Quentin's Weeknotes 12/13/20-12/19/20

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This Week:

I finished reading Robert Jackson Bennett’s first novel “Mr. Shivers”, a dark, violent tale of vengeance and magic, set against the backdrop of the devastation of the Great Depression. The prose was rich and gorgeous, even when it was used to highlight cruel violence.
I also finished reading Knights Vs. Dinosaurs by Matthew Phelan, with my son. It really is what it says on the package, but was welll writen, and has good lessons in it about teamwork, gender, and subtle heroism.
Our students in MUST250: Collectors and Collecting took their final exam, and we’re currently grading a few outstanding assignments. The class was much more scattered this year, due to the complications of distance learning, especially for a class about materiality, but we made it work and I hope the students enjoyed it and got something out of it.
I worked on program planning for Hartwick’s J-term, which the Campus Activities Board is really trying to both ramp up, and align with Hartwick’s new Flightpath course structure. We’ve got some good stuff coming at the Museum!