Sorry that it took me a couple of days to scan the readings, but they are now online at the Readings page of the class site...Remember, we agreed that Leslie and Louis-Pierre would cover the Krauss and that Myungwon and Jose would cover the Menand.
Also recall that the Krauss was written 30 years ago about the way sculpture was changing to incorporate media and processes not ordinarily associated with it. When you read it, you might subconcisously slip in the word printmaking when ever you see sculpture. You may want to try to find analogies for the
Lastly, recall that Menand is writing about trends in higher education in general. He uses an art analogy on p. 112, but, for the most part, he is writing about the relations between a desire for academic expansiveness and a responsibility to perpetuate one's area of study into the next generation. Again, you need to focus what he says on what we're discussing.
So what's your job?
Each pair will summarize the article for the other pair, connecting it to the topic of the seminar. You may want to illustrate your summary with images that clarify the connections you draw.
In summarizing, you will pose and address questions about the articles. Your questions might run along the lines of Krauss observes specific other disciplines being annexed by sculpture, what other disciplines are being annexed by printmaking and how? or The "expanded field" of sculpture allows us to recognize some fetishes of sculpture practice that had been overlooked (the base, for instance) - what are the unexamined fetishes of our practices? or Menand's analysis of academic disciplines leans heavily on the role of outside certifying bodies to perpetual disciplinary traditions...do such things exist in our practice and how are they supported? or Do Menand's assumptions about the training of professors apply in our field of study?
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By summary, do you mean that we should prepare a presentation? Or just come prepared to talk in detail? Just want to be fully prepared.
Err to the side of over prepared - there are a number of specific works talk about in the article. Images may make clearer what take a lot of language to summarize. It needn't be a CAA panel, but aim to get across what Krauss discusses very clearly to someone who has not read the article.
It may amuse you to know that there is a fol tale about her - her writing has been described as being "as clear as if it were translated directly form German". That should give you a sens of how easy this article it to some....
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