Communication & Memory |
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COM 75-444 | Fall 2023 |
Course Schedule and Resource Links:
Aug 29: Mapping the Course/IntroductionsAug 31: Introduction to Critical Memory Studies
Read: Ratnam; Rose-Redwood et al.Sep 5: Intimate Collective Memories: MaterialRead: Marcoux; Epp & PriceSep 7: Intimate Collective Memories: VirtualRead: van Dijck, "Memory Matters in the Digital Age"; Walker; GoodeSep 12: Individual and/vs. Collective Memory
Read: Read: Erll: Ch 2 and pp. 82-94Sep 14: Collective Memory TheoryRead: Rossington/Whitehead: Sec 4Sep 19: Trauma & Memory
Read: Rossington/Whitehead: Sec 6; Keightley & Pickering
Sep 21: "Family Memory Object" Presentations
Sep 26: Memory, Identity & Culture
Read: Erll, Ch 4Sep 28: The Medium is the Memory
Read: Erll, Ch 5; Ong; WalterSep 29: Special Friday Due Date
Due: Paper #1: Family Memory Project [electronic submission, by 10:30am]Oct 3: Mediated Individual/Cultural MemoryRead: Sturken; Landsberg; ColeOct 5: Photography and MemoryRead: van Dijck, "Projecting the Family's Future Past"; Ledezma; DyerOct 10: {Fall Break--No Class}Oct 12: Mediated Memories
Read: Hales; BrooksOct 17: Collective Memory and Place: Monuments and MemorialsRead: Rossington/Whitehead: Sec 5.3; Doss; BednarOct 19: Placing Memory at Southwestern {Meet in Library Lobby}Read: Brasher, Alderman, & InwoodOct 20: Special Friday Due Date
Explore: Placing Memory Website
Due: Paper #2: Mediated Memory Project [electronic submission by 10:30am]Oct 24: Analyzing Memory PlacesRead: Smith and Bergman; LadinoOct 26: Remembering Jim CrowRead: House; Evans & GaddieOct 31: {SUnity Day--No Class}Nov 1: Special Wednesday Due Date
Due: Proposal for your Placing Memory Project [brief email by 10:30am]Nov 2: Screen The Neutral Ground (2021)Read: ApelNov 7: Finish and Discuss The Neutral Ground (2021)
Read: Remembering the Civil War in Central TexasNov 9: Reckoning with Racial TraumaRead: Clint SmithNov 14: Black Lives Matter, Memory, and Place
Read: Borysovych et al.; StraussNov 16: Memory Practices, Publics, and CounterpublicsRead: Kim; Newton-JacksonNov 17: Special Friday Due Date
Due: Research Project Proposal [electronic submission, by 10:30am]Nov 21: {Research Consultations}Nov 23: {Thanksgiving Break--No Class}
Nov 28: "Southwestern Memory Place" Presentations
Nov 30: "Southwestern Memory Place" Presentations
Dec 1: Special Friday Due Date
Due: Paper #3: Memory Place Project [electronic submission by 10:30am]Dec 5: Counter-memories and World-MakingRead: McCormack; John & CarlsonDec 7: (Last regular class day) Informal Presentations on Final Research Projects; Course Evaluations; Conclusions
Dec 13 (Wednesday): by 5pm
Due: Final Research Project [Electronic Submission]
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Department of Communication Studies
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