Round and Square Syllabus (Autumn 2014)

On this date on Round and Square's History 

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 2014

Robert André LaFleur                                                             Office Hours:

Morse Ingersoll 111                                                                 Tuesday           12:00-1:30 

363-2005                                                                                   Thursday         12:00-1:30

lafleur@beloit.edu                                                                    …or by appointment

Please note that the dates next to each week are for the Tuesday and Thursday class meetings for ANTH 206 and HIST 210/ANTH 275. NYRB readings will be "due" on Tuesdays in all classes (including the "Mountains" seminar) unless I tell you otherwise through e-mail or in class. 

Week One—August 26
Syllabic Cycles—Introduction, a-d (read all four posts, not just the first one). 
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Week Two—September 2
Quotidian Quizzes—Introduction, a-h (read all eight posts, not just the first one).
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Week Three—September 9
Writing and Time—Introduction
Writing and Time—Reading Logs, a-b (read both posts, not just the first one)
New Religion—Syncretism
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Week Four—September 16
Theory Corner—Bricolage, a-c (read all three posts, not just the first one).
New Religion—Unlucky Four
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Week Five—September 23
Styling Culture: Chicago-style Footnotes and Endnotes
Prairie Ethnography—The Thousand Ask Question, a-c (read all three posts)
New Religion—Temple of Heaven
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Week Six—September 30
The Real Ideal—Introduction
Exilic Response—Introduction
Remonstrance—Introduction
New Religion—All Under Heaven
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Week Seven—October 7
The Philosophy of History of Philosophy (a History)—Introduction
New Religion—Yin and Yang
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Week Ten—October 28
Structure, History, and Culture—Introduction (read both posts)
New Religion—Five Phases
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Week Eleven—November 4
Structure, History and Culture—Packing the Car
Structure, History, and Culture—Interstate Highways
Structure, History, and Culture—Electoral College Politics (a)
New Religion—Thinking in Fives
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Week Twelve—November 11
Fieldnotes From History—Introduction
Annals of Ostracism—Introduction
New Religion—Evangelists Abroad
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Week Thirteen—November 18
Primary Sources—Introduction, a-d (read all four posts, not just the first one)
New Religion—Understanding and Judging
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Week Fourteen—November 25
No readings this week.

Week Fifteen—December 2
Primary Sources—Introduction, e-h (read all four posts, not just the first one)
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