CA FLR/CA522 Digitally Documenting Everyday Communication
Part I: The Value of Everyday ExpressionWeek 1
9/6: Meeting #1 , "The Value of the Everyday" (with RGH)
9/8: Meeting #2, "Talking Trauma" (with RGH)
Required Reading: "Tradition," and "Identity" in Feintuch, Burt, ed. 2003. Eight Words for the Study of Expressive Culture. Chicago: University of Illinois Press. 176-198.Week 2
9/13: Meeting #3, "Communication as Performance" (with RGH)
Required Reading: Bauman, Richard. 1984 [1977]. "The Emergent Quality of Performance." Verbal Art as Performance. Prospect Heights, Illinois: Waveland Press. 37-45.
9/15: Meeting #4, "Communication Events" (with RGH)
Required Reading: Georges, Robert. 1969. "Toward and Understanding of Storytelling Events." Journal of American Folklore. 82.1 313-328.Week 3
9/20: Meeting #5, "Documenting Communication Events" (with RGH)
Required Reading: Activity: Bring 3 examples of communication events you observed that had elements of expressive culture.
9/22: Meeting #6, "Ethnographic Methods in Short" (with RGH)
Required Reading: Georges, Robert A. and Michael Owen Jones 1980.. "Alternative Means, Many Ends." People Studying People. Berkeley: University of California Press. 23-42. and "Informed Consent Form, "Research Release Form," "Respondant Release Form," and "Archives Accession Form"
Week 4
9/27: Meeting #7, "Imagining Documents" (with RGH)
Required Reading: Activity: Bring a concrete idea of the event you will document in A1 and why you think it is worth documenting. (You will have to share this with the class!)
9/29: Meeting #8, "Ideology and Archives" (with RGH)
Required Reading: Hall, Stephanie. 1997. "Archives and Archiving: An Introduction," in Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art. Vol. One. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc. 48-54.; Liu, Jia. 2007. "Metadata Basics" in Metadata and Its Applications in the Digital Library. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 3-14.Part II: Documenting Digitally
Week 5
10/4: Meeting #9, "Sanyo ICR--Recording Audio Interviews" (with Ashley Hinck and IMC Staff)
Required Reading: Shut Up and Shoot, pages 1-14, 30-44;
10/6: Meeting #10, "XL-1, Digital Video Recording in the Field" (with Ashley Hinck and IMC Staff)
Required Reading: Shut Up and Shoot, pages 53-92[AFS 12 - 27]
Week 6
10/10: First Assignment Due by Monday by 5 PM via email to instructor. Include embedded scanned image of handwritten notes in the single .pdf or .doc document. Keep a copy on your flashdrive.
10/11: Meeting #11, "The IRB" (with RGH)
Activity: Start the IRB Test. Access through this link.
10/13: Meeting #12: TBA
Activity: Work on the IRB Test (This is required for course completion.) Access through this link.Week 7
10/18: Second Assignment Due by 5 PM via email to instructor. Include .pdf of consent form embedded in the file. Save a copy and your flashdrive. Make sure to save the sound file in case we need to review it later.
10/18: Meeting #13, "Video and Sound Editing I" (with Dan Banda)
Required Reading: Final Cut Pro Power Skills pages 1-43; and please review Final Cut Pro Set Up Procedures, Final Cut Pro Capturing, Final Cut Pro Exporting, and Using Compressor
10/20: Meeting #14,"Video and Sound Editing II" (with Dan Banda)
Required Reading: Final Cut Pro Power Skills pages 45-108.
Part III: Documenting Everyday Communication
Week 8
10/25: Meeting #15, "Shooting in the Field I: Shot Composition and Coverage for Story" (with Dan Banda)
Required Reading: Shut Up and Shoot, pages 172-197
10/27: Meeting #16 , "Shooting in the Field II: Audio in the Field" (with Dan Banda)
Required Reading: Shut Up and Shoot, pages 147-171
Week 9
10/28: Final Project Proposal Form Due by 5 PM via email to instructor.
10/28: Complete the IRB Test, print the certification page as a .pdf, and place in by 11:59 PM (This is required for course completion.) Access through this link.Once your IRB Certification has been accepted, you must register at UW@Minds. Do this before you submit your project proposal.
1. Go to http://minds.wisconsin.edu/
2. On the left side of the page, under "Deposit materials", click "log in"
3. Choose "UW System Authentication Hub"
4. Select "UW-Madison" as the campus, and enter your netid and password
5. If that's successful, the student can click "log out", under "Deposit materials"
11/1: Meeting #17, "Ethical Interview Dos and Don'ts" (with RGH)
Required Reading: Shut Up and Shoot, pages 198-214
11/3: Meeting #18, "Project Proposal Workshop" (with RGH)
Required Reading: Activity: Bring a hardcopy of your current draft of project proposal.Week 10
11/8: Meeting #19, "Final Project Work shopping: Focus on Shot Planning, B-Reels, and Redos" (with RGH)
Required Reading: Shut Up and Shoot, pages 94-146
11/10: Meeting #20, "Final Project Work shopping: Focus on Audio in the Field" (with RGH)
Required Reading: Shut Up and Shoot, pages 147-171[NCA November 17 - 20]
Week 11
11/15: Meeting #21 "Final Project Work shopping: Focus on Audio Importing, Synching, and Editing" (with RGH)
Required Reading: Final Cut Pro Power Skills pages 153-184
11/17: Meeting #22,"Final Project Work shopping: Focus on Transitions" (with RGH)
Required Reading: Shut Up and Shoot, pages 185-242T-Day
November 24 - 27
Week 12
11/22: Meeting #23, TBA
11/24: T-DayWeek 13
11/29: Meeting #24, "Final Project Work shopping: Focus on Format Outputs (DVD etc.)" (with RGH)
Required Reading: Final Cut Pro Power Skills pages 243-265
12/1: Meeting #25, "Accession Forms, Uploading, and Your Final Project Presentation " (with RGH)
Required Reading: IMPORTANT CLASS! ATTEND IT! But otherwise, work on your videos.Week 14
12/6: Meeting #26, Student Presentations (Attendance of all students is required) (with RGH)
12/8: Meeting #27, Student Presentations (Attendance of all students is required) (with RGH)Week 15
12/13: Meeting #28, Student Presentations (Attendance of all students is required) (with RGH)
12/15: Meeting #29, Last Day for Student Presentations (Attendance of all students is required) (with RGH)Submitted via Mines at UW Archiving Submission Site during class between 12/15 and 12/23 2011.
You can logon using your UW ID and password here:
https://authhub.wisconsin.edu/?app=MINDS
Be sure your NETID is valid and your IRB Certification has been accepted.
Then, be sure you have registered for the UWMinds Site at least 5 business days before you try to submit by doing the following:
1. Go to http://minds.wisconsin.edu/
2. On the left side of the page, under "Deposit materials", click "log in"
3. Choose "UW System Authentication Hub"
4. Select "UW-Madison" as the campus, and enter your netid and password
5. If that's successful, the student can click "log out", under "Deposit materials"Projects not submitted via the online site will not get credit for the class. You must make a DVD or flash drive back up of all your files and information in case there is a problem. If you do not have a back up,a problem could result in failure or an "I."