“Ain't nothing wrong with my aim, just gotta change the target” 

Jay-Z

Knowledge of self is priceless, but recognizing personal value is lucrative. In this age of surveillance, you can best affect the trajectory of any experience, when you go with the flow (go figure).  We will practice applying a deepening knowledge of self and the recognition of our own personal value as tools used to pivot in problem-solving, ahem, strategic ways.

Note: Each theme for COUNTER SURVEILLANCE  suggests 5 actions. Order them, as you please, or create a STRATEGY-related action from scratch. If you select the latter, please feel free to share it HERE.

1. pick one from column A and one from column B

2. pick one from column A and one from column B

3. pick one from column A and one from column B

4. pick one from column A and one from column B

5. pick one from column A and one from column B

Each theme of COUNTER SURVEILLANCE includes suggestions for studio-course explorations. A dynamic document is available below for collective revision.

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