Syllabus University of Texas El Paso Informing the Public: Immigration in the Digital Age A Study Abroad Experience in Italy

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1 Syllabus University of Texas El Paso Informing the Public: Immigration in the Digital Age A Study Abroad Experience in Italy Instructors: Dr. Ronald eber r. John De Course Description: A comparative study of how twenty-first century immigrant populations are adapting to new cultures and environments. The course will combine modern socio-historical research techniques with digital media to document, investigate and publicize the experiences of current refugees and immigrants. The goal is to inform students about a current global issue and to promote a greater awareness of the challenges facing immigrants and the countries that receive them. Students will develop a background knowledge of immigrant issues by an initial set of discussions and interviews investigating immigration in the El Paso region. Students will be able to consult with local academics and immigrant support agencies. This will be followed by a three week trip to Rome (ay 23 to June ) to study the history of immigration in Italy and the efforts currently underway in that country to develop humane solutions to immigrant needs. Instruction takes place amidst Rome s archaeological remains, important churches, museums, and social spaces to foster a comprehension of Rome's historical realities through a direct personal dialogue with the places and artefacts of Rome, our historical laboratory. Additionally students will have the opportunity to meet administrators and leaders in various Italian agencies and NGO s such as Germane Lavagan of Refugees elcome Italia, Hamdan Al-Zeqri, translator and teacher, and aria inuto of the Direzione Centrale per l immigrazione di ilano. By the end of the project students will have completed a multi-media presentation for display on the UTEP campus and in the public schools of El Paso. Course Rationale: Class objectives will be accomplished by on-site instruction with Rome as our historical laboratory. Rome offers students an opportunity to explore a world-class city that offers a unique set of circumstances in remarkable historical context. Through their research and experiences students

2 will encounter the historical layering that preserves the remembrance of human activity from ancient times to the present day. Roman heritage is a constant process of the coming and going of different human groups. Students will map human activity by identifying and photographing historical sites, developing a narrative of Rome's history through individual journal accounts. In the process, they will be working to develop projects that investigate the current state of demographic change, to analyze successes and failures, to digitally record their work, and to propose suggestions for continued work that will increase their knowledge of human cultural interaction. Our plan is to engage students in this research to develop long term educational products suitable for display and publication. Course Objectives: To complete this course, students will: 1. Increase their awareness of the historical and geographical spaces of an ancient city now functioning as a modern European tourist center. 2. Explain the connection between classical, medieval, renaissance and modern Rome. 3. Be prepared to engage and discuss various historical and artistic issues affecting how populations interact by studying on site in Rome. 4. Research and prepare an exhibit illustrating various aspects of the changing demographics of Italy. 5. Keep daily experience journals recording notes from lectures, photographs and personal observations on life in a non-english speaking country. 6. Experience the world of travel, crossing international borders, using public transportation and living in a foreign environment. 7. Gain knowledge, training & experience in video/multimedia preproduction, production and post production. Course Expectations: To complete the course with a high grade students should: 1 Complete all reading and homework assignments. 2 Come to class prepared to participate in all class discussions. 3 Bring a pen, notebook and the assigned reading to every class. 4 Type all assignments in accordance with the LS style sheet. 5 Know that all assignments are linked to class discussions, readings and videos. 6 Be prepared to present short historical reports on site in Rome. 7 Attend all meetings on site in Rome. 8 Complete the aymester preproduction tasks: a complete plotline, 1 st draft script, 1 st draft storyboard.

3 9 Complete the Summer I production: 2 nd draft script & 2 nd draft storyboard, film intro to script and testimonials, film B-roll and 10 pictures of monument. 10 Complete the Summer I post production: finalize voice overs for script, edit video & photos in lab. Class Schedule aculty reports Date Sites/Itinerary 4/11 Lecture: Immigration Issues 101 5:00 to 7:00 P Bloomberg Auditorium Dr. eber 5/15 Roman People pp. 1-35; ; Dr. Hyman T Immigration on the US/X border 5/16 Dr. eber 5/17 The Art of Renaissance Rome pp. 9-44; Dr. lores Th Interviewing Techniques 5/18 r. De 5/19 Research and media workshops for lesson plan development. Leave for Rome 5/22 5/23 Arrive Rome: Orientation SK how to read a church/ss mystery cults orum RS Grand T R Palatine R Colosseum RS Romanticism 5/24 Th 5/25 5/26 San Clemente, [Cosmas & Damian], Column of Trajan, Piazza Venezia (Optional walk to Trevi ountain at end) Evening: orum of Augustus Show orum and Palatine (Arch. Card) Cicero readings [Scott s student] Hardy, On the Palatine [Renee s student] James, from Roderick Hudson Colosseum, Baths of Caracalla (Arch. Card) [Prometheus Scott] from uller on Tourists [Renee s student] (options: St. Peter in Chains) Afternoon?

4 Pantheon SK Piazza Navonna SS Stoicism SK Campidoglio (ichelangelo); Aracoeli intro R and R Split Day R and RS (papal audience), SK, SS Revolution SK on Art SS or on Ovid/RS Lahari R and SK RS orksheets/readings R Keats Shelley House/Borghese RS/SK/SS Sa 5/27 Su 5/28 5/29 Tu 5/30 5/31 Th 6/1 6/2 Sa 6/3 Su 6/4 6/5 T 6/6 6/7 Th 6/8 Pantheon, Pza. Navona (Lunch between Pantheon and Navona) Crypto Balbi evening session open Campidoglio, Sta. aria in Aracoeli, Vittoriano (Capitoline useum) Byron, Childe Harold from arcus Aurelius (Scott s student) Epictetus (Scott s student) Pompeii eet Darius at 12:00 in Ostia Papal Audience or walking tour of onteverde neighborhood (revolutionary sites) Afternoon Open Villa Borghese 1:00 pm Scott s student on Caravaggio? Reading from Ovid s etamorphoses Lahari s The etamorphosis? St. Peter s basilica and Vatican useum 7:00 pm Keats-Shelley, Protestant Cemetery evening meeting [Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn, Shelley, Adonais ] Renee s student readings possible open evening State Holiday Roman House orning and early afternoon open: eet San Egidio 5:30 set Tour of Jewish Ghetto and Synagogue Leave Rome for lorence eeting with Hamden Al-Zeqri

5 6/9 S 6/10 S 6/11 6/12 T 6/13 6/14 to 16 Explore lorence / Summer I Begins Leave lorence for ilan Explore ilan Possible meeting with Lindenberg. eet aria Cristina inuto & Germana Lavagna Leave ilan for Home Reorientation back home / No meetings 6/19 inish Project Research 6/20 inish Project Research 6/21 inish Project Research 6/22 inish Project Research 6/23 inish Project Research 6/26 Individual Consultations with aculty 6/27 Individual Consultations with aculty 6/28 Individual Consultations with aculty 6/20 Individual Consultations with aculty 6/30 Individual Consultations with aculty 7/3 inal Project Construction

6 7/4 Holiday 7/5 inal Project Construction 7/6 inal Project Construction 7/7 End of Summer I / Projects Due