Assignment:
The Poster Presentation highlights the humanities disciplines' appreciation of form reflecting content. The poster can make visible specific rhetorical moves, encouraging us to think not only about our ideas but also how we form our ideas. You'll be designing a Poster Presentation based on our readings in Module 1: Natural Imperfections & Human Longing. You may use the assigned and unassigned readings from your text, Being Human.
This assignment encourages students to practice and perform a variety of ways of thinking:
• think creatively about a text, concept, or unit (or several) by thinking of how to present it to others
• synthesize varied pieces of a complex concept or text
• articulate your thinking in new and self-authored ways
To complete this assignment successfully, you must:
• Reflect on the assigned concept, text, or unit, focusing on what you think are its most significant components.
• Think of a poster presentation style that represents how you make sense of this concept, text, or unit.
• Design and create this poster. Artistic ability is not required, but clarity of thought and relationships are important.
• Write a 400 to 500 word explication of your poster. You should interpret the poster for others, explaining the poster and all of its details, with specific attention to how it explains the concept, text. or unit.
• Give feedback to two classmates about their poster.
You have a few choices about how to design your poster for this assignment:
Fill in the Gap: Posters can effectively represent the common humanities move of offering a new way of thinking about a time period, text, idea, person, etc., often framed as filling in a gap in earlier explanations.