Of Note: Public Writing Projects from the Classroom
Curated by the Jacobson Center
French Islam and French Muslims. Students in FRN 215 took on a media controversy around halal meat, butcher shops, and ritual slaughter that has pitted animal rights activists against Muslim communities in France, collaborating on a final video project which dramatized an altercation in a Muslim butcher shop between an animal rights activist, a butcher, and a client bystander. View accompanying statement here. Accessible only via Smith credentials. Instructor: Mehammed Mack, French Studies
The Afterlife in Eight Words. Students in the course Heaven, Hell and Other Realms (REL 206) wrote, produced and edited a series of podcasts investigating various religious traditions and ideas around the afterlife. Instructors: Carol Zaleski and David Howlett, Religion
kNOw Women in Philosophy. Drawing on materials from the college archives, students in FYS 104 created a podcast series to tell the stories of Smith students and faculty members whose achievements the literature has so far overlooked. Instructor: Theresa Helke, Philosophy
Women’s Rites. In a series of podcasts, students taking courses in Smith’s religion department (REL 291) are exploring stories about women’s ordination across various denominations. Instructor: David Howlett, Religion
The Language of Love. Students in a first-year seminar (FYS 196) created podcasts to demystify scientific research on the language of animals, from vocals seals to gazing peacocks. Instructor: Dan Vahaba, Biological Sciences
Writing Philosophy for The Public Sphere. For this Calderwood seminar (PHI 345), students delved into various public genres to investigate how we understand the world. Instructors: Nalini Bhushan and Melissa Yates, Philosophy
NSC 312: Race and Gender in the Study of Neurological Disorders. Class Archive: Student final projects from Interterm 2021.
Introduction to Comparative Politics. Intermediate government students (GOV 220) created this multimedia class project combing podcasts, videos, op-eds, and more. Instructors: Sara Newland, Government
La memoria e i ricordi. Students in intermediate Italian created a blog with the theme of “Memory and Recollection,” about the process of learning a language.
