Syllabus (Fall 2019) Syllabus and Course InfoCourse Details and PoliciesAssignmentsResource GuideBlog Post and Skill Assignment GuidelinesMonday, August 26: What is the Cultural New Deal?Wednesday, August 28: What is Digital History?Monday, September 2: NO CLASS -- Labor DayWednesday, September 4: A New Deal for Who?Monday, September 9: Guest Presentation -- Tony GuidoneWednesday, September 11: Omeka Workshop / Digital Collections and ArchivesMonday, September 16: The Federal One Project and The FolkWednesday, September 18: Copyright, Intellectual Property, and the Public DomainMonday, September 23: The Dust Bowl, Migration, and Documentary ExpressionWednesday, September 25: Image Annotation and GlitchingMonday, September 30: No Class / At-Home AssignmentWednesday, October 2: Pop Culture in the 1930sMonday, October 7: The Popular Front, Feminism, and the Long Civil Rights MovementWednesday, October 9: Critical DH // Thinking Through AlgorithmsTuesday, October 14 - Fall Break (class moved to Tuesday): Historical Research in the Digital Age Wednesday, October 16: Oral History // TimelinesMonday, October 21: Federal Writers Project / Text Analysis (pt.1)Wednesday, October 23: The American Guide SeriesMonday, October 28: Federal Writers' Project / Text Analysis (pt.2)Wednesday, October 30: Mapping the 1930sMonday, November 4: Federal Theatre ProjectWednesday, November 6: Visit to GMU Special CollectionsMonday, November 11: Federal Music ProjectWednesday, November 13: Digital Sound StudiesMonday, November 18: Federal Art ProjectWednesday, November 20: Comic Books, Memes, and GIFsMonday, November 25: HUAC and the Decline of Federal OneWednesday, November 27: NO CLASS -- Thanksgiving HolidayMonday, December 2: Digital CitizenshipWednesday, December 4: Legacies of the New DealFINAL PROJECT: Due Friday, December 13 Wednesday, October 2: Pop Culture in the 1930s Due Today: Read “Facing the Music” and “How Song, Dance, and Movies Bailed us out of the Depression” Morris Dickstein. Read excerpt from Michael Denning’s The Cultural Front: The Laboring of American Culture (in Dropbox).
