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CLASS
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THURSDAYS |
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August 30 CLASS INTRODUCTION |
Sept.1 EPISTEMOLOGY AND RESEARCH 1. Fill in survey form on OLD ONCOURSE |
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Sept 6 THEORIES OF CONSUMER CULTURE 1. Read Willis chapter 1 2. Read introduction to Scanlon reader 3. Just in Time Assignment 1 |
Sept 8 THEORIES OF CONSUMER CULTURE 1. Read K. Marx, Das Capital, Vol 1, section 4 “The Fetishism of Commodities” at http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch01.htm#S4 2. Read lecture notes on cultures and consumption at http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/sociology/course_materials/sy1402/BSCLecture7handout.doc 3. optional – read D. Miller Consumption and Commodities , Annual
Review of Anthropology, Volume 24, Page 141-161, Oct 1995 |
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Sept 13 GENDER AS A COMMODITY 1. Read Willis Chapter 2 2. Read Scanlon Chapter 22 3. Just in Time Assignment 2 |
Sept 15 BEAUTY PAGEANTS 1. Read Scanlon Chapter 21 2. Read Wilk Miss World Belize at http://www.indiana.edu/~wanthro/beaaauty.htm |
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Sept 20 BRANDING IN LOGOLAND 1. Read Willis Chapter 3 2. Read Scanlon Chapters 8, 10, 13 3. Just in Time Assignment 3 |
Sept 22 ADVERTISING AND REPLICANTS 1. Read about Baudrillard at http://www.egs.edu/faculty/baudrillard.html 2. Read Scanlon Chapters 12, 15 3. Read Sasser’s Inside the Mouse at http://www.dukemagazine.duke.edu/alumni/dm1/inmouse.txt.html |
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Sept 27 EMBODIMENT 1.Read Willis Chapter 4 2. Read Edelman, The Thin Red Line at http://www.csa.com/hottopics/redline/overview.php 3. Just in Time Assignment 4 |
Sept 29 VIDEO – SLIM HOPES 1. Read Reischer, The Body Beautiful in Annual
Review of Anthropology, Annual Review of Anthropology 33: 297-317, 2004 2. attend Conference on Universities
and Fair Trade being held at IU, Sept 29 – 30 volunteers needed, email pbose) |
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Oct 4 CONSUMING THE HOME 1. Read Willis Chapter 5 2. Start Scanlon Part 1 3. Just in Time Assignment 5 |
Oct 6 STAYING AT HOME 1. Finish Scanlon Part 1 |
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Oct 11 BOOK |
Oct 13 ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE |
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Oct 18 CONSUMPTION AND THE ALIEN 1. Read Willis Chapter 6 2. Read Scanlon Chapter 6 and 20 3. Just in Time Assignment 6 |
Oct 20 CONSUMING ALIENS (guest lecture on sex tourism) 1. Read Scanlon Chapters 7 and 9 2. TBA |
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Oct 25 SUGAR AND GLOBAL INEQUALITIES 1. Read Willis Chapter 7 2. Read Shiva’s Poverty and Globalization at http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/reith_2000/lecture5.stm 3. Just in Time Assignment 7 |
Oct 27 FREE TRADE/FAIR TRADE/LABOR 1. Read Barndt, On the Move for Food at http://instdev.concordia.ca/ForumEnvironnement/DeborahBarndt/MoveForFood.htm 2. Read Chapter 1 from Barndt, Deborah
(ed.) 1999 Women Working the NAFTA Food Chain: Women,
Food and Globalization. 3. Read Scanlon Chapter 19 |
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Nov 1 Video FAST FOOD Video: Fast Food Women Video: Barbie Liberation Organization 1. Complete Just in Time Assignment 8
after watching videos |
Nov 3 THE POLITICS OF THE PERSONAL 1. Read Willis Chapter 8 |
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Nov 8 SHOPPING 1. Read Scanlon Chapter 14 2. Read extract from Miller, A Theory of Shopping, 2001. 3. Just in Time Assignment 9 |
Nov 10 TECHNOLOGY |
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Nov 15 MY LIFE IN ADVERTISING |
Nov 17 GENDER ADVERTISEMENTS Video: Killing Us Softly |
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Nov 22 THANKSGIVING |
Nov 24 HOLIDAY |
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Nov 29 RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM |
Dec 1 VIDEO: MICKEY MOUSE MONOPOLY |
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Dec 6 RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM |
Dec 8 Last Class RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM |
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Dec 13 FINAL EXAM PAPER ASSIGNMENT DUE |
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