“Marc Augé coined the term non-lieux [non-places] to describe specific kinds of spaces, chiefly architectural and technological, designed to be passed through or consumed rather than appropriated, and retaining little or no trace of our engagement with them. These spaces, principally associated with transit and communication, are for Augé the defining characteristics of the contemporary period he calls ‘supermodernity,’ the product and agent of a contemporary crisis in social relations and consequently in the construction of individual identities through such relations.”

5.1.13

Week 14--- 4/8

Reading #5 and Worksheet Due:

Final Cumulative Paper
Preparation Exercise #1

Spend this week charting your day to day life. Do not stray from your usual routine. It is imperative that  you carefully track what you do each day and how your spend your time.

Chart how many hours that you spend in Non-Places (be sure to count your transit to and from destinations).
Chart how many hours that you spend in Cyberspaces -- recreational, only surfing, gaming, shopping or using social media.
Chart how many hours that you spend in Cyberspace researching for school.
Chart how many hours that you spend on the phone (texting, facetime, skype, or talking).
Chart how many hours that you spend in Places.
Chart how many hours that you spend sleeping.

Also chart your money spent in that time frame. Separate this total into two amounts. Amount #1 is allocated to necessity, amount #2 is allocated to non-necessities.

Then:
1) Calculate your data and create a Pie Graph in Word that reveals these percentages totaled over one 5 day period (Tuesday-Saturday = 120hrs).
2) Calculate your spending data and create a Pie Graph in Word that reveals these percentages (you do not need to reveal the amount spent, only the percentage of that total amount spent on necessities vs non-necessities).

Your graphs are due next class meeting.
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