Mind, Body, and Spirit
During these three units, where did plenary take place?
Tyler Tallman Hall in the Sloan Music Center
During the last three units, where do we currently meet for plenary?
Hance Auditorium
The Moodle post for Children of the Men asked if the end of the movie appeared ___ or ___?
Hopeless or Hopeful
In Susan Schneider’s article, ___________________, she defines human as a mental capacity/intelligence that allows us to do and complete the “human” tasks of thinking and creating.
Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind
Which professor thinks we're all going to die in the next 30 years?
Dr.Robb
What famous French philosopher and historian wrote, “A body is docile that may be subjected, used, transformed and improved”?
Foucault
What is the framework that describes the ongoing effects of racism, colonialism, and historical processes of enslavement in the United States that affect the lived experience and embodied reality of African Americans?
Afro-pessimism
Herman Poole Blount was an American jazz composer, bandleader, pianist, synthesizer player, and poet. Was the inspiration for what Afrofuturist science fiction film released in 1974?
Sun Ra: Space is the Place
Ted Chiang's, The Lifecycle of Software Objects, explores the humanization of what imaginary software object?
Digients
What is Dr.Boyer's favorite thing in the world?
Obedience
In WE3 what is the name of the cybertronic dog?
Bandit
Who is the author of the Afrofuturist book, The Parable of the Sower?
Octavia E. Butler
What incident is the play “Blood at the Root” based on?
The Jena Six incident
Amy Kind's book, Philosophy of the Mind, discusses what three aspects of the human mind?
consciousness, thought, and emotion
Where and when was our Lord and Savior Dr.Boyer born?
Born in Argentina, 2009
What famous individual wrote, “Of Our Spiritual Strivings” and “The Sorrow Songs” in The Souls of Black Folk (1903)?
W. E. B. Du Bois
Who wrote the historical analysis, Maxwell Chambers and His Complicated Connections to Davidson College?
Hilary Green
American playwright Paula Vogel wrote what one-act play that tells the story of Polish writer Sholem Asch’s controversial 1906 play, The God of Vengeance?
Indecent
What is the philosophical and intellectual movement that advocates for the enhancement of the human condition using technologies that improve longevity, cognition, and well-being?
Transhumanism
How many degrees does Dr.Pyle have?
6
What part of James Baldwin, Go tell it on the mountain, did the Humes class read during the fall semester?
"The Threshing Floor"
What form of artistic anarchy mocked conventional art by emphasizing the illogical, irrational, and absurd?
Dadaism
What episode of Black Mirror features a nightmarish tale of evil robot dogs?
Metalhead
Out of the 7 forms of objectification, which refers to when the objectifier treats the subject as a tool of their purposes?
instrumentality
What is each Professors specialty?
Dr.Pyle- Franco Professor of Humanites, Assistant Proffessor of Music, eith expertise in Opera, Philosophy of the Voice, and African-American History.
Dr.Sample- Chair & Professor of Digital Studies
Dr.Boyer- Distinguished Teaching Proffessor in the Humanites and Director of the Humanities Program, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
Dr.Ewington- Chair & Professor of Russian Studies with expertise in Russian Literature, Russia, and the West, Eighteenth-Century Studies
Dr.Green- Professor of Theatre
Dr.Bory- Associate Professor of Dance
Dr.Robb- Professor of Philosophy
Dr.Wills- Chair & Professor of Religious Studies, specializing in the History of U.S. Religions, Sexuality, Gender, and Race and Religion.