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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Syllabic Cycles—Reflexivity (b)

On this date on Round and Square's History 
24 August 2013—China's Lunar Calendar 2013 08-24
24 August 2013—Social and Cultural Theory Syllabus 2013 (a)
24 August 2012—The New Yorker and the World: Course Description (c)
24 August 2011—Seinfeld Ethnography: It's Not You, It's Me

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[a] Shining memory RF
Reflexivity
History 310/Anthropology 375
Autumn 2014
TTh 7:10-11:00 PM
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

Required Books           
         Come to class before buying books!
Malinowski, Bronislaw, A Diary in the Strict Sense of the Term
Moran, Dermot. The Phenomenology Reader
Rosaldo, Renato. Culture and Truth
Bourdieu, Pierre. An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology
Lévi-Strauss, Claude. Tristes Tropiques
Riesman, Paul. Freedom in Fulani Social Life
Stoller, Paul. In Sorcery's Shadow
Trosset, Carol. Welshness Performed
Jackson, Michael. Between One and One and Another
Harline, Craig. Connections
Kohut, Thomas. A German Generation
Brekus, Catherine. Sarah Osborne's World 
Levin, Roger. A Living Man From Africa
Sachs, Aaron. Arcadian America 

Reserve Books (available for purchase, but multiple copies are on reserve)  
Rousseau, Jean Jacques. Confessions

Course Description 

Is the researcher and writer of history or anthropology a part of the “analytical” story s/he tells? What about other disciplines, ranging from economics and art history to biology and linguistics? In this advanced seminar, we will examine the role of the researcher plays in her research, and the narrative conventions developed in several fields (but particularly in cultural anthropology) that give explicit recognition to her place in both the inquiry and the eventual publication. We will study the history of reflexivity in the field of anthropology, noting in particular the profound change that took place between roughly 1955 and 1975, which led several writers to emphasize their research roles in their published work. From there, we will examine ethnographies and histories that test the “borders” between “explanation,” “interpretation,” and “self-absorption.” Finally, we will consider the larger question of whether various academic fields should consider the role of the researcher in their own publications. The approach will be historical and anthropological in the widest senses. Students from all disciplines are welcome, and those with an interest (but who lack the prerequisites) should consult the instructor well in advance for permission and background readings.

Evaluation
Quizzes                       15% 
Source Letter              15%
Short Assignments     10%
Extended Topics         15%
Seminar Paper            45%
Class attendance and participation is expected.  

Reflexivity
HIST 310/ANTH 375
Week IX
Culture and Truth
(October 21)
Moran, The Phenomenology Reader, 375-420
     Jean Paul Sartre: Transcendence and Freedom
           Introduction
           Intentionality: A Fundamental Idea of Husserl's Phenomenology
           The Transcendence of the Ego
           Bad Faith
Rosaldo, Culture and Truth
          Introduction: Grief and a Headhunter's Rage
     Part One—Critique
          The Erosion of Classical Norms
          After Objectivism
          Imperialist Nostalgia
     Part Two—Reorientation
          Putting Culture into Motion
          Narrative Analysis
     Part Three–Renewal
          Changing Chicano Narratives
          Subjectivity in Social Analysis
          Border Crossings
          Epilogue—A Raging Battle
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 

Week X
Conversions
(October 28)
Moran, The Phenomenology Reader, 421-460
     Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Embodied Perception
          The Body as Object and Mechanistic Physiology
          The Primacy of Perception and its Philosophical Consequences
Harline, Conversions
          To the Blesséd Reader
          Conversions
          Postcript
          Bibliographical Essay
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 

Week XI
African Living
(November 4)
Moran, The Phenomenology Reader, 461-508
     Simone de Beauvoir, Phenomenology and Feminism
          Introduction
          Destiny
          Woman's Situation and Character
Levin, A Living Man From Africa
          Introduction
          Kelso, Scotland, 1837
     Part I
          Xhosaland, 1810
          Bethelsdorp, 1811-1815
          Makana's Kraal, 1816
          Kat River, 1816-1818
          Fish River Valley, 1822
          iQonce, 1825-1832
          Buffalo River, 1833-1835
          Queen Adelaide Province, 1835-1836
     Part II
          Charles Darwin in Cape Town
          England, 1836
          Great Britain, 1836-1838
     Part III
          Tzatzoe in Kuruman
          King  Williams' Town, 1838-1845
          British Kaffraria, 1845-1868
          Epilogue
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 

Week XII
German Generations
(November 11)
Moran, The Phenomenology Reader, 509-540
     Emmanuel Levinas: The Primacy of the Other
          Ethics and the Face
          Beyond Intentionality
Kohut, A German Generation
          Introduction: "We Have All, Always, Sought the Collective
     Part I—Germany During World War I and the Weimar Republic
          Interviews: Youth
          Analysis: Finding the Collective in the Youth Movement "Group"
          Essays
               The Experience of War, Revolution, Disorder, and Inflation
               Gemeinschaft, Gesellschaft, and the Collective
               Sexuality, Identity, and Equality in the Youth Movement
               The Youth Movement and National Socialism
     Part II—Germany During the Third Reich and World War II
          Interviews: Young Adulthood
          Analysis: Extending the Collective in the Community of the Volk
          Essays
               The Popularity of National Socialism and the Volksgemeinschaft...
                National Socialism and Women
                National Socialism and Modernization
                The Experiential and Racial Reality of the Volksgemeinschaft
                "Looking Away" from Jews in Nazi Germany
                German Knowledge of the "Final Solution" before 1945
                German Anti-Semitism during the Third Reich
                National Socialist Terror and the Germans
                Men and Women during the War and Its Aftermath
     Part III—Postwar Germany
          Interviews: Maturity
          Analysis: Resurrecting the Collective in the Generational "Circle"
          Essays
                Men, Women, and the Reassertion of the Family in Postwar Germany
                The Mitscherlichs' "The Inability to Mourn"
                The National Social Past in West German Families
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 

Week XIII
American Worlds
(November 18)
Moran, The Phenomenology Reader, 541-573
     Jacques Derrida: Phenomenology and Deconstruction
          Introduction
          Signs and the Blink of an Eye
          Difference
Brekus, Sarah Osborn's World
          Preface
          Introduction
     Part I—A Memoir
          Never Despair
          The Name of Christ
          An Afflicted Low Condition
          Amazing Grace
     Part II—Diaries and Letters, 1744-1796
          The Lord Gave, and the Lord Hath Taken Away, 1744
          No Imaginary Things, 1753-1755
          Pinching Poverty, 1756-1758
          Love Thy Neighbor, 1759-1763
          Jordan Overflowing, 1765-1774
          The Latter Days, 1775-1787
          The Open Vision, 1796
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 

Week XIV
(November 25)
Rewriting Assignment

Week XV
Arcadian Imaginings
(December 2)
Moran, The Phenomenology Reader, 573-600
     Paul Ricoeur: Phenomenology as Interpretation
          Introduction
          Philosophy and Hermeneutics
Sachs, Arcadian America
          Prologue: Waterfalls and Cemeteries
          Common Shade: Cultivating a Place for Death
          The Middle Landscapes of New England Culture
          Sleepy Hollow: A Young Nation in Repose
          Stumps
          Three Men of the Middle Border (Part One): Twilight
          Three Men of the Middle Border (Part Two): American Homelessness
          Atlantis, Arcadia and Armageddon
          Epilogue: American Gothic; or, Death by Landscape
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus 
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus 

 All late work due by 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10
Seminar Papers Due by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 16

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[b] Thought Rays RF
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