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English 101 - Fall 2016 - T Th 10 - Callaway S108 - heather.julien@gmail.com - office Callaway N314 - hours - T Th 9-10 &by appt
English 101 - Fall 2016 - T Th 10 - Callaway S108 - heather.julien@gmail.com - office Callaway N314 - hours - T Th 9-10 &by appt
about the course
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In this class, we will be exploring the intersection of ethnographic documentation and digital self-publication in a socio-political context. We will do this primarily using a genre called autoethnography. Rooted in anthropological and sociological methodologies of interview, field work, and artifact analysis (Alvarez 2012), autoethnographies can take different forms, from documentary films to performance art to academic cultural analysis to fiction and creative nonfiction. We will read autoethnography theory, choose a subject for an autoethnography, read secondary sources relevant to your topic, conduct and write up interviews, practice artifact analysis, and compose a multimodal project in the form of a public-facing website.
The best way to get a quick understanding of autoethnography and how it is used in this English 101 class is by taking a look at a couple of the many outstanding sites my students have produced. Samah's website and project on Muslim and Middle Eastern Americans is noteworthy. So is Esther's work on Safe Spaces. There are so many wonderful examples, but I invite you to begin with these for now and then to browse the student gallery. |
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domain of one's own |
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This class participates in the Domain of One's Own initiative. All participants will publish their work to a public-facing digital portfolio that they can keep, maintain, and repurpose after the class is over. Students will create media projects and publish them to their own personal web domain using readily-available, easy-to-use tools. Once you have completed the course, the site you built is yours to continue to develop into a web presence that may include, but is not limited to, course projects, a professional portfolio, resume/CV documents, social media feeds, and blogs. What is Domain of One's Own? (slideshare)
Domain documentation |
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Writing and Editing for Digital Media, 2nd Edition. Brian Carroll. Available in campus bookstore.
Writer/Designer: A Guide to Making Multimodal Projects. Arola et. al. Available in campus bookstore. free web-building and citation tools |
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