Introducing Slubberdegullion and Taradiddle, two characters about to make their appearance in The November Novel. Do think of them in terms of alterity, of "knowingness," of colonialism.

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Announcing:

Wednesday, November 21, 2001
An All Day Writing Session
to Catch Up on All Our Writing.
jeanne will be online all day.
NO CLASS TIME - ALL BY COMPUTER

Frequently Asked Questions:

• Attendance and Texts
• Assignments and Grades
• Mentoring

Reports of Learning:
What jeanne knows you've done.
Updating slowly. Will upload late Friday.

First twenty-one reports are up at Reports of Learning Students are identified by class ID number. It's time to write and/or talk to me so that you're sure I know what you're learning. jeanne

Thesis Projects: Collaborative Meeting Notes

• Connecting with the Other: Across the Ocean, Across the Street Berthena Kemp, Statement of the Problem, Literature Review, and Basic Methodology.
  Scheduled for presentation at ACJS in Spring 2002.

• The Other and Habitat for Humanity Jaime Shepherd and Marlene Boykin. Statement of the Problem, Literature Review, and Basic Methodology. Uploaded Saturday.
  Scheduled for presentation at ACJS, Spring 2002.

• Sociology as a Tool for Doing Something About Understanding the Other Darby Southgate. Statement of the Problem. Basic Methodology.This will go up on Monday.
  Scheduled for presentation at ACJS, Spring 2002.

• Providing Academic Support Groups for Writing Practice Geraldine, Mildred Coulter, Caroline Ibekwe, and Ruby. Statement of the Problem. Review of Literature. This will go up on Monday.
  Scheduled for presentation at ACJS, Spring 2002.

• Organizing and Managing the Thesis Project Workshop
  as an Academic Advising Tool Patricia A. Acone.
  Statement of the Problem. Review of Literature.
  Scheduled for presentation at ACJS, Spring 2002.

Writing Projects - Undergraduate: Collaborative Meeting Notes

• The November Writing Project Choose what you would like to write on, and write every day. You ought to have a healthy project by November 30, when the Novel Writing Project comes to an end.

Writing for Fun - Because It's Good for Us: Collaborative Meeting Notes

• The November Novel Index Join jeanne in writing a story. Or use your hand-made and hand-painted book to tell a story. Don't forget how much this has to do with Gofffman's Presentation of Self in Everyday Life!

• Or create a doll like Ena did, where we see the complexity of emotions. Remember to link that to reactions that don't go through the process of reason, even though sometimes we try to force them to. (Jonathan Lear and knowingness.

• James Joyce, Ulysses, and Finnegan's Wake. Arnold's Project. Arnold decided to return to the reading of the Classics, and decided he would read Finnegan's Wake. One hour later he decided we should make this a joint project. So after the November Novel I am committed to reading Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake, and to putting up summaries as a Collaborative Writing Project. Now, that may sound crazy, but look at this: "Joyce anticipated many of the insights of semiotics, poststructuralism, and postmodernism." See Beyond the Word.

We are in the program for the ACJS Spring Presentations. Those of you who wish to participate (Wesley, this includes you! Michael, this includes you!) you must sign up for participation and go through our Moot Court training. I won't be on campus in the Spring, but I will be doing the training sessions. And I will be with you at the Conference. jeanne

California State University, Dominguez Hills
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
Soka University Japan, Transcend Art and Peace
Latest Update: November 9, 2001
jeannecurran@habermas.org
takata@uwp.edu
Olivier Urbain, Soka University

Table of Contents

Archives - How to Navigate the Site - Announcements
Teaching and Review Essay Index, by Topic - Lecture Notes - Oft-Used Weblinks
Left/Right Perspectives - PSN - Virtual Faculty - Transcend Art and Peace
The Justice Studies Association - TR Young's Site - ZNet
Who To Take - Syllabi - Art and Poem Gallery - Sociology Sites

Merriam-Webster Dictionary Search:

What's New?

For the Week of November 12, 2001

Weekly Readings and Suggested Measures of Learning:

November Writing Project
• Modern Social Theories, Undergraduate:
  
  • WEEK 8 WEEK 9 WEEK 10 WEEK 11
• Transforming Discourse:
  
  • WEEK 8 WEEK 9 WEEK 10 WEEK 11
• Sociology of Law:
  
  WEEK 8 WEEK 9 WEEK 10 WEEK 11 WEEK 12
  • Self Test on Concepts in Sociology of Law Just started.
• Graduate Theory Seminar:
  
  • WEEK 8 WEEK 9 WEEK 10 WEEK 11

Healing after September 11
Teaching Essays
In Other Languages
Art and the Imaginary
Collaborative Writing Journal
Conflicts Around the World
Scholastic Resources
Lagniappe! You Gotta Read This!
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
Gallery
Resource Pages:
. . . Criminology and Aging and Peacemaking and Theory
. . . and Women and Social Justice and Social Justice Issues and Writings
. . . and The Writer's Bookshelf and Poverty and Sociology of Law
. . . and September 11, 2001 and Distance Learning
Syllabi Instructions on How to Access Syllabi
Calls for Proposals: Conference and Article Plans
Kids' Site
What people are saying about Dear Habermas
Who To Take

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Teaching Essays

Teaching and Review Essay Index

Discussing Theory:

• Social Theory Concepts:

  • Metaphor and social theory Review of Daniel Rigney's The Metaphorical Society. Metaphor is an important tool for analyzing social theory. References to John Godfrey Saxe's The Blind Men and the Elephant.

  • Paradigm Shift Towards Mediation and Arbitration Journal entry by Maria Martinez on what to do with Bin Laden, like as if we had the choice.

  • Connectedness and Mutuality Journal entry by Olga Vasquez. This essay illustrates how we sometimes give a compliment without fulling understanding why that happens. Sometimes we are expressing gratitude for the development of connectedness.

  • Islam and Fundamentalism
    • Women and Islamization The voices of women who are re-interpreting the role of women in Islam.
    • World Council of Muslim Women The voices of women in Islam speaking amongst and for themselves.
    • Afghanistan Humanity Denied: Systematic Violations of Women's Rights in Afghanistan Human Rights Watch. External Site.
    • AFGHANISTAN:THE MASSACRE IN MAZAR-I SHARIF November 1998 Vol. 10, No. 7 (C) The Northern Alliance entered Mazar-I-Sharif on November 12 or 13, 2001. Massacres of civilians are reported in Le Monde, a well-respected French paper.
    • Social and Criminal Justice Theory on Genocide Review of Philip Gourevitch's book, We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families. Related references contain maps, material on Rwanda, on definitions of genocide.
    • Fundamentalism Journal entry by Teidra Rankins and Kizzie Perry. An excellent sample of critical thinking and posing good hypothetical questions. Should clear up last Thursday's lecture on fundamentalism.

  • The Conflict of Cultures Journal entry by Tranell Colquitt

    • Knowingness
    • The Blind Men and the Elephant: A Hindu fable by John Godfrey Saxe

• Theorists:

  • Goffman, Erving:
    • Erving Goffman: Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. External site with summary of the text.

  • Guevara, Che:
    • Che and Marx Journal entry by Abel Beltran.

  • Habermas, Juergen:
    • Why Habermas? Journal entry by Nakia Guidry.

    • Marx, Karl:
      • Che and Marx Journal entry by Abel Beltran.

    • Mills, C. Wright:
      • History and Biography in a Global Age: The Legacy of C. Wright Mills by Lauren Langman.

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  Collaborative Writing Journal

• Index for Sharing the Site What others are reading and their questions and comments on their reading. Needs updating. jeanne 10/20/01

  Week 12: Week of November 12, 2001

  Commuter Campuses:Recreating Time for Academic Bull Sessions Journal entry by Kasie Boone.

  • Sharing with Young Children Journal entry by Keisha Hundley. More up soon.

  The Writing Project

  The November Writing Project has been opened to all students. Write along with jeanne as she writes the November Novel.

  • The November Novel Index
  • The Word Count Scroll down about five-sixths of the file to find jeanne.

  THE NOVEMBER NOVEL

  Chapter 1: NOW as a Goldfish

  • Chapter 1 - Day 1
  • Chapter 1 - Day 2
  • Chapter 1 - Day 3
  • Chapter 1 - Day 4
  • Chapter 1 - Day 5
  • Chapter 1 -Day 6 Day 6 has been cancelled. jeanne
  • Chapter 1 - Day 7

  Chapter 2: This Is a Novel

  • Chapter 2: This Is a Novel - Day 10

  • Chapter 3: Slubberdegullion and Taradiddle - Day 12

  • Chapter 4: The Serious Sociologist - Day 13

  • Chapter 5: "Learning Is Messy" - Day 14

  • Chapter 6: The Aging Wolf - Day 12

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Conflicts Around the World:

Present Danger

• PSN Post on entry of Northern Alliance into Mazar Sharif. in English. November 13, 2001!
  LeMonde article in French on Northern Alliance entry into Mazar-e-Charif. backup in French.

Long-Term Effects

• Social and Criminal Justice Theory on Genocide Review of Philip Gourevitch's book, We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families. Related references contain maps, material on Rwanda, on definitions of genocide.

History

• Survivors Describe Taliban "Killing Frenzy" Human Rights Watch urges U.N. Investigation of Massacre . November 1998. (New York, November 1, 1998)
• AFGHANISTAN: THE MASSACRE IN MAZAR-I SHARIF November 1998 Vol. 10, No. 7 (C). Human Rights Watch. Massacre by Taliban in Mazar-I-Sharif in November 1998.

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Scholastic Resources:

Papers and Conferences

• COMING INTO ONE'S OWN An outstanding site by Professor Andreas Teuber of the Department of Philosophy at Brandeis University. The site includes:

  • Examples of Plagiarism Scroll down about two-fifths of the file, to find the example of plagiarism in which the student changed the words, did not copy directly, but lifted the ideas and structure of the paragraph. This is the easiest plagiarism to commit, so you need to look at it carefully, and be sure you understand why and how it's a no-no.

    Scroll down almost to the end of the file to find:

    "Plagiarism by unacknowledged paraphrase and/or use of ideas:

    In Othello, Shakespeare makes frequent use of animal imagery. The specific images he uses are generally distasteful and convey to the reader a constant impression of conflict and misery."

  • Texts Online

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Lagniappe!

You Gotta Read This

• What is an Elephant? An Interdisciplinary Study Neat example of collaborative writing for a college class. Unfortunately the art link is missing. This site relates to The Conflict of Cultures Journal entry by Tranell Colquitt.

• Another course in elephants! I actually watched a couple of male elephants fight this way in Mala Mala. jeanne

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