09-15-23_HostileTerrainAssignment

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Oct 30, 2023

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Directions for Today’s Group Project: A Modified Version of Jason De Leon’s Hostile Terrain ’94 Exhibition 1. Organize yourselves into your study groups (which should be the rows you’ve been sitting in, approximately). If you don’t know which group you’re in, consult Canvas/People/Study Groups. Students who added in late are in Group 33 and should meet in front of the podium. 2. Each group will receive 1-2 manila envelopes. Inside each envelope you’ll find a series of tags that contain personal information and coordinates in longitude and latitude. You might find some additional information as well, such as a grid number and a list of the tags in the envelope. (You can ignore the grid number because we’re using Google Earth instead of De Leon’s map.) 3. Designate 1-2 people per group to be the recorder for your group. That person should have access to a laptop. 4. Open your laptops to this link: https://earth.google.com/earth/d/1sPyDNrmHSXKT_5KcY- v2BILR_QpdQsN4?usp=sharing a. This link is also available through Modules under today’s date so you can click on it. 5. Pull out your first tag. Read the tag. a. Find the longitude and latitude listed on the tag. b. Look at the map and its terrain. What do you see? c. In Google Earth, click on JMU FA23 Anth 195 Land Of Open Graves_Hostile Terrain 94. d. A drop-down should appear that says U.S.-Mexico Border Region. Click on that. e. Go up to the blue bar above that says New Feature. Click on it. A drop-down will appear that includes Add Placemark. f. Click on Add Placemark. A cross that says Select a Location will appear. Now you can scroll in and out to get closer to the area we’re observing. In the lower right you’ll see the longitude and latitude. g. Try to get as close as you can to the longitude and latitude on your tag. A cross will appear that says Select a Location. When you’ve found the longitude and latitude you want, click on it.

h. When you’ve clicked on the point you want, a screen that says Untitled Placemark will appear. Enter the name on the tag. If you scroll down you can adjust the latitude and longitude to be more precise. i. Go back and repeat this process for each of your tags. 6. Discuss your findings with your group. a. What did you actually mark? b. How does it appear in space? c. What does the tag say? d. What kinds of individual characteristics and features does it use? How does it describe people? e. What kinds of events does it describe? f. Does it describe any kind of necropolitics? g. Does the Hybrid Collectif (described in your text) appear? h. How does it make you feel? i. Submit a brief 1 paragraph summary of your responses to this project as a group. (You can hand-write this or submit it online through assignments later.)

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