# Noam Chomsky/Reading group

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This is the first cycle of the reading group being organized which will help participants to get familiar with (some) works (texts, audio, video, 2nd literature,...) of Noam Chomsky.

### course plan

| phase | date | action | preparation | comment |
| 1 | 21.1. - ?.1. | - finalize this roadmap - identify more questions (see below) - invite people | | announce at WV: 1. colloquiumY Done 2. todo: editors of the Wikiversity resources (see below) |
| 2 | | kick-off meeting | - read wikipedia: Noam Chomsky - perhaps: already find some works of Chomsky you like (from Noam Chomsky/works) | clarify goals, questions, expectations |
| 3 | | | | |

### participants

1. You can either register an account (or edit anonymously, but then your IP is visible :-: 2. Feel free to add your experience level with Chomsky works, topics (level 1: beginner, level 3: expert)
* Erkan Yilmaz
** level 1: I have not read yet a complete text by Chomsky
** via a friend I got to know some of his ideas and that's why I'm interested
* Eihpossophie
** Level 1: I have read bits & pieces by Chomsky
** I'd be happy to participate for about a month and would be able to spend around 2 -3 hours a week.
* hughm
** Level 1: my knowledge is limited to the Wikipedia introduction on Chomsky
* chomsky_bot, the "official" mascot (see also: here)
** level 1
** but I'm an expert in constructing grammatically correct sentences (although obviously semantically incoherent)
* M. B., Jr.
** level 1: Now reading Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (in slow motion)
** stimulating a friend to get acquainted with Chomsky's ideas :-)
* Roberto Alfonso Salamanca D Granda
** Level 1: When I was in the University, I read about Chomsky papers in two classes, but Level 1 is good to start. I do not know what I have to do for get into this reading group and the dates and suggested readings.

### todos for kickoff-meeting

* verify requirements, e.g.:
** if interest in videos: can everybody play the videos (on youtube, commons)?
*** if not: download + convert + give them links
* chat protocols, outcomes (summaries, ...) can be made public? (for future learners)
** chat protocol: if someone doesn't want this: user lines will be removed + summarized ?
* todo: find more videos
** (I'll try to find them, but if someone wants to help out: feel free! and thanks)
* find out if someone has more experience with a specific Chomsky work (so we as group can benefit from this)
* feedback to Wikiversity:Colloquium#Noam Chomsky reading group
* see questions below

#### which day would be ok for the kick-off meeting?

So we do not lose time, it'd be great if you can fill in here already on which day we can meet for the kick-off (and discuss questions, ideas, ...)
    we'll add the specific date later (since this reading group was initiated on 21.1. I guess we can wait 1 week OR until we get 5 participants or so at least):
| participant | MO | TUE | WED | THU | FR | SA | SUN | media | comment |
| Erkan Yilmaz | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | irc, audio or video | my timezone is: UTC+1 preferred time (for all days): 7 AM to midnight (though I can also make other times work, I think the kick-off meeting won't be taking more than 20 mins, if you add your/some questions beforehand here) audio/video: if possible I don't want to use Skype, but other, opensource software instead (but depends on majority of course) |
| hughm | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | audio or video | my timezone is UTC; preferred time early morning or late evening; happy to use Ekiga for example |
| you? | | | | | | | | | |

### identifying questions (about course, reading group, ...)

expectations by interested persons:

#### time related

* when shall we start?
* length of this course?
** 4 weeks
** 8 weeks
** open end
* effort to spend?
** <2h per (week or every 2/3 weeks?)
** 2-4h
** I'm a hardcore Chomsky fan ;-)
* when shall we start? when we have X participants:
** X >= 4
** X >= 6

#### preferred media

* preferred communication media for meetings
** irc
** audio
** video
* I selected this Wikiversity page as starting point since my wiki can NOT be edited by everybody
** there can also be chosen another place, nothing is fix yet

#### topic

* which texts?
** ideally public ones
** language?
** make suggestions please
* .. or audio, videos?
* what do we want to achieve?
** participate in general discussion
** create summaries, reviews about Chomsky works, ideas
*** adding more info to existing
**** Wikiversity learning resources
**** add quotes to wikiquotes
**** transcribe some of the interviews (section audio) (of course needs first then: checking out copyright, permission)
**** create new WP articles
** check if Chomsky theories still apply? new trends?
** meeting Noam face-2-face and I need to be prepared
** I want to create a song, poem for Noam

#### study format

* watch video (and read additional infos about it) + discuss together ?
** see e.g. videos with/about Chomsky
** who knows, we could also update the Wikipedia pages
* no videos, just texts?
** and then group-wide discussion

#### other things

see Talk:Noam Chomsky/Reading group

### (public) works

please see Noam Chomsky/works

### see also

* perhaps in the style of Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War?
* Wikiversity: category: Reading groups
* Wikiversity: Mascot