schedule

Introduction to the course, to each other
 * Week 1: W, Aug 27 //Figuring Out Methods// **

** Week 2: W, Sept 3 //Figuring Oneself// ** __ Due (Sunday 11pm! Always…) __ Memo 1: Project Hopping (template for this memo is at http://figuringoutmethods.wikispaces.com/templates) Memo 2: Habits, Neuroses, Talents (see http://figuringoutmethods.wikispaces.com/framing) Memo 3: Biographical Sketch, 2020 Memo 4: Wish List * all memos are described on the framing page of our wiki

__ reading __ UG thesis at Pomona [] Senior thesis guide put out by STS at Virginia: http://rpi-sts.wikispaces.com/Senior+Projects

** Week 3: W, Sept 10 **//** Figuring a Project **// Memo 4: Project Definition Nested Research Questions //Committing to a project!// // Memo 5: Hierarchy of Research Questions // // Memo 6: Research Design Grid // // Memo 7: Three Literatures, Thirty References + Short Annotations //

// ** Week 4, W, Sept 17 ** // // Memo: abstract // // Memo: study components // // Memo: field sites // // Memo: schedule of activities // // Memo: interview questions // // Memo: interviewee introduction (draft email template) //

// ** Week 5, W, Sept 24 ** //

// full proposal (Sunday 11pm) // // two peer reviews (5% each) due in class // // in class we’ll workshop the proposals, giving/getting feedback at this crucial stage of the research process. //

// ** Week 6, W, Oct 1 ** // // updated and final proposal, weaving in peer review feedback // // Short Annotations: 18 // // Long Annotations: 6 // // Memo: Historicizing a Project (timeline, diachronic snapshot) // // Memo: Structuring a Project (synchronic snapshot) // // Memo: Peopling a Project // //in class: short proposal presentations (5 minutes sharp, with 3 minutes for feedback)//

// ** Week 7, W, Oct 8 ** // // Short Annotations: 18 // // Long Annotations: 6 // // Memo: hegemonic backdrop // // Memo: shifts in sign systems // // Memo: core categories //

// ** Week 8, W, Oct 15 ** // // Memo: describing events // // Memo: describing places // // Memo: describing organizations // // Memo: describing practices // // Memo: describing people // sunday: last chance to make changes to proposal, wednesday: catch up on everything, "final" (graded) versions (except memos due this week, which can be updated after we workshop them in class).

in class: 4 section grid with method (how you're looking at X, not methodology), empirical/topical (what you're looking at), theoretical/lens, other keywords. 5 sentences picking one from each. then explanation for adding more than one from any category.

// ** Week 9, W, Oct 22 ** // // Memo: draft overview // // Memo: draft background section (drawing on timeline) // // Memo: chapter summaries // // Memo: ethical conundrums // // Memo: “broad impact” // // Memo: cover mock-up // sunday: last chance to turn in proposal reviews graded proposal handed back wednesday //

** Week 10, W, Oct 29 ** Memo: draft literature review (with bibliography)

** Week 11, W, Nov 5 ** Memo: primary data #1, #2 (interview transcript, close reading of a primary document, etc.)

** Week 12, W, Nov 12 ** Memo: primary data #3, #4

** Week 13, W, Nov 19 ** working on thesis

** Week 14, W, Nov 26 ** thanksgiving break

** Week 15, W, Dec 3 ** thesis due