i teach

[lobelia321]

I lectured on Saussure's blob diagram, Ogden's triangle of signification and Peirce's icon/index/symbol. I drew diagrams all over the board and *colour-coded* them, too. In the seminar, the students got carried away and talked about psychology, philosophy and God.

A great success.

Film lecture less good. But oh well. The clips were fun. I showed: Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Bicycle Thieves, His Girl Friday, Rashomon, Strike (by Eisenstein), Triumph of the Will and Pierrot le fou.

*falls into bed exhausted*

Comments

[thamiris.livejournal.com]

Congrats, hon! It sounds awesome. Anyone who can engage students when talking theory deserves a medal--not that I don't love theory, but it's a bitch to teach.

Re: i teach

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Heh. Maybe it's the different fields we're in. I'm art history which is usually (in our traditional dept, anyway) very hands-on and formalist. So I love teaching theory because it's so different to what the kiddies normally do. Also I'm such a semio-slut. I could bore on about indices and paradigmatic axes all day.

And also, *wow*. This is my first Thamiris comment in my onw LJ, liek, evah! omg wtf 111!! kewl

*falls over*

*plans more semio-seductions to lure commentrixes into threads of doom*

[msilverstar]

Yay! First hurdle over with.

(next week, when are we meeting? I have lots more time than I thought, basically most days except Wednesday)

Re: i teach

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Am sending you my mobile via email!

[fragilebroken.livejournal.com]

Wonderful!

And I had to comment -- your icon is beautiful.

Re: i teach

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! First Kajol comment! Yes, sadly my quest for Bollywood-slash remains unfulfilled. But undaunted I forge on through the google-woods.

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[fragilebroken.livejournal.com]

You've fallen for Bollywood also? I've started watching 'Namaste America' which is just too much fun for me to watch. I miss my old workplace because I had two co-workers (one from Pakistan, the other from India) who used to come to my office all the time, sharing movie titles and passing music along to me. I used to be up on what was going on in Bollywood.

I'm on a quest to find somewhere around here that shows Indian movies. I'm sure there is such a place, given the divevrse area that I'm living in.

I will add that one of my current favorite songs is 'Tumse Milna' from 'Tere Naam' (which is a romancey romance, but Bollywood all the same).

And though I will say that a lot of their movies focus on (het) romances, there are a lot of slashy moments. Oh... and the dancing! ;)

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[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Meep, a fellow fan!

Meeeep!!

That is, a fellow fan who also moveth in the slashoid circles and not only in the Asian-fan circles.

Meep again!

I *have* found *one* slashy pic of Salman/Hrithik but I can't upload at the moment nor post anything long (techie probs).

I fell in lust with Bollywood about 3 months before I discovered slash. It's the only thing that keeps me tethered to the world of het.

Re: i teach

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

And I am an abject lover of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. And am at this very moment (virtually literally) watching Mother India on video: see, I'm so in lust, I've even branched backwards into the *classics*.

*falls over*