CSP200/Escaping the
Matrix: A Discourse of Power
Fall2004
Course Resources
| Tim Wise on Race | Tim Wise is the Director of the newly-formed Association for White Anti-Racist Education (AWARE) in Nashville, Tennessee |
| Intersex Society of North America | |
| about-face | a san francisco-based non-profit group, about-face combats negative and distorted images of women in the media |
| People Like Us (Resources) | Although the word "class" isn't used that much on the Web, there are a number of sites that reflect the American class system. We've provided you with a variety of resources and background information to help you learn more about social class. |
| Religious Tolerance | the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, attempts to serve the people of the United States and Canada in three areas |
| This Far by Faith | Cornel West has been described as a man who plays two roles. First, he is a highly regarded scholar of religion, philosophy, and African-American studies. Formerly a university professor (a position held by only 17 of 7,000 faculty) at Harvard, he has now returned to Princeton, where he taught from 1988 to 1994. Second, he is described as an "intellectual provocateur" outside of the academic world, appearing in lecture halls, on television, at protest rallies, on his own rap CD, and, most recently, in the upcoming "Matrix" sequels. |
| Political Economy (Handout) | Definitions & concepts of political & economic organizations |
| Ownership of Media & Mediachannel.org | MediaChannel is a media issues supersite, featuring criticism, breaking news, and investigative reporting from hundreds of organizations worldwide. As the media watch the world, we watch the media. |
| The Power of Myth: The Hero's Adventure | Joseph Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American professor, writer, and orator best known for his work in the fields of comparative mythology and comparative religion. He has had a major influence in helping people see past the divisive fundamentalist dogmatic interpretation that many people have applied to religions, and he has focused them on the spiritual truth and harmony which is the heart of all religions. |
| Metropolis | Did you know? Many different versions of Metropolis have been released |
| The Ad and the Ego | sarcastic, shameless and in your face, The Ad and the Ego takes on advertising on its own terms. By re-editing and restructuring thousands of contemporary and classic television commercials with insights by noted media critics, this rapid fire, multi-layered documentary exposes the destructive power of a mass media system out of control. |
| A Century of Genocide | A Century of Genocide in the Americas: The Residential School Experience is a short but powerful documentary about how Indian Residential Schools became a haven for institutionalized sexual abuse. |
| PBS online companion to the documentary | |
| ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE | Director Robert Kane Pappas’ ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE is the consummate critical examination of the Fourth Estate, once the bastion of American democracy. Asking whether America has entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for the truth, Pappas explores what the media doesn’t like to talk about: itself. |
| Porn Hour | Companies like General Motors, AOL Time Warner and Marriott earn revenue by piping adult movies into Americans' homes and hotel rooms, but you won't see anything about it in their company reports |
| Georgie Girl | What are the chances that a former prostitute of Maori descent could be elected a Member of the Parliament of New Zealand? Or of any parliament in the world? What if that person were also a transsexual? The odds may seem insurmountable, but such is the exhilarating story of Georgina Beyer as told in "Georgie Girl." |
| The Color of Fear | Eight North American men of Asian, European, Latino, African-American and Native American backgrounds gather under the direction of seminar leader Lee Mun Wah to discuss racism. In emotional and often heated exchanges, the participants challenge the privileged status of white Americans and recount their anguished experiences with discrimination. |
| People Like Us | As in "middle class," "working class," "upper class." It's the 800-pound gorilla in American life that most Americans don't think about: how do income, family background, education, attitudes, aspirations, and even appearance mark someone as a member of a particular social class? |