Advanced Research Seminar: Assembling the Self
SOC 399I
Spring 2020
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This advanced research seminar is open to sociology majors in their senior year or in the second semester of their junior year and fulfills the capstone requirement for the major. The course is divided in two halves. In the first half, we will read a variety of autoethnographic texts, in which the authors use personal experience as a foundation for sociological reflection and insight. We will spend time thinking about the political and methodological benefits and limitations of autoethnography, surveying a range of approaches to incorporating one's experience into scholarship, and attending to the ways that autoethnographic texts respond to existing research and theory. In the second half of the class, students will develop a substantial and original autoethnographic essay, with class sessions focused on workshopping and presenting writing in progress. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
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| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: SOC151 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(FGSS)(SOC)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Course texts may include works by Patricia Clough, Samuel Delany, Ann Cvetkovich, Roxane Gay, Norman Denzin, Carolyn Ellis, Joan Scott, bell hooks, Maggie Nelson, and Ta-Nehisi Coates.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly writing assingments, substantial final paper. |
| Instructor(s): Goldberg,Greg Times: ..T.R.. 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: PAC104; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 10 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: X |
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