Intimate Nature: Communication Older Than Words

Winter Syllabus 2003

 

Schedule

            Mondays         

9:00 -11:00      large group meeting (Recital Hall)

                        1:00 – 3:00       workshops (Sarah/CRC116, Laurie/L1308, Sean/Com 341)

            Tuesdays         

9:00 – 11:00     workshop (Sarah – CRC 116)

                        9:30 – 11:30     seminars (Laurie/Com 323, Sean/Com 310)

                        12:00 – 2:00     seminar (Sarah – CRC 116)

                        2:30 – 4:30       yoga workshop (all program – CRC 116/117)

            Wednesdays

                        all day              collaborative group meetings

            Thursdays        

10:00 – 12:00   peer group meetings (Com 308/Grass Lake)

                        1:00 – 4:00       workshops (Laurie/Com 308, Sean/Com 341)

            Fridays

                        all day              individual study and preparation

 

Faculty and Staff

Laurie Meeker, Com 308F, 867-6613, meekerl@evergreen.edu

Sarah Williams, Seminar Bldg 4161, 867-6561, williasa@evergreen.edu

Sean Williams, Com 304B, 867-6623, williams@evergreen.edu

Vicki Arrington, Com 301, 867-6605, arringtv@evergreen.edu (program secretary)

Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30 (Laurie and Sean); Monday 3:00-4:00 (Sarah)

 
Book List

A Natural History of the Senses (Ackerman)

Sensuous Scholarship (Stoller)

Animal Dreams (Kingsolver)

Partial Recall (Lippard)

Soundscapes chapter 7 (Shelemay)

Musical Healing in Cultural Contexts (Gouk) – selected chapters only (do not buy)

The Performance of Healing (Laderman and Roseman) – selected chapters only (do not buy)

Between East and West (Irigaray)

Islands Out of Time (Thompson)

Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals (Hogan, Metzger, and Peterson)

“Teddy Bear Patriarchy:  Taxidermy in the Garden of Eden, New York City, 1908-1936” (Haraway) from Primate Visions:  Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science, pp. 26-58. [will be available in bookstore]

“Why Look at Animals?” (Berger) [will be available in bookstore]

“Why Look at Women?” (Kaeppler) [will be available in bookstore]

 

Before Week One:  Read A Natural History of the Senses (Ackerman)

 

Week One:                  

1/6       9:00 -11:00      The Nature of Music (Sean) (Recital Hall)

            1:00 – 3:00       workshops (Sarah/CRC116, Laurie/L1308, Sean/Com 341)

1/7       9:00 – 11:00     workshop (Sarah – CRC 116)

            9:30 – 11:30     seminars (Laurie/Com 323, Sean/Com 310)

            12:00 – 2:00     seminar (Sarah – CRC 116)

            2:30 – 4:30       yoga workshop (all program – CRC 116/117)

1/9       10:00 – 12:00   peer group meetings (groups 1-4 to Grass Lake)

            1:00 – 4:00       workshops (Laurie/Com 326, Sean/Com 341)

Assignment for next week: Sensuous Scholarship (Stoller).

 

Week Two:                 

1/13     9:00 –11:00      The Anthropology of Abjection (Sarah) (Recital Hall)

            1:00 – 3:00       workshops (Sarah/CRC116, Laurie/L1308, Sean/Com 341)

            5:30 – 7:30       Potluck Dinner at the Organic Farmhouse!!

1/14     9:00 – 11:00     workshop (Sarah – CRC 116)

            9:30 – 11:30     seminars (Laurie/Com 323, Sean/Com 310)

            12:00 – 2:00     seminar (Sarah – CRC 116)

            2:30 – 4:30       yoga workshop (all program – CRC 116/117)

1/16     10:00 – 12:00   Peer group meetings (groups 5-8 to Grass Lake)

            1:00 – 4:00       workshops (Laurie/Com 326, Sean/Com 341)

Assignment for next week:  Read Animal Dreams (Kingsolver).  Finish your integrative paper and turn it in to your primary faculty’s mailbox by noon on Friday the 24th.  No late papers will be accepted.

 

Week Three:               

1/20     all day              Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holiday:  community work party at

Grass Lake (all students are encouraged to join in!)

1/21     9:00 – 11:00     workshop (Sarah – CRC 116)

            9:30 – 11:30     seminars (Laurie/Com 323, Sean/Com 310)

            12:00 – 2:00     seminar (Sarah – CRC 116)

            2:30 – 4:30       yoga workshop (all program – CRC 116/117)

1/23     10:00 – 12:00   Peer group meetings (integrative essay peer review)

            1:00 – 4:00       workshops (Laurie/Com 326, Sean/Com 341)

1/24     evening Suzanne Lacy (public art)

Assignment for next week: Read Partial Recall ((Lippard).  Prepare a draft of your co-authored evaluation for the first session and e-mail it to your primary faculty in the body of the text (not as an attachment) BEFORE 4 pm on MONDAY THE 27th.

 

Week Four:                  INTERSESSION

1/27     9:00 -11:00      The Politics of Representation (Laurie) (Recital Hall)

            11:00 – 1:00     Peer review of co-authored evaluations

2:00 – 4:00       Revision and rewriting of co-authored evaluations (send by 4 pm)

4:00 – 6:00       Student conferences

1/28     9:00 – 12:00     Student conferences

            2:30 – 4:30       yoga workshop (all program – CRC 116/117)

1/30     9:00 – 12:00     Student conferences

1:00 – 4:00       Student conferences

Assignment for next week: “Music and Memory,” Chapter Seven (Shelemay) and selections from The Performance of Healing (Laderman and Roseman) and Musical Healing in Cultural Context (Gouk) (see handout to be given in class).

 

Week Five:                  

2/3       9:00 -11:00      Music and Healing (Sean) (Recital Hall)

            1:00 – 3:00       workshops (Sarah/CRC116, Laurie/L1308, Sean/Com 341)

2/4       9:00 – 11:00     workshop (Sarah – CRC 116)

            9:30 – 11:30     seminars (Laurie/Com 323, Sean/Com 310)

            12:00 – 2:00     seminar (Sarah – CRC 116)

            2:30 – 4:30       yoga workshop (all program – CRC 116/117)

2/6       10:00 – 12:00   Peer group meetings (groups 9-12 to Grass Lake)

            1:00 – 4:00       workshops (Laurie/Com 326, Sean/Com 341)

Assignment for next week: Read Between East and West (Irigaray).

 

Week Six:                   

2/10     9:00 -11:00      Guest Lecture: Breathing Bodies (Thomas Hornbein) (Recital Hall)

            1:00 – 3:00       workshops (Sarah/CRC116, Laurie/L1308, Sean/Com 341)

2/11     9:00 – 11:00     workshop (Sarah – CRC 116)

            9:30 – 11:30     seminars (Laurie/Com 323, Sean/Com 310)

            12:00 – 2:00     seminar (Sarah – CRC 116)

            2:30 – 4:30       yoga workshop (all program – CRC 116/117)

2/13     10:00 – 12:00   Peer group meetings (groups 1-4 to Grass Lake)

            1:00 – 4:00       workshops (Laurie/Com 326, Sean/Com 341)

2/14     7:30 pm            Evening concert with David Trasoff, playing music of North India

(in the Recital Hall), free of charge!!

Assignment for next week:  Read Islands Out of Time (Thompson).

 

Week Seven:               

2/17     all day              No Meetings:  Presidents’ Day Holiday

2/18     9:00 – 11:00     workshop (Sarah – CRC 116)

            9:30 – 11:30     seminars (Laurie/Com 323, Sean/Com 310)

            12:00 – 2:00     seminar (Sarah – CRC 116)

            2:30 – 4:30       yoga workshop (all program – CRC 116/117)

2/20     10:00 – 12:00   Peer group meetings (groups 5-8 to Grass Lake)

            1:00 – 4:00       workshops (Laurie/Com 326, Sean/Com 341)

Assignment for next week: Read Intimate Nature parts 3 (“Borderlines: The Domesticated Wild”) and 4 (“Relationships: Learning From Animals”); selected chapter by Donna Haraway (“Teddy Bear Patriarchy: Taxidermy in the Garden of Eden, New York City, 1908-1936” from Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science, pp. 26-58).

 

Week Eight:                 

2/24     9:00 -11:00      National Geographies of Primates (Sarah) (Recital Hall);

                                    Video:  Donna Haraway Reads the National Geographies of Primates

            1:00 – 3:00       workshops (Sarah/CRC116, Laurie/L1308, Sean/Com 341)

2/25     9:00 – 11:00     workshop (Sarah – CRC 116)

            9:30 – 11:30     seminars (Laurie/Com 323, Sean/Com 310)

            12:00 – 2:00     seminar (Sarah – CRC 116)

            2:30 – 4:30       yoga workshop (all program – CRC 116/117)

2/27     10:00 – 12:00   Peer group meetings (groups 9-12 to Grass Lake)

            1:00 – 4:00       workshops

Assignment for next week: Read Intimate Nature part 5 (“Come Into Animal Presence:  Testimonies”) and “Why Look at Animals?” (Berger)/“Why Look at Women?” (Kappeler). Consider attending the Pacific Northwest Regional Ethnomusicology Conference in the Recital Hall, 9 am to 4 pm.  Sean is the regional president of the society; people will be coming from all over the northwest to present the results of their latest research into ethnomusicology.

 

Week Nine:                 

3/3       9:00 -11:00      The Politics of Representation II (Laurie) (Recital Hall)

            1:00 – 3:00       workshops (Sarah/CRC116, Laurie/L1308, Sean/Com 341)

3/4       9:00 – 11:00     workshop (Sarah – CRC 116)

            9:30 – 11:30     seminars (Laurie/Com 323, Sean/Com 310)

            12:00 – 2:00     seminar (Sarah – CRC 116)

            2:30 – 4:30       yoga workshop (all program – CRC 116/117)

3/6       10:00 – 12:00   peer support group meetings (Com 308)

            1:00 – 4:00       workshops (Laurie/Com 326, Sean/Com 341)

Assignment for next week: Finish your integrative paper and turn it in to your primary faculty’s mailbox by noon on Friday the 7th.  No late papers will be accepted.  Please note that your co-authored evaluation is due by noon on Friday the 14th.

 

Week Ten:                   COLLABORATIVE PRESENTATIONS

3/10     9:00 – 12:00     presentations (Recital Hall)

            1:00 – 3:00       prepare a draft of your co-authored evaluation 

3/11     9:00 – 12:00     presentations (CRC 116/117)

            1:00 – 2:30       peer review of your co-authored evaluations

2:30 – 4:30       yoga workshop (all program – CRC 116/117)

3/13     9:30 – 12:00     presentations (Com 308)

            1:00 – 4:00       presentations (Com 308)

3/14     9:00 – 1:00       final revision of your co-authored evaluation

 

Make an appointment with your seminar/workshop leader for a final evaluation.  During evaluation week, make a proposal for your work in spring quarter. 

 

PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ANY TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR PRIOR TO FRIDAY OF EVALUATION WEEK!!