Round and Square Syllabus, Autumn 2017

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28 August 2014—China's Lunar Calendar 2014 08-28
28 August 2013—Round and Square Syllabus: Autumn 2014
28 August 2013—China's Lunar Calendar 2013 08-28
28 August 2013—Syllabic Cycles: Mountains (2013)
28 August 2012—The New Yorker and The World: Course Description (g)
28 August 2011—Hurtin' Country: Chiseled in Stone

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Round and Square Syllabus

All Classes

Autumn 2017

Robert André LaFleur                                              Office Hours:

Morse Ingersoll 206                                                  Tuesday      4:00-5:30
363-2005                                                                     Thursday    4:00-5:30           

lafleur@beloit.edu                                                      ...or by appointment               
NYRB and Round and Square readings are due on Tuesdays, and will be a part of both the quiz and class discussion on those days (unless I specifically inform you otherwise).

Week One—August 31 (Thursday This Week)
Syllabic Cycles—Introduction, a-d (read all four posts, not just the first one). 
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Week Two—September 5
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 12
Fieldnotes From History 
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 19
Theory Corner—Bricolage, a-c (read all three posts, not just the first one).
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Week Five—September 26
Styling Culture: Chicago-style Footnotes and Endnotes
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Week Six—October 3
Seinfeld Ethnography Posts:
Introduction  
George Eats Trash
Elaine Exclaims
Needle's on Empty
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Week Seven—October 10
Seinfeld Ethnography Posts:
Is It Pizza? Is It Food?
Where's Downtown?
Near Talker, Far Talker
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Week Nine—October 24
Prairie Ethnography—The Thousand Ask Question, a-c (read all three posts)
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Week Ten—October 31
HIST 190/ANTH 206: LaFleur, "Religiosity Spent" and "Divine Entrepreneurs" (.pdf) 
HIST 210: Kanji Mastery  
HIST 210: Kanji Steps to Mastery

Week Eleven—November 7
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 14
Structure, History and Culture—Packing the Car
Structure, History, and Culture—Interstate Highways
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Week Thirteen—November 21
Exilic Response
Syncretism
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Week Fourteen—November 28
The Philosophy of History of Philosophy: A History (Introduction)
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