Course Calendar
“Two hundred years of American technology has unwittingly created a massive cement playground of unlimited potential. But it was the minds of 11 year olds that could see that potential.” — Craig Stecyk, Dogtown and Z-Boys.
Week 1: Introductions, Course Overview, & Key Terms
Tuesday
8/26
Aloha.
Thursday
8/28
Reading: from Lopez, Cholos & Surfers: A Latino Family Album
Listen: “Val Fenwick”
In class: Reading & Summarizing: Rhetorical Précis
Due: Survey
Week 2: Textual & Visual Analysis
Tuesday
9/2
Reading: Coleman, “A Brotherhood of Surfers,” from Eddie Would Go: The Story of Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian Hero & Orlean, “Maui Surf Girls” (handouts)
In class: Using Rhetorical Precis in Analysis
Due: Rhetorical Précis & Compare/Constrast
Thursday
9/4
Reading: Lupton, Mixing Messages: Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture
Listening: “‘Step Into Liquid’
In class: Visual Analysis
Due: Lupton précis
Week 3: Working with Historical Sources
Tuesday
9/9
Reading: Finney & Houston, Surfing: A History of the Ancient Hawaiian Sport, chapters 1-3 & Finney, “The Development and Diffusion of Modern Hawaiian Surfing.”
Listening: “Dick Dale”
In class: Working with Historical Sources
Due: Finney & Houston chapter précis; Journal Entry
Thursday
9/11
No class: Film Viewing & Discussion
Week 4: Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing
Tuesday
9/16
Reading: Finney & Houston, chapters 4-6
In class: Drafting & Revising Workshop
Due: Journal Entry and Finney & Houston précis
Thursday
9/18
Reading: Carson, Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing, Introduction & chapters 1-2
Listening: “Kary Mullis”
In class: Drafting an extended Analysis
Due: Textual Analysis Project: First Draft (3 copies)
Sunday 9/21 Film Viewing & Discussion 7:00-9:30 p.m.
Week 5: “The Opposite of Skateboarding is Golf”
Tuesday
9/23
In class: Revising & Editing Workshop
Listening: “Surfing”
Due: Peer Review Worksheet & Journal Entry
Thursday
9/25
Reading: “Subculture,” from Skateboarding, Space, and the City: Architecture & The Body
In class: “Subculture” and film discussion
Due: Textual Analysis Project: Final Draft
Week 6: Contextual Analysis Project
Tuesday
9/30
Library Orientation: meet @ Van Pelt Library
Due: Journal Entry
Thursday
10/2
Reading: “Subculture,” continued & Carson, chapters 3-4
Listening: “Gidget”
In class: Planning and Proposing a Contextual Analysis
Week 7: Scheduled Writing Conferences
10/5-10/10
No class: Film Viewing & Discussion
Scheduled Writing Conferences
Due: Contextual Analysis Proposal & Bibliography
Week 8: Art, Design, & Typography
Tuesday
10/14
Reading: Carson, chapters 5-6 & “Present at the Creation: The Surfboard”
Listening: “Val Fenwick”
Due: Journal Entry
Thursday
10/16
Reading: Carson, conclusion
In class: U.S. Patent & Trademark No. 1,872,230
Due: Oxford English Dictionary Keyword Assignment
Sunday 10/19 Film Viewing & Discussion 7:00-9:30 p.m.
Week 9: Surfing, Physics, & Oceanography
Tuesday
10/21
Reading: Excerpts from Bascom, The Crest of the Wave: Adventures in Oceanography & “Waves: Their Generation and Propagation”
In class: Guest Speaker, TBA
Due: Contextual Analysis Overview & Journal Entry
Thursday
10/23
In class: Writing & Revising Workshop
Due: Contextual Analysis: First Draft (3 copies)
Week 10: Ku mai! Ku mai! Ka nalu nui mai Kahiki mai,
Alo po i pu! Ku mai ka pohuehue,
Hu! Kai ko’o Loa.
Tuesday
10/ 28 No class: Film Viewing & Discussion
Thursday
10/30
Reading: McGann, “It Ain’t Nothing ‘Til It’s Something: Black Masculinity and ‘Blue Crush.’”
Due: Contextual Analysis, Final Draft
Week 11 Inquiry Projects: Scope, Purpose & Audience
Tuesday
11/4
Reading: Whitson, “Sport in the Construction of Masculinity: Theoretical & Historical Foundations” (handout)
In class: Inquiry Workshop
Due: Inquiry Prospectus & Journal Entry
Thursday
11/6
Reading: “Surfing & The Environment: The Campaign for Proposition 20”
In class: Inquiry Workshop
Due: TBA
Week 12 Board Sports: Practice, Performance, or Techne …?
Tuesday
11/11
Reading: “Cultural Inventory” & “Command of Urban Technology,” from Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method
In class: Inquiry Workshop
Due: Journal Entry
Thursday
11/13
Reading: Project specific, with summary
In class: Inquiry Workshop
Week 13 Inquiry Workshops, Continued
Tuesday
11/18
Reading: Margolis, “Video Ethnography: Toward a Reflexive Paradigm for Documentary”
In class: Inquiry Workshop
Due: Inquiry Project (3 copies)
Thursday
11/20
No class: Film Viewing & Discussion
Thanksgiving Recess:: 11/24-11/30
Week 14 Scheduled Writing & Editing Conferences
Tuesday
12/2
No class: Scheduled Writing & Editing Conferences
Due: Peer Review Worksheet & Journal Entry
Thursday
12/4
No class: Scheduled Writing & Editing Conferences
Due: Peer Review Worksheet & Journal Entry
Sun 12/7 Film Viewing & Discussion 7:00-9:30 p.m.
Week 15 Inquiry Project Presentations
Tuesday
12/9
Inquiry Project Presentations
Thursday
12/11
Inquiry Project Presentations
Exam Week
Project Portfolio due Tuesday, December 16th
Paddle out, turn around, get stoked.