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| Schedule: Fall 2006 |
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8/24/Th |
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1 |
Introductory business: course texts; syllabus & assignments |
| Email Dr. Baldwin from your University account ASAP if you're keeping the class. | ||
| Definitions and discussions of what is “lore” and who are “folk” | ||
8/29/Tu |
#2 |
Exploration of a contemporary local legend, folk art assemblage, and customary behavior site. PowerPoint slide lecture. |
| SP#1/Cultural Eye assigned | ||
8/31/Th |
#3 |
Exploration of a contemporary local legend, folk art assemblage, and customary behavior site. |
| Read/discuss: What is Folklore? | ||
9/5/Tu |
#4 |
View student-produced video study of legend site; class discussion of related folklore terms and concepts |
| Read/discuss: Commonwealth of Cultures; “Field of Folklore [on Bb as "Field"] | ||
| SP#1/Cultural Eye due; demonstrated example RdngPts. — "Field" | ||
9/7/Th |
#5 |
R/d: “The Study of Folklore” [on Bb as "Folklore"]; What’s in a Name?” [noM] |
| PowerPoint slides: folk, popular, official cultural spheres | ||
9/12/Tu |
#6 |
View in class segments from The Story of English |
9/14/Th |
R/d: Gullah; Mountain Language; Scots-Irish [class cancelled; prof. ill] | |
new
due date > |
RdngPts.1 for “The Study of Folklore” |
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Schedule
dates and assignments are adjusted below this line. |
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9/19/Tu |
#7 |
R/d: “Folk Groups: Bearers of American Folk Tradition” [on Bb as "Folkgroups"] |
| RP.2 for "Folk Groups" | ||
9/21/Th |
#8 |
R/d: “Piratelore [noM];“Bring a Toy & Leave Your Attitude at Home” [noM]; Bikers; Biker culture; Birders; Birder culture |
| RP.3 "Piratelore" or "Bring a Toy..."; SP#2 /Collecting Myself assigned | ||
| Folklore in the field: documentation, ethics, equipment, techniques | ||
9/26/Tu |
#9 |
R/d: Folklife & Fieldwork; Guide for Field Research in American Folklore |
| SP#3/Prospectus assigned | ||
9/28/Th |
#10 |
"Amateur
Radio QSL Cards: Their Design and Function" [noMnd] "Poetry, Puns, and Pediatrics: The Verbal Art of Dr. James L. Hughes" [noMnd] |
| SP#2/Collecting Myself due | ||
| RP.4 for either "Amateur Radio QSL Cards" or "Poetry, Puns, and Pediatrics" | ||
| Contemporary legends in folk and popular culture | ||
10/3/Tu |
#11 |
R/d: “A Tale of Shapeshifting” [noM]; “Occupational Ghostlore” [noM]; “Lydia Lives at the Jamestown Bridge…” [Bb] |
| View student produced video on the Pactolus light. | ||
| RP.5 for “Occupational Ghostlore” or “Lydia Lives at the Jamestown Bridge…” | ||
10/5/Th |
#12 |
Read: How Urban Legends Work; RP.6 for "How Urban Legends Work" |
| Urban Legends Reference Pages (snopes.com) | ||
10/10/Tu |
#13 |
R/d: The Vanishing Hitchhiker [Chaps 1 – 4] |
| SP#3/Prospectus due | ||
10/12/Th |
#14 |
R/d: The Vanishing Hitchhiker [Chaps 5– 8] |
FALL
BREAK -- October 14 - 17 |
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10/19/Th |
#15 |
View: Campfire Tales Part 1 |
10/24/Tu |
#16 |
View: Campfire Tales Part 2 |
| SP.4/UrbanLegends assigned | ||
10/26/Th |
#17 |
Vew: La Ofrenda |
| Browse: Days of the Dead links: What do Mexicans celebrate ...?; Dia de Muertos; | ||
| Day of the Dead; Mexico honors those gone ...; | ||
| xcSP.1/ Days of the Dead & La Ofrenda | ||
10/31/Tu |
#18 |
No class |
| North American Regional Folklife: Wisconsin | ||
11/2/Th |
#19 |
R/d:
Wisconsin Folklife, pp. 6--31 Browse the web site, Wisconsin Folks |
| RP.7 for any three articles in "Wisconsin Folklife"; xcSP.1/ Days of the Dead & La Ofrenda due via e-mail only | ||
| Schedule Adjustment Below This Line - as of 11/3/2006 | ||
11/7/Tu |
#20 |
Wisconsin
Folklife, pp. 32--61 We will also reference in class the web site, Wisconsin Folks |
11/9/Th |
#22 |
IN-CLASS FOODWAYS EVENT ------ in lieu of RP.8 & 9 |
take
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Photo montage: Foodways Event Spring 2006 | |
important
note > |
Alternate participation writing for RP.8 & 9 due via e-mail only: see Bb-Assignments-Foodways Event or the e-mail sent on Nov. 3 for instructions | |
| SP.4/UrbanLegends due | ||
| Native American Folklore in Context | ||
11/14/Tu |
#23 |
R/d: The Anguish of Snails: Native American Folklore in the West / pt. 1 |
| RP.10 for The Anguish of Snails pp. 9–79 (ch.1 or ch. 2) | ||
11/16/Th |
#24 |
R/d: The Anguish of Snails: Native American Folklore in the West / pt. 2 |
| RP.11 for The Anguish of Snails pp. 80–145 (ch. 3 or ch. 4) | ||
11/21/Tu |
#25 |
R/d: The Anguish of Snails: Native American Folklore in the West / pt. 3 |
| RP.12 for The Anguish of Snails pp. 146–197 (ch. 5 or ch. 6) | ||
| SP.5/Native American lore assigned | ||
| Acadian to Cajun: Cultural Transformations | ||
11/28/Tu |
#26 |
View: Against the Tide |
| xcSP.2/ Against the Tide film | ||
| Thanksgiving Break Nov. 22 - 26, Wed. - Sun. | ||
11/30//Th |
#27 |
View: Dance for a Chicken: The Cajun Mardi Gras |
| RP.13 on Pat Mire's essay; xcSP.2/ Against the Tide film due via e-mail only | ||
| SP.5/Native American lore due via e-mail only | ||
12/5/Tu |
#28 |
Final class business -- required attendance. |
| Term papers due, return borrowed equipment, SOIS administered | ||
| Final Exam >>> | SP.6/AmFolkFinale >> due via e-mail only by noon, Wed./Dec. 13. |
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| No late submissions. Early submissions are great! | ||
Section |
001 |
Final exam period: 2:00 - 4:30 Tuesday, December 12 |
| grades posted December 14 by 5 p.m. | ||
Section |
002 |
Final exam period: 2:00 - 4:30 Friday, December 15 |
| grades posted December 17 by 5 p.m. | ||