Thank you all again for an extremely engaging Monday night class! A special thanks to our facilitator Nelson for the excellent work! As you dig into the readings for Week 7, you may notice the distance from Week 6 is not very far – the politics of memory, the shadow of history, and the ways that different disciplines conduct research and share their findings are all themes we will explore in different contexts this week (you might also notice some repeated example projects from prior weeks, that I hope we will be able to connect fruitfully with the projects from this week in our discussion). Make sure to take note of Martin’s addition and subtraction to our reading ahead of class.

As the days keep flying by, we will soon be at our To Be Decided classes, so please add any suggestions for possible topics to this list, which will be open until March 24. We can vote, discuss, and decide on the topics during class on March 25.

We have entered a season of many religious holidays, and while I’ve tried to do my best to plan around them, if this course interferes with any of your observances in any way, please let me know so we can make a suitable accommodation.* As always, please eat and drink whatever works best for you during our class, especially if the time you would normally break your fast occurs during our class time.

*To be clear: any accommodation you need is suitable! This is the law, CUNY’s policy, and the bare minimum I can do as a professor. I’m only asking you to inform me so I know, not so you can get my permission, which you do not need (even if I offer it preemptively anyway).