Practice of scholarship (Spring 2019)/week 3 session plan

• Disucss Zuckerman, "On genre"

According to Zuckerman, what is a genre in the context of a paper? Why does it matter?

What themes can you identify in the genres he describes? Common pitfalls/challenges?

What is a pseudo-genre?

Are these rhetorical or substantive aspects of a research paper?

• Pan and Chen paper

Work in small groups to classify this paper in Zuckerman's scheme.

Discuss.

• Activity with Durkheim's Suicide

• Pairwise discussion of submissions, feedback, and next steps

General feedback re: puzzles, framings, and assignments

• Reflection exercise

• Announcements/Prep for Week 4

Mid-quarter eval

Judy Wajcman lunch Wednesday 4/22