Comments | circean0circle: New semester ... and meaning ... and continuity

circean0circle

New semester ... and meaning ... and continuity

Jan 10, 2006 21:34

Classes for Spring 2006:
1. Physics 54 - General Physics II
2. French 168 - Les Educations Sentimentales (course title probably borrowed from Flaubert's L'éducation sentimentale3. Culanth 94 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology ( Read more... )

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plesant_rose January 10 2006, 19:13:15 UTC

lost in translation is really thought-provoking like that. for me, it was kind of about a moment of human connection amidst isolation.
also, your classes sound fabulous.

circean0circle January 12 2006, 17:37:22 UTC

That's how I saw it, too. Its message reminded me a little of the MTV movie Orange County, where the lead character realizes that he doesn't have to be at the "right school" (Stanford) to do what he loves and get recognized for it. It's a message of hope to all of us who feel trapped in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people.

sheridankm January 10 2006, 19:19:12 UTC

I like how that last archaeology class is a writing class!

circean0circle January 12 2006, 17:40:16 UTC

I like it, too. Unfortunately, I still haven't gotten off the waitlist for it and since I don't want to miss too much of Writing 20, I switched to another section that deals with academic writing and its relationship to the world at large.

Hopefully I'll get around to reading the textbook for that archaeology class, though. It's called The Social Construction of Ancient Cities, ed. Monica L. Smith.

workingproject January 10 2006, 19:47:59 UTC

No offense, but it's a movie. I think you're reading too much into something that's not likely to benefit your wellbeing. By the way, nice user icon--properly ironic.

dyheli January 11 2006, 00:23:40 UTC

I think we've both noted it before, but we're taking cultural anthropology this quarter. If you get a chance, could you please tell me what books you're assigned to read for this course? I've got four and they're fairly interesting and I wouldn't mind checking out other suggested reads.

Good luck with physics. Yuck.

circean0circle January 12 2006, 17:42:30 UTC

Thanks for wishing me luck. I'll need it!

We're reading The Dobe Ju/'hoansi, Richard Lee; Ishi's Brain, Orin Starn; and Laughter Out of Place, Donna Goldstein.

What books are you reading?

dyheli January 13 2006, 17:31:56 UTC

Cultural Anthropology: A Problem Based Approach by Richard Robbins
Wisdom from a Rainforest: The Spiritual Journey of an Anthropologist by Stuart Schlegel
Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman by Marjorie Shostak
New Capitalists: Law, Politics, and Identity Surrounding Casino Gaming on Native America Land by Eve Darian-Smith.

bellvampress January 11 2006, 10:12:21 UTC

I'm not sure if I came away with the right idea from that movie or not, because I was too moved by the beauty of Scarlett. :P

But no- I don't think their connection was meaningless; far from. It was the most meaningful thing either had ever had, but sometimes we can't keep those things.

I have a friend here who's an Anthropology major. Physical, though, not Cultural.