Bodies of Knowledge
Fall 2010
Syllabus
Faculty Members
Donald Morisato
Rita Pougiales
Joe Tougas
Elizabeth Minnich
Program Secretaries
Amber Pearson
Pam Udovich
Lab I 3009 ext.6020
donaldm@evergreen.edu
Lab II 3259 ext.6387
pougiale@evergreen.edu
Lab II 3249 ext,6891
tougasj@evergreen.edu
Elizabeth Minnich is the Evans Chair visitor this year
and will join us in winter quarter.
Lab I 1018
Lab I 1020
ext.5607
ext.6600
pearsona@evergreen.edu
udovichp@evergreen.edu
Fall quarter readings:
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences by M. Foucault
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
French DNA by Paul Rabinow
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Mutants by Armand Marie Leroi
Biological Sciences by Scott Freeman
In addition, there are many articles and chapters assigned. They are listed in
the week-by-week syllabus below and will be available as PDF documents on
the program website.
Weekly Schedule
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Study and
preparation for
class
Lecture
Lecture and
Workshop
9:00-12:00
Science lab:
LAB I 1040
Art lab:
LAB I 1050
Ethnography:
Longhouse1007
Seminar or
workshop
Tutoring
Seminar
1:00-3:00
SEM II C2105
100-3:00
SEM II
Donald – B3105
Rita – B3107
Joe - B3109
9:00-12:00
LH 2
9:00-1:00
SEM II E1107
Lab, studio or
workshop
1:00-4:00
LAB I
1040/1050
Longhouse
1007A/1007B
9:00-12:00
SEM II
E1107
D2107
D2108
Week-by-week schedule
Week One: September 27th through October 1st
Reading:
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Biological Sciences by Scott Freeman, chapters 1, 32
“Blurred Genres” by Clifford Geertz (available on the website)
Assignment due:
One page description of your academic plan by Friday in
seminar.
First journal entry
Tuesday lecture:
Introduction to the program.
Cultural Bodies
Tuesday seminar: Mapping and Representation
Wed lecture:
Theory of evolution
Pre-lab lecture
Thursday:
Science lab 1: Forms of Bodies (in the natural history
collection)
Art lab 1: Bones and skulls
Ethnography lab 1: Observation and description
Friday
Seminar
Week Two: October 4th through October 8th
Reading”
Foucault, chapters 1, 2, 3
“The Model” by Gregory Bateson (available on the website)
Freeman,
Assignment due:
Journal entries
Tuesday lecture:
Foucault
Wed lecture:
Introduction to genetics: mitosis and meiosis
Thursday:
Science lab 1: Forms of Bodies (in the natural history
collection)
Art lab 1: Bones and skulls
Ethnography lab 1: Observation and description
Friday seminar:
Week Three: October 11th through October 15th
Reading:
Foucault, chapter 5
“Thick Description” by Clifford Geertz
Freeman,
Assignment due:
First 2-3 page essay due Friday in seminar
Tuesday lecture:
Tuesday seminar:
Wed lecture:
Mendel - 1
Thursday:
Science lab 2: Drosophila genetics (Analysis of genetic crosses)
Art lab 2: Symmetry
Ethnography lab 2: Stories on bodies
Friday:
Potluck after seminar at the Organic Farm
Week Four: October 18th through October 22nd
Reading:
“Effects of Conscious Purpose on Human Adaptation,” by
Gregory Bateson
Selections from “Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, “ and
Selections from Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig
Wittgenstein
Freeman,
Assignment due:
First 2-3 page essay due on Friday in seminar
Tuesday lecture:
Tuesday seminar:
Wed lecture:
Mendel – II; Human pedigrees
Thursday:
Science lab 2: Drosophila genetics (Analysis of genetic crosses)
Art lab 2: Symmetry
Ethnography lab 2: Stories on bodies
Friday:
Seminar
Week Five: October 25th through October 29th
Reading:
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Freeman,
Assignment due:
Tuesday lecture:
Tuesday seminar:
Wed lecture:
Exam 1
I
Thursday:
Introduction to Drosophila
Science lab 2: Drosophila genetics (continued)
Art lab 3: Random change and natural selection
Ethnography lab 3: Interviewing: Experience of the body
Friday:
Week Six: November 1st through November 5th
Reading:
“Ethnography of Modern Thought” by Geertz
Freeman,
Assignment due:
Tuesday lecture:
Tuesday seminar:
Wed lecture:
Molecular nature of genes;
Thursday:
Human Genome Project
Science lab 2: Drosophila genetics (continued)
Art lab 3: Random change and natural selection
Ethnography lab 3: Interviewing: Experience of the body
Friday:
Week Seven: November 8th through November 12th
Reading:
French DNA by Paul Rabinow
Assignment due:
Tuesday lecture:
Tuesday seminar:
Wed lecture:
Thursday:
Friday:
“Language and Science: Genetics, Embryology and the
Discourse of Gene Action,” by Evelyn Fox Keller
Freeman,
Second essay due in seminar on Friday
Science lab papers for groups A and B
Introduction to Developmental Biology
Veteran’s Day Holiday – no class
Week Eight: November 15th through 19th
Reading:
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Freeman,
Assignment due:
Science lab papers for group C
Tuesday lecture:
Tuesday seminar:
Wed lecture:
Human embryogenesis; stem cells
Thursday:
Science lab 3. Gel electrophoresis of DNA (Different groups:
morning and afternoon sessions)
Art lab 4: Body differences
Friday:
Week Nine: November 22nd through November 26th
Reading:
Mutants by Armand Marie Leroi
Freeman,
Assignment due:
Ethnographic interview project paper due Friday in seminar
Tuesday lecture:
Tuesday seminar:
Wed lecture:
Human development; tissue differentiation and organ formation
Thursday:
Thanksgiving – no class
Friday:
Thanksgiving – no class
Week Ten: November 29th through December 3rd
Reading:
There is no reading for this week.
Assignment due:
Portfolios due at Tuesday’s seminar
Tuesday lecture:
Tuesday seminar:
Wed lecture:
Exam 2
Thursday:
Friday:
Evaluation week: December 6th through December 10th