Schedule: Fall 2021

Week Unit/Module To-Do and Due Dates

Week 1

Welcome to 3330 & Defining Social Movements

8/30

  • Unit 1: Introducing Social Movements
  • Read:
    • Syllabus, Schedule, Discussion and Assignment Guidelines
    • Unit 1 Overview
  •  Read:
    • Milan, 2013
    • Four Stages of Social Movements
    • Social Movements: Evolution, Definitions, Debates and Resources
    • Gage, 2018
    • Enzinna, 2019
  • Due by 9/5: RR1 [Milan] 
  • Due by 9/5: Introduction Discussion

Week 2

SM Beginnings and Strategies

9/6

  • Unit 1: Introducing Social Movements
  • Read:
    • Triece, 2017
    • Berbergolu, 2019
    • Meyer, 2018
    • Johnson, 2017
  • Due by 9/12: RR2 [Triece or Berbergolu]
  • Due by 9/12: Discussion on American Revolution as Social Movement

Week 3

Rhetoric & Social Movements

9/13

  • Unit 2: Rhetorical Studies of Social Movements
  • Unit 2 Overview Page 
  •  Read:
    • Foust & Alvarado, 2018
    • Daniel & Smitherman, 1976
    • The Practice of Social Movement Leadership
    • Selections of Morris & Browne, 2001
    • Mayer et al., 2015
    • WATCH: TED, Black Lives Matter
  • Due by 9/19: RR3 [Morris & Browne]
  • Due by 9/19: Discussion on Environmental Justice Movement

Week 4

Publics and Counter Publics

9/20

  • Unit 2: Rhetorical Strategies of Social Movements
  •  Read:
    • Public Rhetoric Wikipedia Page
      • READ THIS FIRST
    • Asen, 2018
    • Chávez, 2011
    • Pezzullo, 2003
  • Due by 9/26: RR4 [Chávez OR Pezzullo]
  • Due by 9/26: Discussion on Proud Boys

Week 5

Important Rhetorical Concepts

9/27

  • Unit 2: Rhetorical Strategies of Social Movements
  •  Read:
    • Rand, 2015
    • Rice, 2015
    • Alkebulan, 2014
    • Collins, 1998
    • Na'puti, 2019
    • Cohen, 2018  
  • Due by 10/3: Discussion on Women's March
  • Due by 10/3: RR5 [Collins]

Week 6

Social Movements 2.0

10/4

  • Unit 3: Social Movements and Digital Media
  • Unit 3 Overview Page
  • Read:
    • Foust & Hoyt, 2018
    • Cloud, 2019  
    • Schneier, 2017
    • Theocharis et al, 2014
    • Diep, 2017
  • Due by 10/10: Op-Ed Peer Review
  • Due by 10/10: RR6 [Foust & Hoyt OR Theocharis et al]
  • Due by 10/10: Discussion on One Million Moms

Week 7

Digital Organizing

10/11

  • Unit 3: Social Movements and Digital Media
  • Read: 
    • WATCH: Tufekci, TED
    • Kang, 2019
    • Jackson et al, 2020
    • Lauren, 2020 
  • Due due by 10/17: RR7 [Kang OR Jackson et al]
  • Due by 10/17: Op-Ed Column

Week 8

Transnational Connectivity

10/18

  • Unit 3: Social Movements and Digital Media
  • Review: Readings from Week 7
  • Read: 
    • Papacharissi & de Fatima Oliveria, 2012
    • Kamau, 2017
    • Trottier & Pollack, 2020
  • Due by 10/24: Discussion on #MeToo/#🍚🐰 (#RiceBunny)

Week 9

Hashtag Publics & Hashtag Activism

10/25

  • Unit 4: Hashtag-Based Movements
  • Unit 4 Overview Page
  • Read:
    • Rambukkana, 2015
    • SELF-SELECTED CHAPTER FROM RAMBUKKANA
    • Jackson & Foucault Welles, 2015
    • Anderson et. al, 2018
  • Due by 10/31: RR8 [Self-Selected Chapter of Rambukkana]
  • Due by 10/31: Project Proposal Discussion
  • Due by 10/31: Project Meeting sign-up

Week 10

Black Liberation and Black Feminist Hashtags

11/1

  • Unit 4: Hashtag-Based Movements
  •  Read:
    • Taylor, 2017
    • Gomez, 2021
    • WATCH: Crenshaw, TED
    • Conley, 2015
    • Lindsey, 2017
  • Due by 11/7: RR9 [Gomez or Lindsey]
  • Due by 11/7: Project Check-in Zoom Meeting
  • Due by 11/7: Discussion on #BlackLivesMatter and #SayHerName

Week 11

Cross-Platform Possibilites

11/8

  • Unit 4: Hash-tag Based Movements
  •  Read:
    • Brouwer & Lincona, 2016
    • Pruitt-Young, 2021
    • WIRED Staff, 2021
  • Due by 11/14: Discussion on Trump 2020 & Social Media

Week 12

Praxis

11/15

  • Unit 5: Praxis
  • Unit 5 Overview Page 
  •  Read:
    • WATCH: Davis, 2017
    • WATCH: Elworthy, 2012
    • Dobson, 2001
    • Minieri & Gestos, pp.3–22.
    • Visions of Social Movements 
    • Townsend, 2018
    • Levine, 2019
  • Due due by 11/20: Discussion on enacting social change
  • Due by 11/20: Project Draft Peer Review Discussion

Fall Break Week

11/22

Week 13

Praxis

11/29

  • Unit 5: Praxis

 Read: Butler, 2015

  • Due by 12/5: RR10 [Butler]

Week 14

Last Week!

12/6

  • Unit 5: Praxis
  • Due by 12/10: Social Movement Org Consultant Report
  • Due by 12/10: Discussion on Concepts in Consultant Project