CETA 2020: Our first 2 emojis (of hundreds)

CETA 2020: Our first 2 emojis (of hundreds)
Created January 6, 2020

Saturday, January 12, 2019

Question about assignments for Wed, Jan 16--due by noon on Jan 16

After completing the 4 assignments, please post a paragraph-long question about one or more of them.
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2019 at 10:23 PM

    I chose the link that to us to twitter which basically stated that artists create for other humans. As an artist, in a way I kind of feel from that but not as much as I feel I create for myself. It is very likely that my audience may portray it as something completely different than my initial meaning. By the way that you create and then display for other people, can creating for yourself be tied into creating for others? Or can the viewers interpretation of artwork feed into the idea that it is created for them- what they need to take away from it?

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2019 at 10:07 PM

    The Arundhati Roy interview I found very interesting. She said "It's our job to be unpopular. It's our job to stand alone and say what we really think." She describes that as not an activist, but as the role of a writer. How can we do this for our community?

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2019 at 11:07 PM

    I found the article about getting rid of prisons was very interesting. The connection made between capitalism and the prison system continuing was not surprising. What would be the the changes in government that would ultimately keep a prison system from forming?

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  4. Kremena TodorovaJanuary 16, 2019 at 12:17 AM

    My question for Reva comes from something Mariame Kaba says at the very end of her interview in “A World Without Prisons.” Asked if there is anything else she’d like to add, she responds: “I hope, it doesn’t get lost in all of this, the incredible leadership of the young black and brown people … Because it’s not just young people of color, but young black people and young queer black people, who have been at the lead and at the forefront.” Have you had to deal with instances of leadership by people of color being in danger of getting swept under the rug or minimized? In your own work, how do you balance the weight of your own voice as a white woman alongside the voices of marginalized people?

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  5. Marissa PriceJanuary 16, 2019 at 1:57 AM

    Mariame Kaba talks a little bit about the school-to-prison pipeline and defines this as "all of the different ways that young people, students, find themselves pushed out of school." Between “high-stakes testing” and excessive suspensions and expulsions, there are a lot of different issues students face that may make them feel like they should drop out. What kinds of changes, besides the one mentioned in the interview about getting administrators to suspend people less often, could be made to help improve the experiences of these students so that they are less likely to drop out? And, also, because I’m an art major and art being taken out of schools is a current issue, how much might art being taken out of schools impact this problem?

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2019 at 8:06 AM

    My question is about the twitter post from Crystal Wilkinson. The first part really stuck out to me “The precise role of the artist, then, is to illuminate that darkness, blaze roads through that vast forest…” I really kind of loved what this says about the purpose of art as a way to illuminate things for people. My questions is what do you believe art has done this in this community? How have people in this community responded the various art projects that have taken place?

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2019 at 9:28 AM

    In the video of Arundhati Roy, she starts off by talking about what a writer is supposed to be vs. what they really are. Then she goes on to talk about how people should stand alone and be different than the rest and do the unexpected. I agree with this especially in a world like ours today where everyone thinks the right thing to do is to just follow the majority. However, in A World Without Prisons, Kaba talks about how in certain communities if people are doing things that the rest of the community finds different they are pushed out. So, my question is, how do we stick out and do our own thing without being frowned upon in society or pushed out of our communities. I understand change is uncomfortable and there is always going to be an opposing side. Have we figured out the solution to achieve change quickly and with less discomfort?

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  8. EmilyJanuary 16, 2019 at 11:22 AM

    Arundhati Roy seems to pretty much reject the notion of people specifying "writer + activist," pointing out that many writers already write about the world in which they live, without needing to be called activists. Further, she says the idea of what a write is has been "reduced to a commodity," that writers are supposed to be entertainers. I think this is true for other kinds of artists--musicians, actors, etc. Do you think this classification of specifically "activist" artists can benefit them in any way? Does it sometimes harm them? (I'm thinking, for example, how someone who doesn't want to be bothered, i.e. the white/ wealthy/ cis/ men/ whomever else is benefited by the status quo, might be turned off by their entertainment being so blatantly interrupted by 'activism,' rather than more symbolic or subliminal messaging)

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2019 at 11:37 AM

    My question comes from the Twitter post where it reads that artists light the way and how they make the world more of a human dwelling place. Do you believe artists include those who do work in their communities? Do you believe there are many kinds of artists other than just drawers, sculptors, painters, etc.?

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2019 at 11:44 AM

    According to Mariame Kaba, CAPS, the Community Alternative Policing System in Chicago, only serves to further gentrification. These CAPS meetings generally result in original residents being pushed away and making room for new residents - generally wealthier, white folk. I wonder, what can white residents in a primarily black community do to engage with the community without becoming a "white savior"? Is it even possible for white people to move into these neighborhoods without gentrifying the neighborhood?

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