5 Week 08

Dear students,

Just as a reminder our midterm is tomorrow. We will begin the exam at 6pm. You are allowed to bring in 1 page of handwritten notes. Make sure your name is on your notes. You must hand in your notes with your exam. You will have two hours to complete the exam.

If you finish early, feel free to hand in your exam /notes and head home. The writing assignment for next week will be posted to WordPress on Thursday morning.

See you tomorrow,

Elizabeth

Professor,

Yes, your response was helpful, thank you!

Maggie

Hi Maggie,

Keep in mind that relating these terms to Crawford’s work is an open-ended and exploratory task. That said, I chose this passage because in it Crawford is describing something about the nature of work that has shifted, a shift that he is relating to “technology.” One place to start would be to ask what Crawford is defining as shopcraft and to relate this to the work ethic that Weber describes. Both are interested defining a quality of work that can be connected to a “reality” of the world. For Weber, this reality might have something to do with the economic rationalism he points to when writing about the spirit of capitalism. I know this is vague. Just remember part of what I want you to do is read these pieces again and begin to create your own conclusions about how they relate to one another.

I hope this helps!

Elizabeth

Hello Everyone (including the Professor),

I am working on Part A of the midterm and am having trouble.  I began by defining all of the terms we need to include and I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of all of them.  I am having trouble linking them to Crawford, specifically the passage, “At such a moment, technology is no longer a means by which our mastery of the world is extended, but an affront to our usual self-absorption.”.  Are we supposed to be linking them to this passage?  And what does Crawford mean by “reality and reliability of the human world”? I don’t understand how Weber’s work ethic (and does this mean the Protestant work ethic?) is related to the “reality and reliability of the human world”.  Sorry for all of my questions. I am just really confused by this question.  Any help or guidance in the right direction is appreciated!

Maggie Wiesner

Hi everyone,

If you need an extra copy, I have posted the midterm exam and grading rubric under resources.  It can also be found in the course outline, under week 8.  There is no weekly writing assignment this week and next.  Your assignment is to prepare for the midterm exam.

To repeat a few important details mentioned in class today:

-You must complete both questions. For each question, your response should be 600 words or more.
-You are allowed to bring in one page of hand written notes to use during the midterm exam.
-Do not include quotes, put everything in your own words (on your exam and in your notes). When you paraphrase source material, be sure to include the appropriate citation.
-Please review the rubric so you understand how your exam will be graded.
-You will have 2 hours to complete the exam.
-When questions arise, post them to our WordPress site so your colleagues can benefit from reading your question and my response.
-I am away from Sunday, October 9th until Friday, October 14th and will have limited access to e-mail.  But I will make every effort to access WordPress during this period.  If you have questions, I will try to get back to you with a response within a day or two.

Elizabeth