[This assignment is adapted from Diane Davis' Summary-Response paper assignment]
Your final two papers in the course will be Summary-Response papers that summarize one of the theorists we've read and then use that theorist to "read" or describe some of the nonhumans you've been interacting with during your semester long making project. You will read these papers aloud in class.
The rules for these papers are as follows:
- Your paper must fit on one side of a 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper, using Times New Roman, 11-point font.
- The first half of each paper should be a concise yet thorough summary of one of the assigned text. Given the space constraints, your summary will have to be carefully crafted and will have to make strategic determinations about what does or does not fit.
- The second half should be your reading of that work "across" one of the nonhumans with which you've been engaging this semester. This nonhuman might be the object you've been making, or it might be one of the objects you've had to interact with during the making process.
When responding to and grading these papers, I will be asking the following questions;
- Have you followed the parameters of the assignment and observed the constraints detailed above?
- Does the first half of your paper provide a tight, thorough, and concise summary your chosen text?
- Does the second half of your paper use the theory in question to ask interesting and important questions about your chosen nonhuman in an attempt to get us to think differently about both the theory and your chosen nonhuman?
- Does your paper follow the rules of engagement?
- Is your paper clearly written and free of grammatical errors?
