Midterm study notes: midterm-review.pdf
Midterm: Midterm.pdf
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Course syllabus: COM 405 Syllabus – Summer II, 2010
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Please note that I have posted the first readings under the Reading tab on the upper right.
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Directions to Sunday flea market in Trastevere (Porta Portese): Go through the stone arch near the university enterance to where the bar is. Cross the street and take the 75 or 44 to the bottom of the hill. Get off and walk to the tram (number 8). Take it two or three stops in the direction away from the center. The market is big and covers many blocks so you should be able to see it from the tram. If you get lost or confused, ask for Porta Portese.
Please spend an hour by yourself and observe the action. Make one transaction with a merchant who doesn’t speak your native language.
Take notes. This is “participant observation,” which means you observe both yourself and others. Note the differences, similarities and rich points of contact you make between your own reality and those around you. Also observe how others are behaving. Are they different or similar than what you experience at home? What’s new and familiar? When you write-up your final piece (I’ll hand out more detailed instructions next week), do a comparison and contrast between the Porta Portese experience and one you are familiar with at home, such as a shopping mall.
