Documentation

Tremendous posts last week! Those of you who posted did excellent work!

On a different note: often, I hear stories of how students take information from the Internet or get friends to write their papers. This is, of course, disappointing.

In this space, please discuss why you think plagiarism is such a problem these days?

Why wasn't it as prevalent a few years ago? How can you avoid plagiarism? Why it is so important to avoid plagiarism?

Please discuss why you would personally never try to use other people's ideas as your own.

Thanks!

Shaping Spaces

Thank you all very much for your posts concerning the Lion King! The insight and reasoning in some of those posts were very, very strong. Nicely done!

This week we will be discussing how to analyze spaces.

Think of a space that might be particularly interesting to analyze. Describe it. Describe who uses this space. How does the design of the room affect the way it is used? Does it affect the way it is used? Does the space shape the people or do the people shape the space? Do not duplicate other people's answers. Explain your answers fully.

We will discuss these in class.

Thanks!

Week Ten Thought Questions

This week's blog comes to us from Bonnie Mills! After having read Margaret Lazarus' analysis of The Lion King, do you agree or disagree with her critique of the stereotypes commonly found in Disney movies? Why or why not? Use examples from Lazarus' essay. Think of some Disney movies that you know. Are these types of stereotypes harmful or not? What do you think?

Thanks!