I attended the Davidson College Symphony Orchestra’s concert with the Concerto Competition Winners on 10 November 2023. The concert was divided into four different pieces, which was three concertos including a soloist who won the competition held prior, and one orchestra-exclusive piece at the end.
For this commentary, I discuss the VAC Display by Erika Diamond, an artist focusing on the use of unique textiles to convey a powerful message. The gallery consisted of three pieces.
A Million Alien Gospels: Christian Theology and Life Beyond Earth
My fourth campus commentary was on the lecture “A Million Alien Gospels: Christian Theology and Life Beyond Earth” by Dr. Andrew Davison, a professor of theology and natural sciences at Cambridge.
the past three weeks we have engaged with various sources—music, literature, academic writing, a play, and an interview. Often those genres have overlapped in productive ways. What are some of the genre cross-pollinations that you’ve noticed in this unit’s material? …
After you’ve closely read “Docile Bodies,” please upload your responses to the following questions: Primary argument of the article: What is Foucault proposing? Primary examples: How does Foucault support his argument? One area for further examination: Where do you have additional interest or a site of confusion? One evocative question about the reading: Offer one discussion generating question about the reading?
Below, in alphabetical order, are some key terms from the Schneider reading. Pick two of these, and for each, answer the following: What does the term mean in the context of the reading? (Bonus: Research the term online. Can you find anything that helps to illuminate the term’s use in our reading?) Is there controversy surrounding the idea the term refers to? If so, what (briefly) is the controversy?
Create a timeline or chronology based on your reading of Hilary Green’s 2023 report, “Maxwell Chambers and His Complicated Connections to Davidson College.” Include every possible date and event that you find in her account. Then, reflect on your timeline/chronology. Possible directions: What do you now know that you didn’t before reading? What gaps exist in your timeline?
Do you find the ending of Children of Men to be hopeful or bleak? Give three very specific pieces of evidence, with time codes, from the film that lead you to find either hopefulness or hopelessness in the ending.
Make screen shots or somehow capture two images from 7 Miles a Second—one that you see as utopian and the other that you see as dystopian. (Maybe you even choose one image that could go either way!) Write one sentence to accompany each image that explains your choices.
