The document outlines the agenda for a class on culture and cultural artifacts. It includes discussing lingering questions from Project #1, defining culture, the concepts of insiders and outsiders, analyzing artifacts and the assumptions they reveal, and using the Kindle 2 as a case study artifact. Students are divided into groups to analyze the Kindle 2 by answering questions about its context, potential uses, associated cultures, and assumptions made about its creators and users. They are advised to apply the concepts from class to their rough draft of Project #1.

1. Week 2 – 19 January 2011 Wra 110.742

2. Agenda Lingering questions about Project #1? Defining culture Insiders & outsiders Artifacts & Assumptions The Kindle 2: An Artifact Analysis Wrap-Up

3. Project #1…How can I help?

5. customs,

6. social behavior,

7. products,

8. way of life of a particular society, people, or period.

9. characterized by or associated with the specified quality or thing;

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12. My reco is to bucketize the deliverables.

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15. Take a BRIEF inventory of the cultures you belong to.

16. In a group discover any “common cultures” that you share (you’re MSU students, but what else are you?). What marks you as “insiders” in that culture? How can you tell when someone is an “outsider”?

19. Groups: assemble! Get back into your groups Your group must answer EACH of these four questions BUT YOU CAN’T REPEAT ANY OTHER GROUP’S ANSWERS! You may use any of the resources at your disposal in this classroom (your own knowledge, each other, the Internet, me, etc.) Your answers must have thought behind them! Don’t just write any crap because you saw it online. I will question you on it and you’d better have a good answer. Be awesome. Return my markers or there will be consequences.

20. Use the things we’ve talked about today—and the thinking skills you’ve built--to help you as you begin your rough draft of Project #1. I expect you to make an effort, think, use your resources, and have your rough draft at least 75% complete by next F2F class time. On your rough draft, do the best you can with MLA formatting—use your McGraw-Hill Handbook and make good use of things like the index, Table of Contents, etc. to find the info you need. Check the website this week for info on how to submit your draft. Good luck, n00bz! Wrap-up