Post by rgsc on Mar 13, 2014 11:44:25 GMT -5
Is anyone else enrolled in the SuperMOOC course that has just started? I did the last one (Gender Through Comic Books) and really enjoyed it. This time around, it is examining social issues and has some great stuff on the reading list and there are some amazing interviews lined up. It is also paced a little more leisurely - 1 topic per month rather than 1 a week (which was a bit intense). Enrollement is still open if anyone is interested in checking it out. It is a free course, but you do have to get the reading material yourself.
www.canvas.net/courses/social-issues-through-comic-books
Syllabus
Module 1: Addiction
March 10
Buzzkill #1-4
Green Lantern V2 #85 and #86
Batman: Venom (The Dark Knight #16-20)
Sex Criminals #1
Article: What is Addiction?
Addiction is a brain disease, and it matters.
Interviews:
Donny Cates
Denny O'Neil
Bill Fitzgerald/Kyle Kittleson
Module 2: Environment
April 10
Swamp Thing: Rot World
The Massive V1
Hinterkind V1
Hawkeye #7
Article: The Moral Roots of Environmental Attitudes
Go to ScienceDaily.com and read at least one article on the environment
Interviews:
Matt Fraction
Jeff Lemire
Dr. Doug Seefeldt
Module 3: Social Inequality
May 10
Lazurus V1
Scalped V1
X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills
March
The Movement
Article: The American Dream: Slipping Away?
Article: Storm and the X-Men as Racial Projects
Interviews:
Greg Rucka
Jason Aaron
Dr. Elizabeth Pffeifer
Module 4: Immigration
June 10
American Born Chinese
Action Comics #900
Superman Unchained #1
Skin Horse V. 1
Article: Public Opinion Toward Immigration Reform: The Role of Economic Motivations
Read this article on Superman: Unchained
Interviews:
Scott Snyder
Shaenon Garrity/Jeffrey Wells
Gene Luen Yang
Dr. Matt Smith
Module 5: Media, Government Intervention, and Information Privacy
July 10
Transmetropolitan V1
Global Frequency V1
Nightly News V1
Daredevil #4, 5, 6
Article: Social and Political Dimensions of Privacy
Article: The Quality of Government
Interviews:
Mark Waid
Jonathan Hickman
Warren Ellis
Dr. Craig This
Wrap-Up Week
August 10
