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LAH 350 DOCUMENTARY FILM AND INQUIRY Course Description

DOCUMENTARY FILM AND INQUIRY

Course Description

EDP 369K & LAH 350

Ricardo C. Ainslie, Ph.D.

T-Th 11:00 – 12:30, SZB439B

The primary focus of this course is teaching students to make short documentaries on their chosen topics. Documentary projects will also be the vehicle for exploring methodological issues over the course of the semester in relation to qualitative methods and the use of media as a tool. We will also learn about the elements that make documentaries effective as a means for communicating ideas and issues.

 

Students will develop and carry out 20-minute documentary video projects around topics that they select. In the process, they will learn about interviewing, filming with video cameras, lighting, and sound, in addition to learning the basic elements of editing. The projects will be selected from idea proposals submitted by students. Working collaboratively in teams (occasionally, students chose to do solo projects), your team will conceive of the project, research it, film interviews related to it, and edit your material into the 20-minute documentary. I will provide ongoing consultation on your project and the documentaries will be screened at the end of the semester. No previous experience with documentary work is required.

 

The primary thesis underlying this course is that documentary film is an example of qualitative approaches to inquiry, including ethnography, interviewing, and narrative description. It is a unique methodology that can help us examine and understand the meaning of social incidents and controversies, cultural transformations, and other questions of interest.

LAH Study Abroad Scholarships

The Liberal Arts Honors Program will award scholarships in varying amounts to support LAH students and Humanities majors who will be studying abroad in the Spring, Summer, and/or Fall.  An LAH student may apply for this scholarship by writing a one-page statement of his or her study abroad plans. The statement should include where and what the student will be studying, the projected cost involved, and the role that study abroad and the mastery of a foreign language plays in the student’s academic and career goals.

Now is the time to apply for Liberal Arts Honors Study Abroad Scholarships! Deadlines are:

5:00 pm November 15 for Spring.

5:00 pm March 1 for and Summer.

Please submit your application online through the study abroad online scholarship application, Global Assist and select “Get Started”. The website will prompt you to set up an online profile and show you a list of scholarships which criteria you meet. If you are applying for a study abroad program not affiliated with UT, please enter program code 300999.

Both LAH students and Humanities majors are eligible to apply for the LAH Study Abroad scholarship. Please contact the LAH office with any questions.

Research Opportunities

Pedestrian experience

Have you ever wondered why some people cut across a parking lot to get to a store while others follow the sidewalk? Why there are places where everyone jaywalks, even though a crosswalk is just 100 ft. away? How those narrow walking paths in the grass near the street get made? I am looking for an undergrad student who is willing to help me figure out answers to these questions as part of my thesis research. My name is Farzad Mashhood, a master’s student in Community and Regional Planning in the School of Architecture. My study is looking at how people make their own paths in everyday urban spaces that are often seen as car-oriented with little designed for the pedestrian experience. Researchers would be observing people as they walk in the Rundberg neighborhood of North Austin. I am starting my field research very soon and need someone willing to commit to at least two 2-hour blocks over the course of two weeks, from Oct. 10 to 23. Please email me as soon as you can if you are interested, atfarzadkmashhood@gmail.com.

Analyzing electroencephalogram (EEG) data

We are seeking motivated students (BA/BSc/MA) who would like to work on biomedical data analysis. The data consists of clinical electrophysiology (EEG) recordings of brain activity from patients diagnosed with epilepsy. The work is aiming to yield a publication, thus co-authorship is one of the incentives. If you need a publication, this is a good project with almost sure success. Working hours are flexible, but we need to achieve set milestones. Regular meetings, but no in-lab times. Click here for more information.

2017 Summer Research Fellowship Program

The Tulane National Primate Research Center is accept applications for the 2017 Summer Research Fellowship Program that will be held June 2, 2017 to August 4, 2017. Please note the application deadline is February 1, 2017.  Please see attached program announcement for more specific information. If you need additional information regarding this program, please feel free to contact Jennifer D’Aquin at either (985) 871-6363 or jdaquin@tulane.edu.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS

 

Applications are now being accepted for merit-based, research, and study abroad scholarships for fall 2016!

 

See if you are eligible on the Liberal Arts scholarship website: 

 

bit.ly/CLAScholarships

 

Deadline for merit & research scholarships is October 17, 2016!

 

 

 

 

 

ARE YOU A LIBERAL ARTS STUDENT FROM ANY OF THESE TEXAS COUNTIES? 

 

Franklin 

Camp

Delta

Hopkins

Lamar

Red River

Titus

Upshur

Wood

Shelby

Sabine

Panola

St. Augustine

Nacogdoches

 

You may be eligible for these:

 

– Styles – Franklin County scholarship: bit.ly/CLAScholarships

 

– Strong – Shelby County scholarship: bit.ly/CLAScholarships

 

Applications are now being accepted!!  Deadline October 17, 2016

 

HRC Events: Conversation with John Pipkin on “The Blind Astronomer’s Daughter”

Event Title

Conversation with John Pipkin on “The Blind Astronomer’s Daughter”

Event date and Time

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 7 P.M.

Event Cost/Admission

Free and open to the public

Please be aware that the Ransom Center’s Charles Nelson Prothro Theater seats 125. Line forms upon arrival of the first patron, and doors open 30 minutes in advance.

Description

Former Ransom Center research fellow John Pipkin, author of the critically-acclaimed “Woodsburner,” reads from his new novel “The Blind Astronomer’s Daughter” and discusses how his research in the Center’s Herschel family papers influenced the novel. Materials from the Herschel family papers will be on view during the reception and book signing that follow.

Location

Harry Ransom Center

HRC Events: Exhibition Curator Lecture: “Looking at Photographs: Visual Research in the Elliott Erwitt Photography Collection”

Event Title

Exhibition Curator Lecture: “Looking at Photographs: Visual Research in the Elliott Erwitt Photography Collection”

Event date and Time

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 7 P.M.

Event Cost/Admission

Free and open to the public

Please be aware that the Ransom Center’s Charles Nelson Prothro Theater seats 125. Line forms upon arrival of the first patron, and doors open 30 minutes in advance.

Description

Jessica S. McDonald, Nancy Inman and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Curator of Photography, presents “Looking at Photographs: Visual Research in the Elliott Erwitt Photography Collection,” a behind-the-scenes look at the visual detective work involved in researching photographs for the exhibition Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World. She recounts how various tools—from contact sheets to Google Earth—helped shed new light on some of Erwitt’s best-known works. Following the talk, McDonald will be available for questions in the galleries. 

Location

Harry Ransom Center

IE Pre-Graduate School Internship Course

Dear UT Undergraduates:

 

With registration for next semester coming up in a few weeks, let me tell you about an exciting internship course.

 

Are you thinking about whether graduate school is in your future?  Are you uncertain about what it would be like to be a graduate student and what academic program may be suited best to your interests and career goals?

 

If your answer to these questions is yes, you may wish to consider undertaking the Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) “Pre-Graduate School Internship.”  This internship is open to students in all UT colleges/schools and departments.  You may earn one, two or three hours of academic credit (CMS 164M/264M/364M) by participating in the internship.

 

Attached is a flyer describing the Pre-Graduate School Internship. In addition, you may read more about this program (including FAQ’s, examples of internship activities and an easy to complete internship contract) on the web:

http://communication.utexas.edu/ie/

 

You may also be eligible for a Kuhn Intellectual Entrepreneurship Award.  This award is designed to encourage both first generation and economically disadvantaged undergraduate students to pursue their academic passions and to seriously consider graduate study.

 

The awards will be in the form of $1,000 stipends offered to a select number of qualified undergraduate interns. The award is intended to support and encourage students to pursue opportunities that further enrich the Pre-Graduate School Internship experience. (e.g., traveling to conferences, potential graduate school visits, research endeavors, supplies, books etc.)

 

In addition, each intern’s graduate mentor will be awarded a matching $1,000 stipend through the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement.  For more information about this award, please go to:

 

http://communication.utexas.edu/ie/kuhn-ie-award

 

A wonderful video about IE is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWx0qNZERI0

 

If after examining these materials you have questions, please feel free to contact me at: spaj737@uts.cc.utexas.edu

 

NOTE: Because of the generosity of several UT deans, undergraduates who do their pre-grad internship in programs in the following colleges will be eligible to receive travel grants to help cover part of the cost of attending an academic conference (with their grad mentor)– Law, Public Affairs, Communication, Information, Nursing, Architecture, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Pharmacy, Business, Social Work, Information, Nursing, Architecture, Education, Natural Sciences, Fine Arts.

 

Sincerely,

                                                                                                                  

Rick Cherwitz                                                                                                                                

Professor and IE Director 

Texas Rising Hiring Phone Bankers

Do you have a passion for civic engagement? Are you fired up about this election?

I’m looking for passionate people to help Texas Rising get young voters out to the polls during early voting and on Election Day!

Phone bankers will work to expand the overall outreach efforts of the organization with respect to our non-partisan civic engagement work. Texas Rising, a project of Texas Freedom Network Education Fund, is focused on turning out 18-29 year olds to vote in the 2016 presidential election. This position will last approximately 2 weeks and is a part-time, seasonal position.

Job Description

  • Contact voters by phone using a script and ask a series of questions from that script. Collect and enter responses into a computer, and collect and manage data.
  • Regular check-ins with TFNEF staff about ongoing call progress.
  • Be available to attend a phone bank training and 3 phone banks.

Requirements

  • Energetic and positive attitude, must be able to talk on the phone and have meaningful conversations with voters
  • Considerate and professional
  • Teamwork and a positive attitude are critical to the success of the campaign
  • Care about progressive politics, youth organizing and grassroots communities
  • Able to take direction from Outreach staff
  • Transportation to and from phone banks
  • Bilingual; English and Spanish (preferred but not required)
  • Previous experiences as a phone banker on a non-profit or political campaign (preferred but not required)

Compensation

Positions have a commitment to attend all scheduled trainings and shifts. $10.00 hour. Callers will work a total of 11 hours earning a total of $110.

Hired Phone bankers are required to be available the following dates and times:

Thursday 10/20/16- 5:30p-7:30p (training)

Thursday 10/27/16- 5:30p-8:30p

Thursday 11/3/16- 5:30p-8:30p

Monday 11/7/16- 5:30p-8:30p

To Apply

Email a statement of interest to richelle@tfn.org

LAHSC Capture the Flag

We are hosting our annual Capture the Flag at the Capitol on October 19th. We’ll meet at 6:45 at Carothers and walk to the Capitol together, picking up people at Jester along the way.