Lesson plan for week 3: general thoughts and notes

Patrick Mooney, TA
Eng 133TL, Prof. Huang
25 January 2012

Major topics:

  1. Thought(s) for the day:
    1. "(Social) space is a (social) product […] the space thus produced also serves as a tool of thought and of action […] in addition to being a means of production it is also a means of control, and hence of domination, of power." -Henri Lefebvre, The Production of Space
    2. "The world is increasingly unthinkable […] It is increasingly difficult to comprehend the world in which we live and of which we are a part. To confront this idea is to confront an absolute limit to our ability to adequately understand the world at all - an idea that has been a central motif of the horror genre for some time." -Eugene Thacker, Clouds of Unknowing
  2. Administrative Issues:
    1. Professor Huang is not going to assign paper topics. Be on the lookout for possible topics.
      • Come talk to me if you have questions or issues.
    2. English/Comp. Lit. section issues?
      • English satisfies Writing, Area G (literature), American History & Institutions. Comp. Lit. satisfies Area G.
    3. Crashing? Add codes? Other registration/administrative issues?
      • Deadline to add course/change enrollment (for L&S Students) is 30 Jan!
    4. Breakfast.
  3. Questions for discussion:
    1. How many different meanings can you think of for the word "production"? How many different meanings for "space"?
    2. In what ways do the Typee "savages" organize space differently from Americans in Tommo's time? In what ways is the organization of space similar?
    3. During Tommo's stay in the Typee valley, what is he afraid of? What are his hosts afraid of?