Please note that this calendar is designed to be flexible: we may make changes along the way, depending on your interests and the needs of the class. Should you miss a class, you are responsible for finding out what you missed from a classmate and for knowing about—and adjusting for—any calendar changes. Professional protocols and collegiality ask you to alert us if you’ll be missing on a day when we’re having a workshop or when you are scheduled to present materials.
 Week 1: Introduction |
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| Thursday, 9/11 |
In class: Introductions, key terms, course goals Stillar: Everyday texts are ubiquitous and play a significant role in our exchanges with others in social life. Their complexity and their consequences, however, do not often receive close critical attention. No matter how mundane we may take these types of texts to be, they all
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| Week 2: Analyzing Every Day Texts |
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| Tuesday 9/16 |
In class: Defining “everyday texts” Due: Handwritten letter, from you to me, postmarked by today
Michael R.Moore |
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Reading: Stillar, “Analyzing Every Day Texts” (handout in class) Revisit characteristics of everyday texts:
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| Week 3: Collecting & Analyzing |
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Tuesday |
Reading: Walker, “Prescription and Practice for Non-Experts” (PDF) In class: Guest Speaker — Ryan O’Connor, on Grocery Lists Due: Everyday Text Print Archive |
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Thursday |
Workshop: Creating an Everyday Text Digital Archive — curated, annotated, and with an introduction
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| Week 4: Collecting & Analyzing |
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| Tuesday 9/30 |
Workshop: Everyday Text Digital Archive |
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In class: Preparing for Collection & Interview Project Due: Project notes and ideas — combining how we read everyday texts with contexts surrounding campus sexual assault |
| Week 5: Workshop: Everyday Text Digital Archive |
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Tuesday |
Review: close reading texts |
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Thursday |
Reading: TBA Workshop: Everyday Text Digital Archive |
| Week 6: Research/Production Projects |
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Tuesday |
In class: Campus Sexual Assault Digital Everyday Text Archive |
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Due: Campus Sexual Assault Digital Everyday Text Archive |
| Week 7: Research/Production Projects |
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In class: Research Projects Workshop
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In class: Research/Production Projects Workshop |
| Week 8: Research |
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| Tuesday 10/28 | In class: Research Projects Workshop — bring either three draft paragraphs and/or an everyday text related to your project |
| Thursday 10/30 | In class: Research Projects Workshop Due: brief, informal, project-progress presentations |
| Week 9: Research Projects |
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| Tuesday 11/4 | Reading: Project-specific resources In class: Research Projects Workshop Due: Brief, informal, project-progress presentations |
| Thursday 11/6 | Reading: Project-specific resources In class: Research/Production Projects |
| Week 10: Project Presentations & Course Portfolios |
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| Tuesday 11/11 | Project Presentations & Preparing for Course Portfolios |
| Thursday 11/13 | Project Presentations & Course Portfolio Workshops |
| Conclusion |
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| Tuesday 11/18 |
Project Presentations & Course Portfolio Workshops Due: Research/Production Projects |
| Finals Week | We will meet during our assigned Final Exam time for the final, official delivery of your WRD360 Portfolios: November 25, 2014, from 8:45 AM to 11:00 AM |
Reading: Levy, 