions.
2. Thursday talk (with guest Sabine Lang) will be posted on the blog soon (at least the part I was able to record). Need to figure out this new voice recorder...
In the meantime, please review the notes in my last blog posting. The reading you have done so far in Ghosts of Berlin, guest lectures, class discussion, and your own explorations should all help to choose your top two-three topic choices. Please remember to post your topics on your blog and brainstorm a specific question for each topic for this coming Thursday. What do you want to know about the topic?
3. Heidi's slides are posted (see her link under "language resources"). Check back later this week for additions to the slides.
4. Go to Shanga's production of "FAIR PLAY " sometime during the weeks of April 27-May 11 (see this on your own) . May 1 seems to be the favorite date for attending.
Tickets and Info: (206) 543-4880, $8-$15 (if ticket cost is a hardship, talk to Julie)
http://depts.washington.edu/edu/uwdrama
5. The Diary of Anne Frank (optional)--Berlin students are invited to join Amsterdam students for a play and possibly post play discussion on Thursday, May15 at 7:30. Contact Julie ASAP if interested. Tickets are only $10. The Diary of Anne Frank at the Intiman.
That's it for now. See you Thursday.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Research Topics/April 17 lecture
Sabine Lang: Ideas for Honors Program Topics
Migration/immigration
- Turkish youth in Kreuzberg: issues – unemployment, violence, but also alternative culture.
- Turkish girls in Kreuzberg
- The headscarf debate
- Islam in Berlin – church/state separation - Mosque building
- Berlin’s integration policy –– Senate office for antidiscrimination and integration
- The Jewish immigration experience (Scheunenviertel)
- Leitkultur vs. Multikulti
Internal security – human security
- video surveillance in subways
- registering in Germany as a foreigner
- making Berlin a women friendly space
- Nazi violence – forbidding right wing party?
Memorials/memory
- the debate around the Holocaust memorial
- the Weissensee cemetery 1940 to 2008
- the rejuvenation of the Jewish neighborhood and its synagogue
- the debate around the Palace of the Republic
- Resurrection of the Prussian Kings castle in the center of town
- the Bavarian quarter plaque memorials
- Where did the Wall go?
- The Topography of Terror
- Every day culture: The East shopping stores resurrected (Good Bye Lenin)
Youth Culture
- The Student Movement of 1968 in Berlin –
- The women’s movements East/West
- From Protest to Party; The Greens
- Love parade (1.5 Mio people)
- Attac
- The Tacheles
- Youth culture of the GDR: the Jugendweihe
- Turkish hip hop
Art
- The Flick Collection – should Berlin have taken it?
- Representations of Power: The new Government neighborhood
- From margin to center to gentrification: The Berlin gallery scene
- Dance: Simon Rattles’ “ Rhythm is it” project.
- Sasha Waltz radialsystem
Migration/immigration
- Turkish youth in Kreuzberg: issues – unemployment, violence, but also alternative culture.
- Turkish girls in Kreuzberg
- The headscarf debate
- Islam in Berlin – church/state separation - Mosque building
- Berlin’s integration policy –– Senate office for antidiscrimination and integration
- The Jewish immigration experience (Scheunenviertel)
- Leitkultur vs. Multikulti
Internal security – human security
- video surveillance in subways
- registering in Germany as a foreigner
- making Berlin a women friendly space
- Nazi violence – forbidding right wing party?
Memorials/memory
- the debate around the Holocaust memorial
- the Weissensee cemetery 1940 to 2008
- the rejuvenation of the Jewish neighborhood and its synagogue
- the debate around the Palace of the Republic
- Resurrection of the Prussian Kings castle in the center of town
- the Bavarian quarter plaque memorials
- Where did the Wall go?
- The Topography of Terror
- Every day culture: The East shopping stores resurrected (Good Bye Lenin)
Youth Culture
- The Student Movement of 1968 in Berlin –
- The women’s movements East/West
- From Protest to Party; The Greens
- Love parade (1.5 Mio people)
- Attac
- The Tacheles
- Youth culture of the GDR: the Jugendweihe
- Turkish hip hop
Art
- The Flick Collection – should Berlin have taken it?
- Representations of Power: The new Government neighborhood
- From margin to center to gentrification: The Berlin gallery scene
- Dance: Simon Rattles’ “ Rhythm is it” project.
- Sasha Waltz radialsystem
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
More performance and seminar reminders...
Announcements !
We have firmed up a time for the performance of "10,000 Things". We will attend the Thursday, May 29 performance. Please mark your calendars. More details soon...This performance is required.
There will also be an opportunity to join the Amsterdam study abroad students for The Diary of Ann Frank at the Intiman. It's been getting great reviews. This performance is optional.
Due for Thursday's seminar:
-Seattle Monument/memorials. Significance of a site you select. Your interpretation and knowledge of this site. What "ghosts" are present. What does it tell us about the area, history of Seattle, culture, etc. etc. What defines a memorial/monument?
-respond briefly to the readings (chapters 2-4 in Ghosts of Berlin)
--blog posts for "rethinking thinking" and "research 101" briefly. We will be discussing these topics in more depth on April 24, but good to get started on your responses this week. Take a look at some of the postings on the students blogs so far. Very interesting connections!
Thursday's seminar "City as Text" with Sabine Lang speaking on "Introduction to Research Topics: Where to go in Berlin" will prepare you to start deciding on your top three topics (i.e. your research topics for Berlin). "Speed dating" to decide group members happens next week, April 24!
See you soon.
We have firmed up a time for the performance of "10,000 Things". We will attend the Thursday, May 29 performance. Please mark your calendars. More details soon...This performance is required.
There will also be an opportunity to join the Amsterdam study abroad students for The Diary of Ann Frank at the Intiman. It's been getting great reviews. This performance is optional.
Due for Thursday's seminar:
-Seattle Monument/memorials. Significance of a site you select. Your interpretation and knowledge of this site. What "ghosts" are present. What does it tell us about the area, history of Seattle, culture, etc. etc. What defines a memorial/monument?
-respond briefly to the readings (chapters 2-4 in Ghosts of Berlin)
--blog posts for "rethinking thinking" and "research 101" briefly. We will be discussing these topics in more depth on April 24, but good to get started on your responses this week. Take a look at some of the postings on the students blogs so far. Very interesting connections!
Thursday's seminar "City as Text" with Sabine Lang speaking on "Introduction to Research Topics: Where to go in Berlin" will prepare you to start deciding on your top three topics (i.e. your research topics for Berlin). "Speed dating" to decide group members happens next week, April 24!
See you soon.
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