MEDIA-TECHNOLOGY-HEALTH & HAPPINESS: Lectures-Screenings-Project Site Links
READINGS & SCREENINGS (week-week) Lect/Project Links Assignments
JS 300 MEDIA-TECHNOLOGY-HEALTH-HAPPINESS Syllabus
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WEEK#15- FINAL Readings & Screenings:
►THE WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT 2020 - CITIES + ENVIRONMENT
►THE WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT 2021 - COVID-19
►Short SCREENING: LIVING PAST 100 years old (16min)
WEEK#14- Readings & Screenings:
►Short READ: Brunn-Zakrzewski EDUCATION and HAPPINESS (The Greater Good Science Center, Berkeley California)
►Short READ:TEN FILMS That Emphasize A Better Humanity
►Short SCREENING: Shawn Anchor: SCHOOLS: The Happiness Advantage (12min)
►Short SCREENING: The BLUE ZONES (60min Australia 16min)
►Short SCREENING: :Richard Layard, CAN WE BE HAPPIER (4min)
►Short SCREENING: ASMR and Mental Health (BBC 3min)
WEEK#12- Readings & Screenings:
LONGER READ:Scott Kaufman, TRANSCENDENCE, Intro & CHAPTERS 1, 2 & 4
►Short CREENING: Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman (NeuroLeadership 18min)
►Ethan Hawke GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO BE CREATIVE (TED TALK 2020)
WEEK#11- Readings & Screenings:
►HAPPINESS, NATURE, CREATIVITY, and the HYBRID MIND
READING: Richard Louv, THE NATURE PRINCIPLE, Intro & CHAPTERS 1, 2 & 5
►SHORT READ:DESIGN AWARD: PINK SEESAWS at US-MEXICO WALL (BBC)
►SHORT READ: HOW to restore your sense of control when you feel powerless (David Robson)
►SCREENING: The CREATIVE BRAIN (on Netflix 52min; Dir. by Jennifer Beamish/Toby Trackman Book by David Eagleman)
►FLYwoman - Where I Belong (Chris Hill Outbound Collective)
►24 Leeches (KuOW)
►Cow Hugging (BBC Reel)
►Short CREENING: SURF THERAPY (BBC)
►Short SCREENING: SKATE BOARDING 4000 km: Creative or Crazy? (BBC 3 min)
WEEK#10- Readings & Screenings:
►Conceptions of HAPPINESS Across Cultures
Reading:The Geography of Bliss, CHAPTERS 7-10
►Why SINGING Can make you feel Happier (and is good for you) BBC (Sarah Keating)
SCREENINGS
►SCREENING: The GREAT VACATION SQUEEZE IN AMERICA (Dir John DeGraaf)
WEEK#9- Readings & Screenings:
►Conceptions of HAPPINESS Across Cultures
Reading:The Geography of Bliss, CHAPTERS 2-6 - Switzerland-Bhutan-Qatar-Iceland-Moldova
►SCREENING-1: ICELANDIC WELL-BEING (BBC Reel)
►SCREENING-2: FINLAND & DENMARK (CNBC)
►SCREENING-3:The FRESH AIR LIFE- Nature ( Friluftsliv) (BBC Reel)
WEEK#8- Readings & Screenings:
►Conceptions of HAPPINESS Across Cultures
Reading:The Geography of Bliss, INTRO + CHAPTERS 1&2
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WEEK#6- Readings & Screenings:
►The FUTURE(S) of HEALTH and HUMANITY: BIONICS, BIOHACKING, and "BIOLOGY"
SCREENINGS
►SCREENING: BIONIC PROSTHETICS (THE GUARDIAN)
►SCREENING: MEET the BIOHACKERs (BBC)
►SCREENING: MY LEG IS A HOTSPOT NETWORK (Wired)
►AGE REVERSAL-BIOHACKING-PHONE FITNESS
►Reading: FUTURE OF FITNESS via Apple(Outside Magazine)
SCREENINGS
►SCREENING-1: HUMAN NATURE? (Netflix LINK)
►SCREENING-2: CAN WE HACK AGEING and our IMMUNE SYSTEMS? (BBC Reel)
►SCREENING-3: THE PRICE OF YOUTH SPORTS (HBO)
WEEK#5 - Readings & Screenings:
►FITNESS-EXERCISE-HEALTH
►Reading: HOW CYCLING CAN SAVE THE WORLD (Peter Walker)
►Reading: BORN to WALK (Dan Rubenstein)
Short Reads/Article (3min-per)
►Reading: WORLD-WIDE RESEARCH on STEPS WALKED (James Gallagher, BBC)
►Reading: GLOBAL Lack of Exercise (Alex Therrien, BBC)
►Reading: How Amsterdam is Reducing Child Obesity (Dominic Hurst, BBC)
►Reading: Healthiest Hearts in the World (James Gallagher, BBC)
SCREENINGS
►SCREENING-1: The GAME CHANGERS (Dir. Louie Psihoyos, Netflix)
WEEK#4 - Readings & Screenings:
►FOOD as MEDICINE
►Michael Pollan - Food and Health
►Reading: UnHappy Meals (Michael Pollan, NYTimes Magazine)
►SCREENING-1: In DEFENSE OF FOOD (Kanopy SMC Library Video Streaming)
►SCREENING-2: UNBROKEN GROUND: REVOLUTIONS START AT THE BOTTOM (Patagonia - YouTube)
WEEK#3 - Readings & Screenings:
►Ray Moynihan & Alan Casels, SELLING SICKNESS
►Readings-1: One | Two | Three
►SCREENING-1: Selling Sickness Documentary (DocuSeek SMC Library Video Streaming)
►Alt Link: Selling Sickness Documentary (Vimeo OnDemand)
►SCREENING-2: The Antibiotic Hunters (DocuSeek SMC Library Video Streaming)
►SCRENING GUIDE: The Antibiotic Hunters
►Reading2 :COVID19 VACCINE: Inside the Fastest Vaccine Ever Developed (Gannett)
►Reading3: AMAZON Enters the Healthcare Industries
WEEK#1/2 - Readings & Screenings:
►James Nestor, BREATH
►SCREENING: James Nestor Keynote Float
►Wim Hof - Breathing & Background
►Screening: VICE episode on Wim Hoff: Breathing-Cold-Health
►Screening: Breathe to Heal Max Strom
►Basic Breathing Techniques to Reduce Stress and Anxiety (DrJo)
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►LECT/Discussion: HAPPINESS and WELLBEING through NATURE & CREATIVITY
►LECT/Discussion: HAPPINESS-3 - THAILAND, GREAT BRITAIN, USA
►LECT/Discussion: HAPPINESS-2 Iceland-Bhutan-Qatar
►LECT/Discussion: HAPPINESS-1 The Geography of Bliss + Survey Monkey
►LECT/Discussion: FINAL RESEARCH PROJECT GUIDELINES
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►LECT/Discussion: BREATHE FOR LIFE: Nestor, Hof, TECH APNEA, POSTURE...
►LECT/Discussion: SELLING SICKNESS- PhotoFindings - ANTIBIOTIC HUNTERS: Moynihan and Cassels
►LECT/Discussion: FOOD SYSTEMS, HEALTH, and CULTURE - What, When, and HOW we EAT
►LECT/Discussion: AMERICAN FITNESS FAILURE? Disconnections in our systems of exercise and health...
►LECT/Discussion: THE FUTURE(S) of HEALTH AND HUMANITY: BIONICS, BIOHACKING & EPISTEMIC SECURITY
DATA-SURVEYS-ANALYSIS
►SMC Streaming Video Resources/Links: Kanopy-Docuseek-others (You will need to login with SMC-ID)
Write-ups Assignment#1: Email these to Prof Hyde by THURS. Jan 28 10am
Q1How would you characterize yourself in terms of overall health?
►What types of things do you do regularly which contribute or detract from your overall health?
Q2How would you characterize yourself in terms of overall happiness?
►What types of things do you do regularly which contribute or detract from your overall happiness?
Q3How would you characterize yourself in terms of your overall digital well-being?
►What types of things do you do regularly which contribute or detract from your overall digital well-being?
Q4How would you characterize the overall health and happiness of the community in which you live (and call "home")?
►What are some of the factors which contribute or detract from your community's health and happiness?
Write-ups Assignment#2: Email these to Prof Hyde by Tues. FEB 2ND 10am
What are Nestor's arguements regarding each of the following:
►Overall: From Intro
►Mouthbreathing
►Nose breathing
►Exhaling
►Slow
►What ADDITIONAL findings does Nestor describe in his Keynote Presentaion at the FLOAT Conference?
Who is Wim Hof and what are his ideas related to each of the following:
Cold water
Breathing
Health
After watching and attempting each of the breathing exercises from Max Strom and DrJo, what were your experiences related to your own breathing?
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