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| READING/VIEWING/RESEARCH DUE
| WRITING ASSIGNED/DUE
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Week 1
Januaary 17
| Introduction/Overview
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| January 19
| Getting Oriented | Watch two videos
(Fitting In - Parts I and II) on Readings and Resources Page of syllabus
| Go to My Comp
Lab. Instructions on how to purchase access and join the class are here
From "How-to Videos and Tours" on the home page of MCL, watch
the videos on Resources and the Composing Space.
Review the Syllabus. It is available in Blackbloard as well as online
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| January 20
| Fan Spaces
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Sign up for for Live Journal account. Instructions for the rest of
the assignment are on the Resources page.
Make sure to tag your post. You can use as many tags as you think appropriate (for instance, tag according to the things that you fan - i.e., Hell's Kitchen, the New York Rangers, Hello Kitty!. Please make one of the the tags "fannish history".
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Week 2
January 24
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Critical Reading
| Read "Fandom as Pathology" by Joli Jenson (Blackboard/Electronic Reserves/Fandom Folder).
Read Chapter 2 of They Say, I Say.(Blackboard/Electronic Reserves/Critical Reading folder )
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| January 26
| Critical Reading
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Read "Star Trek Rerun, Reread, Rewritten" (Blackboard/Electronic Reserves/Fandom Folder).
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| January 27
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| Read "Why Study Fans"
(Blackboard/Electronic Reserves/Fandom Folder)
Read "Coming to Terms" by Joseph Harris
(Blackboard/Electronic Reserves/Critical Reading folder )
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Using the strategies in "Coming to Terms" summarize "Why Study Fans?"
Abstract for first fan fiction due on Live Journal.
See Fan Fiction Assignment.Tag both posts.
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Week 3
Janaury 31 |
Beginning Research
Meet in Gelman Library 300
| Read "Ethnography: An Introduction"
(Blackboard/Electronic Reserves/Fandom Folder)
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| February 2
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| Read "Ethnography: An Introduction"
(Blackboard/Electronic Reserves/Fandom Folder)
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| February 3
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| First draft of fan fiction due. Post in your personal journal. See Fan Fiction Assignment.
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Week 4
February 7
| Ethics and Fan Studies
| (re)Read "Ethnography: An Introduction"
and
"Identity, Ethics and Fan Privacy" by Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse (Blackboard/Electronic Reserves/Fandom Folder) and
"Editorial policies, "public domain," and acafandom" by Francesca Musiani in the latest issue (Vol 7, 2011) of Transformative Works and Cultures
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| February 9
| Ethics and Fandom
| Read "In the End It's All Made Up" and "Everyone's a Superhero" (Blackboard/Electronic Reserves/Fandom Folder) |
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| February 10
| Ethics and Fandom
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| Post final draft of fan fiction on LJ (community). Include reflection (see handout). Use two LJ cuts - one for the story and one for the reflection.
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Week 5
February 14
| Fan Studies and Multidisciplinarity
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| February 16
| Fan Studies and Multidisciplinarity
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| February 17
| Fan Studies and Multidisciplinarity
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Week 6
February 21
| Topic Workshops
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| February 23
| Topic Workshops
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| February 24
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| Hybrid Assignment - Keywords and the Library Catalog. This assignment is also posted on Blackboard in Electronic Reserves/Hybrid Assignments.
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Week 7
February 28
| Student Writing Conference
| Conference Program is here.
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| March 1
| Student Writing Conference
| Conference Program is here.
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| March 2
| Student Writing Conference
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| Post a write-up of your experience at the Student Writing Conference. Be sure to include the details of the panel or panels you attended (refer to the conference program). Include day and time you attended, panel number and title, the names of the panelists and the titles. In your write-up, discuss what types of research or writing challenges the authors faced. (Are you facing similar challenges?) What questions were posed to the author during the Q&A after the presentations. (What questions did you ask? What questions would you have liked to ask?) Was the session you attended useful as you move forward with your own projects?
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Week 8
March 6
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| March 8
| Library - Meet in Gelman 302
| Please bring laptops to class.
| Complete Library Pre-Assignment.
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| March 9
| Research Tools
| See Blackboard, Electronic Reserves, Hybrid Assignments for instructions and working groups.
Delicious, Getting to RefWorksRefWorks Tutorial, Zotero
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Week 9
March 13
| Spring Break
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| March 15
| Spring Break
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| March 16
| Spring Break
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Week 10
March 20
| Research Tools |
| Group presentations in class
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| March 22
| Revision |
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| March 23
| Revision
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| Choose a paragraph from the first draft of your proposal; edit it for wordiness and passive voice. See handout from class (also posted in Blackboard/Handouts).
Post original and edited paragraphs to our Live Journal community by 5:00pm. Please make sure to take your entry with "proposal edit". |
Week 11
March 27 | Finalizing Sources
Meet in Gelman 302
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| March 29 |
| Read Chapter 7 of They Say, I Say ("So What? Who Cares?") on Blackboard/Electronic Reserves/Critical Reading folder
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| March 30
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| Final draft of proposals due
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Week 12
April 3 | Individual Meetings
| See schedule of meetings posted on Blackboard
All meeting in my office - Rome 561
| First drafts of Annotated Bibliography due
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| April 5 | Individual Meetings
| See schedule of meetings posted on Blackboard
All meeting in my office - Rome 561
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| April 6
| Individual Meetings
| See schedule of meetings posted on Blackboard
All meeting in my office - Rome 561
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Week 13
April 10
| Open Office Hours
No Class
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| April 12
| Thanksgiving Break
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| April 13
| Thanksgiving Break
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Week 14
April 17
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| First drafts of research papers due
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| April 19
| First Draft Editing Workshops
| Schedule posted on Blackboard/Announcements
| See First Draft Editing Workshop Handout for instructions (posted on Blackboard/Electronic Reserves/Handouts)
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| April 20
| First Draft Editing Workshops
| Schedule posted on Blackboard/Announcements
| See First Draft Editing Workshop Handout for instructions (posted on Blackboard/Electronic Reserves/Handouts) |
Week 15
April 24
| Designated make-up day. No regular class meeting.
| Please fill out course evaluations here: http://my.gwu.edu/mod/evaluations
(or click the link above).
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| April 26
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| Final drafts of Annotated Bibliography due. |
| April 27
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| Final drafts of Research Papers due on April 30.
Consult, sign and attach Final Editing Checklist to final draft.
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