CHUM 360
Fall 2011
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01
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| Crosslisting:
SISP 260, HIST 217, SOC 295 |
Facts aren't born; they're made. The challenge is to understand how people have come to think of facts as existing in the world independent of human intervention. This interdisciplinary survey course explores the tools and techniques that people have used to craft facts. We consider examples from the 18th century through the present day, such as training manuals, films, and instruments. The course also examines how broader structures--such as social networks and the law--help produce facts as people share, defend, and use them. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Speaking, Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS CHUM |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (SOC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Mary Poovey, A HISTORY OF THE MODERN FACT: PROBLEMS OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE SCIENCES OF WEALTH AND SOCIETY (ISBN: 9780226675268)
Robert Proctor and Londa Schiebinger, eds., AGNOTOLOGY: THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF IGNORANCE (ISBN: 978-0804759014)
Arjun Appadurai, ed., THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THINGS: COMMODITIES IN CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE (ISBN: 978-0521357265)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two short papers
One final essay
Weekly reading responses on Moodle discussion forum |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Class time includes one large lecture and one smaller discussion section each week. Students are expected to attend several public lectures on the theme "Fact and Artifact," which will be offered through the Center for the Humanities on Mondays at 4:30p.m. |
| Instructor(s): Stark,Laura Fullilove,Courtney Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: PAC002; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 60 | | SR major: 10 | JR major: 10 | | |
| Seats Available: 20 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 10 | JR non-major: 10 | SO: 10 | FR: 10 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 7 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 6 |
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