SONGS Initiative Extra-Credit Opportunities

Attend up to two lectures, panel discussions or webinars connected to the Sustainable Online Network for Global-Cultural Studies Links to an external site. Initiative. At least one of these two events needs to be upcoming and live in the fall 2021 semester (these will be announced in advance and you will be informed if you can attend in person, via livestream, or possibly either way). You may also watch one recording of a past SONGS events, for a list of which click here: https://songs.clas.ufl.edu/songs-as-res-publica/ Links to an external site.(Links to an external site.)

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1. Summarize what the lecture, discussion, or webinar is about. Who speaks and what are they talking about? What kinds of questions are asked and how do the speakers respond?  What do you personally find most interesting about what is discussed in the event, bearing in mind the broader symposium topic to which it may be connected? Make sure that your comments cover the event in a manner that indicates you watched it carefully from beginning to end. Write 1-2 pages ca. 250-500 words.

2. If there are other discussion posts by other students on the discussion board about the event you attended, comment briefly (ca. 3-5 sentences) on them.

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3. Begin/contribute directly to an online public discussion of the event in the discussion box you will find at the bottom of SONGS webpage for the one you have attended. Do your very best with your comments/questions to engage its contents in a way that is perceptive, constructive, and invites further discussion/questions that could follow up on the points you make. You will see that, as well as students, some of the original speakers continue to be engaged in the ongoing online discussions many years later.

Contact Will Hasty with any questions: <hasty@ufl.edu>

Extra Credits: You can earn up to 3% more than the total points you otherwise earn in this course (1.5% worth of points per event).