Critical Social Inquiry 0305 - Writing Against Culture

This course is for Division III students who are in their final semester and whose projects are based on ethnography, interviewing, oral history, community-engaged research, and other participatory methodologies. The course will be organized around students' Division III projects and will focus on writing as a critical juncture in the research process when questions of interpretation and representation loom large. We will begin by considering some interpretive strategies and writing choices that may help students find the forms needed to write within and across the communities that comprise their research. Students will be responsible for presenting their Division III work-in-progress several times during the semester and for providing written and verbal feedback on one another's work.

Instructor Permission. In this course, students are expected to spend 8-10 hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time. In addition to reading assignments, this time includes writing/revising of your Division III chapters while reading/giving written feedback on your classmates' writing.