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Information from the SYLLABUS<\/a>:<\/b><\/p>\n I. \u00a0CLASS (20%)<\/p>\n II. PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE CONTRIBUTION (10%)<\/p>\n Read more about this assignment here below.<\/a><\/p>\n III. PROJECT (40%)<\/p>\n Read more about this assignment here below.<\/a><\/p>\n IV. ANTI-EXAM (30%)<\/p>\n Some of these assignments are self-assessed<\/a> and\/or peer-assessed<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n More about the PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE CONTRIBUTION:<\/b><\/p>\n Critera:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n More about the PROJECT:<\/b><\/p>\n Criteria:<\/p>\n\n
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\nObject selection and commentary (individual; may be pseudonymous and\/or collaborative; may also overlap with group project work in III below): 10%
\nThe bestiary will be organised in accordance with Marie de France\u2019s Fables\u00a0<\/em>and bestiaries. (We’ll work on organisation together.) An object could be an animal, a representation of an animal, an object or idea associated with or made out of animal; it could include digitised manuscripts, MOA inhabitants, live action video, etc. \u201cLocal\u201d isn\u2019t necessarily just UBC but is open to student individual interpretations, so as to be true to themselves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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\n\u2014A description
\n\u2014in the style of a bestiary or fable-collection entry
\n\u2014of an animal
\n\u2014that is from your own local environment: UBC, Vancouver, home, or other definition of your own habitat \/ ecosystem
\n\u2014including at least one image: medieval examples could include a\u00a0manuscript illumination, a painting or sculpture, an everyday object, a building, a map<\/li>\n\n
\n\u2014about plagiarism (as contrasted with proper citation, WHICH IS ENCOURAGED!!!)
\n\u2014about style guides (quick version: I don\u2019t mind which system you use provide that you\u2019re consistent in your usage; and your own individual stylishness is far superior to anyone else\u2019s formal rules)
\n\u2014NB:\u00a0brilliant commentary does not necessarily involve any \u201cresearch\u201d in the sense that you may have met in other courses, that is: the reading of or reference to secondary sources (i.e. criticism\/commentary written by others, books, journal articles). It can be done entirely from first principles: that is, the combination of a primary text \/ primary sources (including their representations online, for example in the case of manuscripts in libraries elsewhere and objects in museums), your good reading, and pure reason.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n\u2014bestiaries, herbals, and fable-collections from the medieval Romance world (references will be in class notes from week 2 onwards)
\n\u2014exhibits at the UBC Museum of Anthropology<\/a>
\n\u2014and this free multimedia online exhibit (with audio)<\/a>:
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\n(for example, a Montaigne essay that was discussed in class, or one that was mentioned in a lecture, or one that we didn\u2019t work on in the course)<\/li>\n
\n(for example, another text, a manuscript, a work of art, a three-dimensional object, an animal (ex. frog) featured in a bestiary or other work in this geographical area; other options may be possible, we\u2019ll discuss this in your meeting with me at stage 1 of the project)<\/li>\n
\nas some cultures consider themselves to be in a middle period (not the beginning of the world, not the end), this could, by other definitions or conventions, be \u201ccontemporary\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\na research-paper, commentary, Montaignian essay, creative writing (poem, short story, dream-vision narrative, allegory, speculative fiction, alternate history, etc.), multimedia experiment,\u00a0audio, video, filmed performance, a made object<\/li>\n
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