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 * AGENDA: MEETING #2: 1/29/2018 - **** The Enigma of War **

Walking in Music: Decoration Day: media type="file" key="14_decoration_day_decoration_day.mp3" width="240" height="20"

General Introductory Remarks – brief (10 min) My idea of a 400 level class, Vengeance as a core value.

Activity 1 (30 - 40min.) The personal present - Introduction: Malsow's Hierarchy/listening/confidentiality
 * Break into groups and Dyads as last week
 * Amy, Henry, Adrian, Julianna
 * Skye, Betania, Abdullah, Carter, Elisabeth,
 * Kawaya, Gabriel, Emma, Daniel
 * Within the groups, shift dyads (meet with a different person) and do the following
 * Introductions
 * Stories - what,if anything, in your life or setting is compromising your ability to focus on this class (the assignment, the issues, etc)
 * Reassemble groups of 4 and 6 - See if there are any shared preoccupations
 * Reassemble seminar – Discuss

Activity 2 - Aftermath of Dead Birds - one week after viewing ( 30 min )
 * Literary experiences, films, books, plays, etc. are subject to memory decay - Eventually, all we remember of any book we read or film we saw is an image or impression. - so this has happened.- So after a week, write down the "take aways" or most vivid or most important things that emerged in the film. (150 words to hand in - non-graded)
 * Class Discussion

Break - Musical Interlude:media type="file" key="Cranberries - Zombie.mp3" width="240" height="20" Context Ireland's 800 years of "troubles" Genre: Women's lament (15 min) - Andromache, Hecuba, Helen, Chryseis, Briseis

Activity 2 - Aftermath of Dead Birds - one week after viewing (30 min)


 * It is probably clear to most American viewers that the Dani are trapped in a perpetual cycle of war through their commitment to a set of false beliefs that they would throw off if they could understand reality and reason. How is it that Americans are trapped in a perpetual cycle of war when our beliefs are grounded in the real world and we understand the fundamentals of reasoning? Is it not odd that people are so dismissive and disdainful of the irrational beliefs of others and so uncritical of their own? Jot down a few notes in response to these questions.
 * Reform small groups - discuss

Activity 3 - The Iliad - The Rage of Achilles - Human Folly - Introduction (25 min) - Context, tradition >>
 * Connect to Iliad wikipage
 * Assignment:
 * Completely review the assigned readings in the Iliad keeping the questions that the wikipage poses in mind
 * Begin reading: **__War is a Force that Give us Meaning__** by Chris Hedges - Intro. plus chapters one and two.