{"id":197,"date":"2015-08-25T01:25:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T01:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/davis\/?page_id=197"},"modified":"2020-03-11T14:29:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T14:29:12","slug":"197-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/davis\/courses\/rhe-330e-pathos\/197-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathos Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Part I: Aristotelian Pathos<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

W Jan 22<\/td>\nIntroductions to each other and the course. Truthiness, post-truth, the problematics of pathos and logos. Pathos as the ground for logos in Aristotle and in contemporary neuroscience. Complete First Day Class Survey<\/a>.<\/td>\nIntroduce yourself on the discussion board, including a description of the last thing that moved you in a memorable way (a speech, a meme, a song, scene from a film or book, an image, any encounter\u2026)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M Jan 27<\/td>\nDiscuss pathetic appeals<\/a> together. Group exercise<\/a> for practice. Then discuss with your group the pathetic appeals in the artifacts you introduced, identifying what it is that moves you, stirs a feeling in you.<\/td>\nRead \u201cI Went to Mexico<\/a>\u201d and \u201cThe Thousands of Children Who Go to Immigration Court Alone<\/a>\u201d (be sure to watch the embedded videos on that last one)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W Jan 29<\/td>\nDiscuss pathetic appeals in readings\/videos<\/a>. Go over reading discussion posts<\/a>.<\/td>\nRead Aristotle, Book II, 1-17. Discussion Post 1, on Aristotle, due by class time on Monday.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M Feb 3<\/td>\nPost 1 due. Discuss Aristotle<\/a>. Some notes<\/a> on Aristotle<\/td>\nFind an image that you find moving, and post it to the discussion board under Images. Be ready to show and discuss it in class on Wed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W Feb 5<\/td>\n\u00a0Pathetic appeals in visual analysis practice<\/a>. Discuss visual analysis assignment<\/a>.<\/td>\nRead Nussbaum \u201cAristotle on Emotions and Rational Persuasion.\u201d Watch Greta Thunberg\u2019s speech to the UN<\/a>, Emma Gonzales\u2019s \u201cWe Call BS<\/a>\u201d speech, and Obama\u2019s gun violence press conference<\/a>. Post 2 on Nussbaum due Monday.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M Feb 10<\/td>\nPost 2 due. Discuss Nussbaum<\/a> + analyze videos<\/a> (pathetic appeals, feelings stirred, behavior inspired) Examples of visual analysis assignment from previous semesters.<\/td>\nFind an image to analyze for visual analysis assignment. (Possible source: 100 of the most Influential Images of All Time<\/a>. Another one: Berlin Wall and it\u2019s fall<\/a> photos)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Part II: Sociality of Affect<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

W Feb 12<\/td>\nWorkshop visual analysis<\/a> on your selected image. Q&A about assignment. Explanation of canvas peer review.<\/td>\nComplete visual analysis and upload it for peer review **by 9 am on Monday**<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M Feb 17<\/td>\nPeer Review Version Due<\/strong> (9 am). Peer review visual analysis.<\/a><\/td>\nRevise and resubmit final visual analysis by class time on Wednesday. Read Hawhee \u201cRhetoric\u2019s Sensorium.\u201d (no post)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W Feb 19<\/td>\nFinal Visual analysis due<\/strong>.<\/strong> Discuss Hawhee (exercise<\/a>).<\/td>\nRead Gould, \u201cIntroduction: Why Emotion?\u201d\u00a0Post 3 due Mon on Gould.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M Feb 24<\/td>\nPost 3 due. Discuss Gould: affective ontology and emotional habitus. Exercise<\/a>.<\/td>\nRead Rice, \u201cThe New \u2018New\u2019: Making a Case for Critical Affect Studies.\u201d Post 4 due Wed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W Feb 26<\/td>\nPost 4 due. Discuss Rice: critical affect studies. Exercise<\/a>. Quotation<\/a>.<\/td>\nRead Brennan, \u201cIntroduction\u201d to The Transmission of Affect<\/em>. Post 5 due Mon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M Mar 2<\/td>\nPost 5 due. Discuss Brennan<\/a>: the transpersonal affective intensities. Individual exercise<\/a>.<\/td>\nRead Ahmed, \u201cIntroduction\u201d to Cultural Politics of Emotion<\/em>, \u201cFeel Your Way.\u201d Post 6 due Wed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W Mar 4<\/td>\nPost 6 due. Discuss Ahmed: the sociality of emotions. Exercise<\/a>.<\/td>\nRead Ahmed \u201cAffective Economies.\u201d Post 7 due Monday. If you\u2019re revising visual analysis, it\u2019s due Monday. Revisions<\/strong> must include at the top of the paper, a paragraph explaining what aspects of the essay you revised and how, referring specifically to the feedback I left on your initial submission.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M Mar 9<\/td>\nPost 7 due. Visual analysis revisions due. <\/strong>Discuss Ahmed<\/a>: the stickiness of signs, the effects and affects of hate speech and the politics of fear. Exercise<\/a>.<\/td>\nAhmed writes that \u201c[T]he sideways movement between objects, which works to stick objects together as signs of threat, is shaped by multiple histories. The movement between signs does not have its origin in the psyche, but is a trace of how histories remain alive in the present\u201d (126).\u00a0This piece<\/a> about the aftermath of Trayvon Martin’s death and the sticky associations of the hoodie, is a great example.<\/p>\n

Read Burke \u201cRhetoric of Hitler\u2019s Battle.\u201d Post 8 on Burke due Wednesday.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Part III: Dealing With Pathological Texts<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

W Mar 11<\/td>\nPost 8 due. Announcement from representative of Fund for the Public Interest.Discuss Burke: pathetic aspects of identification, scapegoating, projection, consolidation of \u2018the enemy,\u2019 oppositional structuring. Exercise<\/a>. (+ sliding<\/a>) Discuss analysis of a pathological text assignment<\/a><\/td>\nHave a fabulous break. Be looking for a text to analyze. And if you’re a RHE major, consider applying to the RHE Honors Program<\/a> and the Trimble Prize for Excellence in Writing<\/a>!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M Mar 16<\/td>\nSpring break<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W Mar 18<\/td>\nSpring Break<\/td>\nRead this Time Magazine article<\/a>\u00a0and 4 short pieces from A Citizen\u2019s Guide to Fake News<\/a>:<\/p>\n
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  • \u201cWhat is Fake News\u201d<\/li>\n
  • \u201cA Brief History of Fake News\u201d<\/li>\n
  • \u201cThe Danger of Fake News Inflaming or Suppressing Social Conflict\u201d<\/li>\n
  • \u201cWhy We Fall for Fake News\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M Mar 23<\/td>\nDiscuss fake news and analysis assignment.<\/td>\nPeek at this Times piece<\/a>, plus read about Parkland conspiracy theories<\/a>, and Rice, \u201cPathologia.\u201d \u00a0Post 9 on Rice due on Wed. Decide on a text to analyze.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W Mar 25<\/td>\nPost 9 due. Discuss Rice: eruptions of pathological texts in rhetoric\u2019s \u201csensorium.\u201d (Uses of anger, fear, paranoia in fake news, conspiracy theories, hate speech and other injurious eruptions).<\/td>\nRead<\/strong> “What is The Great Replacement<\/a>” and watch<\/strong> two videos:<\/p>\n
M Mar 30<\/td>\nDiscuss readings\/videos. Workshop injurious aspects of artifacts.<\/td>\nRead McIntire, Yourish, and Buchanan\u2019s \u201cIn Trump\u2019s Twitter Feed: Conspiracy Mongers, Racist, and Spies<\/a>,\u201d Amanda Robb\u2019s \u201cAnatomy of a Fake News Scandal<\/a>\u201d on Pizzagate, and Richardson\u2019s \u201cThere\u2019s Something Going On”<\/a> (also in Files on Canvas)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W Apr 1<\/td>\nDiscuss readings. Q&A about text analysis.<\/td>\nRead<\/strong> Uscinski’s “If Trump’s Rhetoric” and Eric Reid’s Why Colin Kaepernick and I Decided to Take a Knee<\/a>, and watch<\/strong> Alex Jones<\/a> suggest that taking a knee supports “white genocide.” Work on text analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M Apr 6<\/td>\nOSU Program Review.<\/td>\nComplete a draft of text analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W Apr 8<\/td>\nOSU Program Review<\/td>\nUpload text analysis to canvas for peer review **by 9am Monday.**<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M Apr 13<\/td>\nPeer review version due<\/strong>. Peer review analysis.<\/td>\nRevise and resubmit analysis by class time on Wednesday. Read Ahmed: conclusion. (no post)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W Apr 15<\/td>\nFinal Textual analysis due<\/strong>. Discuss Ahmed: dissent, detaching stuck emotions\/bodies, pathetic appeals that undo violent appropriations. Videos: How Parkland Teens Deal with Bullies<\/a>; Response to Taco Tammy<\/a>;<\/td>\nWatch Yair Rosenberg on how to fight anti-semetic trolls<\/a> and read more about how he trolls the trolls<\/a>.\u00a0Read about angry optimism of hero students<\/a>, and organized mockery<\/a> in response to alt-right. Read Davies, \u201cHow Feelings Took Over the World.\u201d Post 10 on Davies<\/strong> due Monday.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M Apr 20<\/td>\nPost 10 due. Discuss Davies + dissent and detaching stuck emotions, cont.<\/td>\nWrite up the “description of rhetorical goals” for your counterargument and prepare to workshop it in class on Wed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W Apr 22<\/td>\nDescription of rhetorical goals workshop; meet with me; sign up for presentation dates<\/td>\nWork on counterargument<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M Apr 27<\/td>\nWork on counterarguments; meet with me<\/td>\nPrepare your counterargument for workshopping on Wed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W Apr 29<\/td>\nWorkshop counterarguments; meet with me<\/td>\nUpload counterargument to canvas for peer review **by 9am Wednesday.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M May 4<\/td>\nPeer review version due.<\/strong> Peer review counteraguments<\/td>\n**Revise and resubmit counterargument by class time on Monday.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W May 6<\/td>\nFinal Counterargument due. <\/strong>Revisions of textual analysis due. <\/strong>Share counterargument thoughts and debrief<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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