Instructor: Edward Gonzalez-Tennant |
Email: etennant@ufl.edu |
Course Description: Required Texts: - Flint, Colin (ed.) Recommended Texts: - Arendt, Hannah Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, each student will:
Grading: Class participation is a must and students missing large amounts of class without an appropriate excuse (doctors appointment, family activity such as marriages or funerals, participation in other sanctioned school activity, etc.) will endanger their semester grade. Each class will be split between lectures by the instructor and class discussion of the readings. The complete grading procedure is as follows:
Breakdown of Grading: Three Response Papers: Three videos will be shown during the semester. Students will respond to each movie in a one page paper. These papers will receive grades between 0 and 10. Each paper counts for 10% of your final grade. Specific guidelines and a blank copy of the grading rubric for the response papers will be handed out in class. Students will recieve a specific question for each response paper the day a video is shown in class. Annotated Bibliography: In preparation for the final project, each student will prepare an annotated bibliography of at least fifteen sources. At least half of these sources will come from students' independent research and not the course syllabus. HINT: Use the citations for class readings to find new sources. [Points: 15] Contribute to Mapping Collective Violence Website: Each student will update the instructor's online spatial database with at leasti 20 instances of racially charged collective violence. The website address is violence.anthroyeti.com, and contains specific instructions for adding information to the database. This aspect of the course will be discussed in greater detail during the semester. Final Project: The final project is divided between two activities, a final paper (of eight to ten pages) and a ten minute class presentation on each students' individual research. Complete instructions for the paper and presentation will be discussed in detail during the course of the semester. Total Possible Points: 100 Course Grading Scale: (UF now assigns minus grades!) A 93-100 A- 90-92.9 B+ 87-89.9 B 84-86.9 B- 80-83.9 Attendance: Attendance is not taken in this class, but is highly encouraged. Academic Honesty: Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. As a registered student in this course and at the University of Florida, you have agreed to the following statement: “I understand that the University of Florida expects its students to be honest in all their academic work. I agree to adhere to this commitment to academic honesty and understand that my failure to comply with this commitment may result in disciplinary action up to and including expulsion from the University.” If you are caught plagiarizing or cheating on exams you will receive an automatic zero and will be referred to University administration for disciplinary action. If you have any questions please refer to the University’s Honor Code which is available online at: http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/students.html Student Conduct: All students must comply with the Student Conduct Code which can found at http://www.dso.ufl.edu/studentguide/studentconductcode.php. Any behavior that interferes with either the instructor’s ability to conduct the class or the ability of other students to benefit from the instructional program will not be tolerated. Please turn off cell phones and all other electronic devices before class. Laptops may only be used to take notes. Disruptive students will be asked to leave. Disability Accommodations: Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the instructor when requesting accommodation. The Disability Resource office is located in 001 Reid Hall. Further information can be found at UF Counseling Services: Resources are available on campus for students having personal or goal oriented problems 1. University Counseling Center, 301 Peabody Hall, 392-1575 Semester Calendar: The first part of the semester offers a broad introduction to collective violence in US history. The second part reviews analytical approaches to collective violence in America. Readings outside the required books above will be provided on the course website for download as PDF’s (and marked on this syllabus with PDF). Week 01 – Introduction to Course [January 5] No readings Week 02 - Theorizing Violence [January 12 & 14] This week begins our exploration of how various disciplines theorize and research violence. Tuesday Readings: Thursday Readings: Week 03 - Early American Violence [January 19 & 21] This week looks at anti-Indian and colonial violence as well as slavery in the USA. Tuesday Readings: Thursday Readings: Week 04 - The Violent West, Industrial Violence, and Vigilantism [January 26 & 28] This week looks at labor violence and what happens when citizens take the law into their own hands historically. Tuesday Readings: Thursday Readings: Week 05 - Lynchings in American Society, Part I (of II) [February 2 & 4] The next two weeks examine a shamefully unique aspect of American history, the lynch mob. This week’s readings are foundational works in regards to the history of lynching in the US. Tuesday Readings: Thursday Readings: Week 06 – Lynching in American Society, Part II (of II) [February 9 & 11] This week focuses the largest single investigation into Southern lynchings, and asks the question "is lynching photography shameful voyeurism or a legitimate form of analysis?" Tuesday Readings: Thursday Readings: Week 07 – Race Riots in the US, Part I (of II) [February 16 & 18] Race riots were common to all parts of the US and have occurred since our country's beginning. However, we will focus on a handful of race riots as comparative to the Rosewood riot here in Florida during the first week of 1923. Tuesday Readings: Thursday Readings: Week 08 - Race Riots in the US, Part II (of II) [February 23 & 25] Race riots were common to all parts of the US and have occurred since our country's beginning. However, we will focus on a handful of race riots as comparative to the Rosewood riot here in Florida during the first week of 1923. Tuesday Readings: Thursday Readings: Week 09 – 'Illegal' Internment of Japanese Americans during WWII [March 2 & 4] This week examines a major example of state violence. Sign up for an account and explore the archives at Densho. Tuesday Readings: Thursday Readings: Week 10 – Geographies of Modern Hate [March 16 & 18] This week presents an introduction to the modern landscape of radical White hate-groups in the United States. Check out the Southern Poverty Law Center's website. Tuesday Readings: Thursday Readings: No Class Week of March 23 & 25 - Instructor at Society for Applied Anthropology Meetings Week 11 –Sundown Towns [March 30 & April 1] This week looks at a wide-spread, oft-forgotten aspect of the historical American landscape. Tuesday Readings: Thursday Readings: Week 12 – Truth and Reconciliation Commissions & Student Presentations [April 6 & 8] Historical backgrounds of redress and truth and reconciliation commissions, in global perspective. Tuesday Readings: Thursday Readings: Weeks 13& 14 – Student Presentations [April 13, 15, & 20] Final Paper Due last Day of Class (April 20). No Late Papers! |