So for my first reflective blog post in a long time, I decided to go way back to the Mapping UNCC project we had. I noticed that when people placed their marks on the map, they marked actual geography things like landmarks and buildings, conversations, and things that went beyond literacy. Like whoa. Yeah, I am kind of tired right now but my mark was the Belk Tower. Yup random. But I thought it was interesting because as I walked around it to go to the ~front~ of the library, not the back, I saw the First Amendment in a plaque. And I was like ~oooh~ bingo. This went beyond literacy because without the First Amendment, we would not have freedom of speech, basically any freedom to express ourselves. Without it, we would not have books, music, art, or anything.
Here is the link to our Google map: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=212959646260677519898.0004ccbaff19a7fdd81d6&msa=0
For our ethnography project, we also choose to use the belk tower. There are many things on campus that can be used as a hidden literacy.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoy my freedom of speech(:
ReplyDeleteYes and I have noticed how the area around Belk Tower is a center for the protests/movements/non-institutional public speaking that we have on this campus. I think it is actually a space reserved for "free speech" in this way. I would like to investigate this more. Why would certain areas of a public campus need to be given this special status? Are there places or people for whom the ammendment does not seem to apply?
ReplyDeleteNice! thank you for the link! so cool.
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