PUNK AND THE MAKING OF SELF
ITHACA COLLEGE
ITHACA SEMINAR
HONORS PROGRAM
THE AUTUMN OF 2016
Assignments:
Unit 1: Who We Are and Why We Listen
Zine Page 1 - Personal Syllabus [3 pts.] - DUE AUG. 26 (.pdf)
Zine Page 2 - Why Listen to Noise [3 pts.] - DUE AUG. 29 (.pdf)
Zine Page 3 - Cause and Effect [5 pts.] - DUE AUG. 31 (.pdf)
Zine Page 4 - Classmate Interview [3 pts.] - DUE SEP. 2 (.pdf)
Unit 2: Subcultures Before and Within Punk
Zine Page 5 - Live Music [3 pts.] - DUE SEP. 9 (.pdf)
Zine Page 6 - Social Groupings [5 pts.] - DUE SEP. 14 (.pdf)
Zine Page 7 - 1970s Interview [3 pts.] - DUE SEP. 19 (.pdf)
Project 1 - Subculture Presentation [5 pts.] - DUE SEP. 21 (.pdf)
Unit 3: Actual Punk History and Methods
Zine Page 8 - UK Punk Act Brief [3 pts.] - DUE SEP. 30 (.pdf)
Zine Page 9 - US Punk Act Brief [3 pts.] - DUE OCT. 7 (.pdf)
Zine Page 10 - Art That Détourns [3 pts.] - DUE OCT. 12 (.pdf)
Unit 4: Getting Creative
Project 2 - Midterm Essay [10 pts.] - DUE OCT. 19 (.pdf)
Zine Page 11 - Song Ideas [3 pts.] - DUE OCT. 24 (.pdf)
Zine Page 12 - Songs [3 pts.] - DUE OCT. 31 (.pdf)
Zine Page 13 - Review [5 pts.] - DUE NOV. 7 (.pdf)
Unit 5: Punk Beyond Punk
Zine Page 14 - Getting Weird [3 pts.] - DUE NOV. 11 (.pdf)
Zine Page 15 - Dérive Narrative [3 pts.] - DUE NOV. 14 (.pdf)
Zine Page 16 - Redesign College [3 pts.] - DUE NOV. 18 (.pdf)
Zine Page 17 - Goals and Steps [3 pts.] - DUE DEC. 5 (.pdf)
Zine Page 18 - Portfolio [3 pts.] - DUE DEC. 7 (.pdf)
Project 3 - Final [15 pts.] - DUE DEC. 16 (.pdf)
Readings:
Unit 1: Who We Are and Why We Listen
Williams - "Everyone Needs an Anthem" - DUE AUG. 26 (.pdf)
Rollins - Selected Fragments - DUE AUG. 29 (.pdf)
Unit 2: Subcultures Before and Within Punk
Hanna - Riot Grrrl Manifesto - DUE SEP. 7 (.pdf)
Marcus - "I Was Going To Be One of Them" - DUE SEP. 7 (.pdf)
Excerpts from The Riot Grrrl Collection - DUE SEP. 9 (.pdf)
Hanna - "On Not Playing Dead" - DUE SEP. 9 (.pdf)
Wald - "Just a Girl" Excerpts - DUE SEP. 12 (.pdf)
Jones - "Cute, Real Cute" Excerpts - DUE SEP. 12 (.pdf)
Wolf - Teenage - DUE SEP. 14 (.pdf)
Goffman - "Wild in the Streets The Youth Counterculture, 1968-1972" - DUE SEP. 16 (.pdf)
Unit 3: Actual Punk History and Methods
Thompson - "The English Scene" - DUE SEP. 26 (.pdf)
Savage - England’s Dreaming Excerpt - DUE SEP. 28 (.pdf)
Thompson - "The New York Scene" - DUE OCT. 3 (.pdf)
McNeil & McCain - Kill Me Now Excerpt - DUE OCT. 3 (.pdf)
Thompson - "California and Washington DC" - DUE OCT. 5 (.pdf)
Kuhn - Sober Living for the Revolution Excerpts - DUE OCT. 5 (.pdf)
Reynolds - Rip It Up And Start Again Excerpts - DUE OCT. 7 (.pdf)
Hebdige - Subculture Excerpt - DUE OCT. 10 (.pdf)
Debord & Wolman - "A User’s Guide to Détournement" - DUE OCT. 10 (.pdf)
Unit 4: Getting Creative
Moodysson - We Are the Best! - DUE OCT. 26 (.pdf)
Debord - "Theory of the Dérive" - DUE NOV. 11 (.pdf)
Unit 5: Punk Beyond Punk
Delbanco - College - DUE NOV. 14 (.pdf)
Furness - Punkademics Excerpt - DUE NOV. 16 (.pdf)
Lanier - "The Noosphere" - DUE NOV. 18 (.pdf)
Horning - "Google Alert for the Soul" - DUE NOV. 18 (.pdf)
Douglas - "The Only Black Guy at the Indie Rock Show" - DUE NOV. 28 (.pdf)
Carr - "Leader of the Black Parade" - DUE NOV. 30 (.pdf)
Roderick - "Punk Rock Is Bullshit" - DUE DEC. 2 (.pdf)
Tron - "I Was a Suspected School Shooter" - DUE DEC. 5 (.pdf)
Bornstein - Hello Cruel World Excerpts - DUE DEC. 5 (.pdf)