Browsing Comparative Media Studies/Writing (CMS-W) - Archived by Author "Boiko, Karen"
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21W.035 Science Writing and New Media: Elements of Science Writing for the Public, Spring 2013
(2013-06)This class is an introduction to writing about science–including nature, medicine, and technology–for general readers. In our reading and writing we explore the craft of making scientific concepts, and the work ... -
21W.730-2 The Creative Spark, Fall 2004
(2004-12)"Creative activity (isn't) the icing on the cake. Human creativity is the cake." (Jerry Hirschberg) Creativity - "the mastery of information and skills in the service of dreams" (Hirschberg) - is ... -
21W.730-3 Consumer Culture, Fall 2002
(2002-12)What is the good life, and can you shop there? Would you want that life if you couldn't? Has shopping replaced working as the activity that gives the most meaning to our lives? The theme for this Expository Writing class ... -
21W.730-4 Writing on Contemporary Issues: Food for Thought: Writing and Reading about the Cultures of Food, Fall 2008
(2008-12)"What people do with food is an act that reveals how they construe the world." - Marcella Hazan, The Classic Italian Cookbook If you are what you eat, what are you? Food is at once the stuff of life and a potent ... -
21W.777 The Science Essay, Spring 2008
(2008-06)Did Ben Franklin really fly that kite? What are the ethical dimensions of the creation of chimeras—and what should the public know in order to take part in the conversation about them? Is the science of nutrition ...