Indian Epics - An Anthropologist's Perspective: Week 8

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Sunday, October 18, 2015

Tech Tip: Embedding Soundcloud Audio into your Tumblr Page - With Pictures! (Week 8)

Hello all. Today we are going to learn how to insert, or embed, a sound clip from Soundcloud onto one of your tumblr pages.

1. Find a song you want to have on your webpage.

2. Click share, underneath the song and then click embed. Copy the code under "Code & Preview"

3. Go to the tumblr blog. Click edit theme in the upper right corner.

4. Scroll to the page you want to upload the sound clip to and click on it. Once there click on <html> on the left side.

5. Once in <html> mode, paste the code you copied earlier at the beginning or end or the <html> codes. *Shown as pasted in the beginning here.

6. Click save and you are done. You sound clip should now be at the beginning or end of your page.

Review Week 8

I chose to write about the course announcement posted on October 17. I am posting from a lovile phone that will not allow me to post a photo. I will add one later. I decided on this post because the cover made me really interested in reading this! I perhaps wil add it to my reading list this semester! Krishna's character is very interesting to read about.

Source: http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/2015/10/saturday-october-17.html?m=

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Tentative Reading Plan

Hindu Legends Comic

Reading Options

I would like to do another reading about Ramayana. I like the look of Dharma’s Ramayana and I think it might help solidify my understanding of the novel. If I do the Dharma option it could last up to four weeks!

I would also in the future like to explore Hindu Legends. I think exploring this option would give me a better overview of the culture and might help with my storybook option.

Lastly, I would like to read at least one contemporary version of Indian Epics. It would be great to get another perspective. Especially if that perspective is more understandable to me through a modern retelling!

Reflections: Looking Forward

Looking forward I am excited about this semester. On a personal note, with my capstone out of the way and I am attending my conference for Plains anthropology this weekend. I will now finally have the time to move forward on this class and hopefully get it finished early so I can focus on other classes!

Writing: I am looking forward to writing more Karma stories for my storybook --> Karma Tells All

I am not quite sure where this storybook project will be going, but I am confident that in the end I will have a well written and awesome storybook project. I am also excited to explore more versions of indian epics of more stories all together. I can’t wait to incorporate them into my writing. I have gotten a lot of ideas from other peoples storybook projects about how I might be able to give my storybook a flair. For one, I am thinking about adding music to my pages to help set the mood for stories. I like when people add music into their writing and I think it is a creative idea.

Hold On!

Reading: For the future, I am excited to read more of the indian epics and I am really looking forward to reading some of my classmates storybooks this semester. From what I can tell they are all coming along swimmingly.

Interactions: Online so far has been great and in the future I do not anticipate it being a problem at all. I am going to continue learning more about fellow classmates and try to keep my head above water.

Time: In the future I will probably continue my current method of doing this class. Completing one project assignment at a time. In the end this method works best for me and for other students it may be entirely different.

Location: In the future I will continue to study most likely in my home. I have a tough time studying in crowded places, so home and other quite places work best for me and I haven’t had a problem so far, so I will most likely continue working from home.

Reflections: Looking Back

The first half of this semester has flown by with rapid pace and I am excited that it is coming to an end. This semester has been one of the most difficult for me, but I am so close to graduating that I cannot help but push through.

Writing: Indian Epics has not only been a pleasure to read, but a therapeutic getaway retreat from my other super boring classes. The half of the semester I have been really excited for some of my favorite stories I have ever written (see below). In this class I feel like I am free to create and imagine up anything I can think. I have been inspired by the stories we have read and by the stories of other students. I think one of the greatest things about this class is the ability to interact with other students without having to feel like you are critiquing them too hard. This class puts everyone onto an equal playing field.

Here is a short list of some of my favorite writings this semester:

James the Unfortunate Sewer Creature - Storytelling Week 2
No Title - Storytelling Week 3 Where I was able to write about archaeology!

Reading: My favorite readings so far have been on the Ramayana. I love the characters of the story and the overall plot. It was easy to follow and was a great story. I think the character Rama made a really big impression on me as well as Bhima from the Mahabharata. These characters play really strong roles in their stories and it seems like no matter what happened to them they would be back on their feet and helping their families! Throughout the class I have learned that 1. I procrastinate like no-ones business. and 2. that I enjoy reading. It has been a long time since I was able to sit down and just read without being hypercritical of the contextualization of an article or other reading material. I love mythology and reading stories!

Interactions: This class has been wonderful working with my time. As a student who is both full time and working part-time (30 hours) I am very happy that I have the opportunity to take online classes to help free up time during the day. I think I am doing pretty good in this class. I get all of the requirements done before they are due, but I know I could do better. I am hoping the second part of the semester I am able to work ahead.

Image Information: Me All The Time

Time: I do not have a scheduled time to work on this course. I mainly do it at night, but I sometimes work on it in the mornings if something is due by noon that day. I almost never work on it during the “normal” 8-5pm hours. I also don’t not set chunks of time aside. I will normally do this course one requirement at a time and I find that it is manageable for me. Reading A will be done Sunday, reading B Monday and so on. This structuring of time is more like a 5 day a week class, but I structure it to be a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday class. I find I am normally to busy on Thursday or Friday to do this online course. My schedule however is irregular and almost never consistent. My main goal is to get work done before it is due, and in this I have succeeded.

Location: study at home. It is where I am most comfortable. I can also do it at Starbucks, but I prefer home.