Memoranda

A few quick notes and links:

  1. Bill sent along the news that Fox has cancelled its utopian reality show. As Bill put it on Twitter, "I wonder how Kanter would explain this."
  2. Last week in class, I mentioned an interesting essay I had read on bias in historical sources and what it means to say that a source is "biased." I highly recommend that you read it, especially as you begin writing your papers.
  3. Speaking of your papers, and memoranda in general, don’t forget to bring three to seven pages of your paper to class next week in hard copy form. These do not need to be the first three to seven pages; you can choose a different part of your outline to begin writing from. You should give thought to citation style and the kinds of questions posed on the rubric distributed in class, but the most important thing here is to BEGIN WRITING!

Finding Utopias, and Organizing Findings

Today in the second half of class we will start talking about how to find out about utopian communities that you may wish to investigate for your research papers. Here are a few resources:

We will also install and take a brief tour of Zotero, which is a helpful tool for keeping notes and organizing research. You can also check out the Digital Media Center’s guide to using Zotero or take the DMC short course on Zotero to learn more. (The next one is tomorrow!)