Introduction
Week 1 Jan 22. Introduction to the course: policies, technologies, names, purposes, etc. Weekly Writing Overview. Research Overview. For Thursday Read: How to Read Theory from Prof. Michelle Murphy in WGS at UToronto. Discuss
Unit 1: Freire and Butler: Gender, Language, Power
Week 2. Jan 29 Freire’s “Banking Concept of Education” from Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Research 1 Blog 1abc
Week 3. Feb 5 Butler’s 1990 Preface to “Gender Trouble” Research 2 Blog 2
Week 4. Feb 12 1999 Preface to “Gender Trouble” Keepin’ on Research 3 Blog 3
Week 5 Feb 19 F & B Recap. Wiki Concepts Assignment Opens.
Unit 2: bell hooks: Power, Self, Other
Week 6. Feb 26 hooks’ “Intro to Teaching to Transgress” and emotional response. Assign Midterm Research 4 Blog 4 Assign Midterm Project
Week 7. Mar 5 hooks’ Introduction and “Theory as Liberatory Practice.” Teaching to Transgress Wiki Assignment Closes Research 5 Blogs 5 (conferences available)
Spring Break
Week 8 Mar 19 Hooks “Theory as Liberatory Practice” Research 6 Blog 6(conferences available) Proposal for Midterm Project Due. Conferences available.
Week 9 Mar 26 Hooks recap. Wiki Concepts assignment opens. Midterm Project Due. Conferences available.
Unit 3: Michel Foucault: Language, Self, Other
Week 10 April 2 Wiki Concepts Continue. Tuesday: Classes canceled for required conferences. Thursday: Introduce Foucault. Introduction to Technologies of the Self. Assign Final Project Wiki Concepts Assignment closes. Research 7
Week 11 April 9 Self Writing.” Wiki Concepts Close. Research 8 Blog 8
Week 12 April 16 “Self Writing.” Wiki Concepts Close. Research 9 Blog 9
Week 13: April 23 Foucault recap and semester cap. Writing conferences.
Week 14 April 30: Writing Conferences! Wiki Concepts Assignment Opens.
Finals May 7-10 Wiki Concepts Close. Final Project Due at Exam Period