Friday April 3, 2009: Final Test: 20%

This in-class, closed book test will focus primarily on Storey’s Cultural theory and popular culture text.  You will also be tested on general knowledge of Taussig and specific knowledge of one chapter from Edwards.  See below for details about the specific chapters and sections that you will be tested on:

• Cultural theory and popular culture:
  • Ch. 4. Marxisms
  • Ch. 7. Gender and Sexuality
  • Ch. 8. Postmodernism
• Law in a lawless land: Diary of a limpieza in Colombia
  • Author’s note
  • The First Week
  • A view from the outside
• Photography: A Very Short Introduction.
  • Chapter 2: “Documents”

Final Project

Your final project will be due on Friday, April 24th.  You need to hand these in to the main sociology office (5-21 HM Tory building before the office closes at 4pm).

I commented on the last assignment (Major Scrapbook Assignment) today. My main concern was to tell you all that I’ll be grading this more critically and carefully than the minor scrapbook assignments. This means that I’ll be looking for more nuance and critique in your work. You should be writing careful, well argued and coherent papers. I’ll be looking for the quality of references that you use and the degree to which they are appropriately deployed.

I showed a clip from a lecture given by Liz Wells in 2006.

Liz Wells
Landscape, Geography and Topographical Photography
51:51
GMRC Lecture Series Free
Recorded on March 27, 2006.

>> Link to iTunes to download (free)