Can you think about a particular cultural product that is centered around a disaster? Which one?
Why is disaster relevant to the cultural product? What does it help to communicate?
Are you able to identify a specific language (including visual) used to articulate the disaster? How would you describe it?
What does the cultural product, through the disaster, articulate about the U.S. as a nation and about Americans?
Remember the following when getting ready to do your freewriting exercise:
- Do the freewriting on a notebook or on your computer (as a Word document or using a notes app, for example). Nonetheless, keep your freewriting
separate from other note-taking; this way you'll have a specific place where you think about the course. - Set a timer for ten (10) minutes. That way, you don't have to stop your writing to check for the time. You can find one here: http:/Avww.online-
timers.com/ - Write without constraints. Do not ignore questions or moments of uncertainty: write these down. While you are writing, do not edit your thoughts.
Likewise, do not stop to go back and read what you wrote. - Do not stop writing. Select a moment when you can write for 10 minutes without interruptions. Use your freewriting notebook as a way to support
your concentration.
1.Were you able to freewrite for ten (10) minutes about disasters in U.S. culture? Was this freewriting experience difficult? Why?
2.what culture product did you decide to write about ? Why?
3.How would you describe the language of disaster (including visual) employed in the cultural product? What elements does the articulation of disaster
emphasize the most? Why?
4.what questions did the free writing spark?
- What ideas or topics would you like to explore further ? Why ?
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