Spring 2022 ︎︎︎ SUNY Purchase ︎︎︎ (DES4100) Community Design
What is Community? (pt.3)
Viewings
We’re going to watch a in preparation for a discussion and related assignment(s). Take notes. Because of the time-sensitive nature of much of the in class works, you’ll have to view these outside of class. I will provide links to services you can watch it on, possible free places to watch it and host screenings/viewing parties for these. I will not put the links here just because I will put the links on “free” sites that may get flagged or what not. I may need to also provide some context for some of these.-
Star Trek: Voyager, “Unity” S03, E17 (1997)
Here’s a super exciting trailer! This is an episode that involves the Borg. You might need some background for what the Borg are. Here is a ~5 minute synopsis. This, maybe, kinda, spoils some of other Star Trek episodes/movies but I’m not expecting you to watch 5/6 hours of “the good stuff” in preparation for this class.You can watch is on Hulu, Paramount+, or Netflix.
The Fresh Prince of Belair, “Papa’s Got a Brand New Excuse” S04, E 24 (1994)
This is a pretty famous episode. You can watch this on HBO Max. The Fresh Prince reunion is also pretty worth watching if you are into the show.The Fate of the Furious (2017)
I absolutely loved this when it came out but your mileage may vary (that’s totally fine). I thought it was quite fun to watch without entirely knowing what was going on, but here is a timeline for the “Fast” series(~30 minutes) and a shorter one (~10 minutes) if that helps you.
While, and after watching think about the following:
- What are the “communities” involved in each piece of media?
- How do these communal bonds form? Necessity? Love? Biology?
- How the people in these groups define their relationships? A family,
- How are people who are exiled from a given community or group treated?
- How and when do they break the bonds of said community?
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For what purpose was the community or group originally formed?
Was it voluntary or coincidental?
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