Round and Square Syllabus: Autumn 2016

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Round and Square Syllabus

All Classes

Autumn 2016

Robert André LaFleur                                                             Office Hours:

Morse Ingersoll 111                                                                 Monday           12:05-1:35

363-2005                                                                                   Wednesday         12:05-1:35

lafleur@beloit.edu                                                                    …or by appointment

NYRB and Round and Square readings are due on Mondays, and will be a part of both the quiz and class discussion on those days.

Week One—August 24
Syllabic Cycles—Introduction, a-d (read all four posts, not just the first one). 
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Week Two—August 29
Quotidian Quizzes—Introduction, a-h (skim the first four posts, but read the last four carefully (they get to the heart of our course).
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Week Three—September 5
Writing and Time—Introduction
Writing and Time—Reading Logs, a-b (read both posts, not just the first one)  
(Filling out "reading logs" is voluntary, but reading all posts is mandatory!)
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Week Four—September 12
Theory Corner—Bricolage, a-c (read all three posts, not just the first one).
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Week Five—September 19
Styling Culture: Chicago-style Footnotes and Endnotes
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Week Six—September 26
LaFleur, "Divine Entrepreneurs" (handout/.pdf)
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Week Seven—October 3
LaFleur, "Religiosity Spent" (handout/.pdf)
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Week Ten—October 24
Prairie Ethnography—The Thousand Ask Question, a-c (read all three posts)
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Week Eleven—October 31
Structure, History, and Culture (it is important this week that you read both posts. Please understand that the perspective in these posts will play key roles in the rest of our work.
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Week Twelve—November 7
Structure, History and Culture—Packing the Car
Structure, History, and Culture—Interstate Highways
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Week Thirteen—November 14
Structure, History, and Culture—NCAA Basketball
Structure, History, and Culture—Electoral College
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Week Fourteen—November 21
The Philosophy of History of Philosophy: A History (Introduction)
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