11.164/11.497/17.391 Human Rights in Theory
Fall 2009
Instructor: Balakrishnan Rajagopal
TA: Deepak Lamba-Nieves
Lecture: W2-4 (9-451)
Announcements
Uploading Final Papers
Dear Students,
Please upload your final papers to the Stellar Site by the established due date. This way, there should be no problems with lost emails, etc. Final texts can be uploaded by clicking on the "Homework" link in the left side menu and following the instructions. Please upload your papers as a Word document and do not copy/paste into the content editor (in order to avoid formatting problems). If you have any questions, feel free to contact Deepak Lamba-Nieves (deepakln@mit.edu). Good luck with the writing.
Please upload your final papers to the Stellar Site by the established due date. This way, there should be no problems with lost emails, etc. Final texts can be uploaded by clicking on the "Homework" link in the left side menu and following the instructions. Please upload your papers as a Word document and do not copy/paste into the content editor (in order to avoid formatting problems). If you have any questions, feel free to contact Deepak Lamba-Nieves (deepakln@mit.edu). Good luck with the writing.
Announced on 10 December 2009 12:36 p.m. by Deepak Lamba-Nieves
Yes Men
Students - you may be
interested in this movie which is hilarious and has strong human
rights themes.
Dear Professor Rajagopal,
I'm writing to let you know that the Yes Men's new award-winning documentary film, The Yes Men Fix the World (www.theyesmenfixtheworld.com) , starts a 1-week run at the Coolidge Corner Movie House in Boston on Oct. 23: http://theyesmenfixtheworld.com/screenings.htm.
We´d love your students to come see the film! At festival screenings around the world young people have responded with lots of enthusiasm, and has sparked many dynamic debates and discussions on politics, economy, journalism, media literacy, performance art and free speech. The film can be a great way to bring your cours ework in Human Rights in Theory and Practice
alive.
The Good News: We can get your classes in with a group discount ($6,75 per ticket).
* Monday-Friday any screening (starting Oct.23 to Oct. 30)
* Groups of 5 or more
* Professors get in for free.
* Must contact Jesse Hassinger from Coolidge Corner Movie House in advance (contact Jesse Hassinger, mailto: jesse@coolidge.org, (617) 734-2501. Ext. 104)
We are also finishing up a teaching guide which you can use to guide lessons after the film screening, which will be available well before October.
We hope this sounds like a fun and enriching option for your fall coursework. We guarantee your students will learn a lot, or your money back! If you want to take it up directly with Coolidge Corner Movie House , please do: mailto: jesse@coolidge.org , (617) 734-2501. Ext. 104. Or let us know you're interested and we'll put you in touch.
Please let us know if you're coming, so that we can start planning which screenings to go to! Thanks and let me know if this sounds like something you think would fit with your curricula, and we hope to get a chance to introduce your students to the Yes Men!
Pedagogically yours,
Lola at The Yes Men
Dear Professor Rajagopal,
I'm writing to let you know that the Yes Men's new award-winning documentary film, The Yes Men Fix the World (www.theyesmenfixtheworld.com) , starts a 1-week run at the Coolidge Corner Movie House in Boston on Oct. 23: http://theyesmenfixtheworld.com/screenings.htm.
We´d love your students to come see the film! At festival screenings around the world young people have responded with lots of enthusiasm, and has sparked many dynamic debates and discussions on politics, economy, journalism, media literacy, performance art and free speech. The film can be a great way to bring your cours ework in Human Rights in Theory and Practice
alive.
The Good News: We can get your classes in with a group discount ($6,75 per ticket).
* Monday-Friday any screening (starting Oct.23 to Oct. 30)
* Groups of 5 or more
* Professors get in for free.
* Must contact Jesse Hassinger from Coolidge Corner Movie House in advance (contact Jesse Hassinger, mailto: jesse@coolidge.org, (617) 734-2501. Ext. 104)
We are also finishing up a teaching guide which you can use to guide lessons after the film screening, which will be available well before October.
We hope this sounds like a fun and enriching option for your fall coursework. We guarantee your students will learn a lot, or your money back! If you want to take it up directly with Coolidge Corner Movie House , please do: mailto: jesse@coolidge.org , (617) 734-2501. Ext. 104. Or let us know you're interested and we'll put you in touch.
Please let us know if you're coming, so that we can start planning which screenings to go to! Thanks and let me know if this sounds like something you think would fit with your curricula, and we hope to get a chance to introduce your students to the Yes Men!
Pedagogically yours,
Lola at The Yes Men
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD
www.theyesmenfixtheworld.com
"It shines with raw wit and originality." - Newsweek
"This is the year's top documentary film." - New Scientist
"Hilarious, therapeutic, inspiring. The Yes Men are geniuses." - Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine and No Logo
"Comedic vigilante justice... Media-savvy pie-to-the-face." - USA Today
"This movie is a hoot, and a pertinent one at that." - Hollywood Reporter
"One of the funniest movies I've ever seen, and two of the ballsiest guys I've ever met. Thank God for the Yes Men." - Morgan Spurlock, director of Supersize Me
"Funnier and more useful than Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno." - The Observer
Announced on 15 September 2009 4:31 p.m. by Balakrishnan Rajagopal
