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The Honors College at FIU
AMONG THE THUGS PROJECT General Description In Among the Thugs, a Manchester United supporter tells Buford the following: “The violence,” he said. “We’ve all got it in us. It just needs a cause. It needs an acceptable way of coming out. And it doesn’t matter what it is. But something. It’s almost an excuse. But it’s got to come out. Everyone’s got it in them.” (116) Among the Thugs is not a book about football. It is a book about violence, human nature, and how those two elements relate to community. It is particularly about crowd violence, and the group dynamics involved. Are humans instinctively drawn to communities? Is human nature violent? Do communities necessarily lead to violence? Bill Buford immerses himself into the English hooligan world to try to understand what drives young men to fight, maim, and kill each other with no understandable objective. Although mostly repulsed by the violence, Buford also writes the following passage: “I am attracted to the moment when consciousness ceases: the moments of survival, of animal intensity, of violence, when there is no multiplicity, no potential for different levels of thought: there is only one-the present in its absoluteness.” (205) For this project, students must consider the following questions:
Please demonstrate a thorough understanding of the book. Format The format of this project must a time-based media: PowerPoint, iMovie, video, film or other media. You may appropriate existing images, but they must be altered in some manner. For example, you may edit the work heavily or distort it in some manner.
Students will work in groups of 3-5 for this project. Each student group will produce one video/slideshow for presentation to the class. It must be 5 minutes duration or less.
You must also provide a brief written description of your project. Explain why you did what you did and how it realtes to the the questions listed above. Descriptions must be submitted to turnitin.com Citations Similar to a research paper, all sources must be cited for a film project. If you uitlize an exisiting film for inspiration or incorporate clips or pictures from someone else, you must cite those sources in your film credits. Failure to do so is plagiarism. Grading Criteria Originality of content Media Equipment All current FIU students can loan media equipment from University Technology Services. UTS is located on the ground floor of the Green Library. Watch film projects made by students of The Honors College at FIU:
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