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Ideas in Antiquity--Leadership in the Ancient World: From Telemachus to T'ChallaMain MenuWeek One: IntroductionIntroduction to the study of leadershipWeek Two: MentorshipWeek Three: Mentorship ContinuedWeek Four: Anti-mentorshipWeek Five: EducationWeek Six: Education ContinuedWeek Seven: OutrageWeek Eight: Outrage ContinuedWeek Nine: Outrage, Activism, Idealism, and Modern LeadershipWeek Ten: Naked AmbitionWeek Eleven: Outrage, Activism, Idealism, and the Modern World ContinuedWeek Thirteen: Mentorship in the Modern WorldWeek Fourteen: ConclusionGradingNorman Sandridgeaede92262dbe9a4752784e60e5be78fe98ea4424
Week Twelve: Searching for a place for outrage in the contemporary world
12019-01-15T01:41:02-08:00Norman Sandridgeaede92262dbe9a4752784e60e5be78fe98ea4424326352plain2019-01-15T02:07:51-08:00Norman Sandridgeaede92262dbe9a4752784e60e5be78fe98ea4424This week we will explore leadership in the most improbable of places, Hannah Gadsby's Nanette, a one-hour NetFlix comedy special in which Gadsby wonders whether comedy is the best medium for delivering the messages that people need to hear.
Session One
Assignment: Watch Hannah Gadsby's "Nanette" on NetFlix and answer the following questions. 1. In what ways might you not expect stand-up comedy to be a kind of leadership? In what ways can stand-up comedy be seen as leadership? 2. What are the three most important lessons you feel that Gadsby is trying to teach in her routine? 3. Based on her own account what do you feel like it took for Gadsby to develop her ability to speak out in a more effective way? Focus both on Gadsby's own personal growth and any experiences you feel were relevant to that growth.
Session Two
Assignment: Re-watch Gadsby's Nanette so that you are even more familiar with it. 1. What parts of her routine do you find most moving/compelling? What specific lines? 2. In what ways could Telemachus, Lysistrata, Ida B. Wells, Ned Weeks/Larry Kramer, and Hannah Gadsby described as "outspoken"? 3. Are there good and bad ways for a leader to be outspoken? Explain. 4. Of these leaders who do you think is most effective in their style of speaking? Explain your answer. 5. To what extent does Hannah Gadsby seem to have philanthropia, philomatheia, and philotimialike Cyrus?