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The University of Alberta Aug. 27, 2020 Department of Human Ecology
Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Dress in the Western World — HECOL 460 Course Outline - Fall 2020
Instructor: Dr. Anne Bissonnette
Office: During Fall 2020, I cannot be reached in person in the Human Ecology Building, Office 325.
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: I have no direct office number but you can reach the Human Ecology Department at 780-492-3824
Office Hours: By appointment only. Requests to be made via e-mail 48 hrs. ahead of time. Students can usually expect a response to e-mails within 48 hrs., not including weekends when I do not read e-mails. We can meet over Zoom at a time convenient to all parties.
Lectures and laboratories: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday: 10 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. via Zoom (with the exception of Sept. 8-11) Synchronous Learning & Recordings
• Most sessions will be synchronous (set times) & will require participation from students in discussions with the whole class and in small groups.
• All Zoom sessions will be recorded and a link will be made available via eClass until Dec. 18 in case you miss sessions. Please note that many of the activities will be done in small groups in Zoom “breakout rooms” where several groups meet simultaneously. Discussions that occur in these virtual spaces cannot be recorded. As such, what happens during class may only partially be shared through recordings. Please report inappropriate behaviours occurring in breakout rooms and refrain from sharing video links with people outside of our group to respect the privacy of all participants. It is recommended that you remove all identifiable and personal belongings from the space in which you will be participating.
• If you cannot meet synchronously, you are expected to alert the instructor. If there are other students who cannot meet synchronously, you may be teamed with them for certain assignments. Not all assignments and none of the group discussions can occur asynchronously in this course.
One In-person Optional Session
• One in-person, optional, 3 hrs. lab session (for the entire semester) will occur at the Human Ecology Building, room HEB 104 (see Sept. 8-11).
• Individuals who are not going to meet in person for a one 3 hrs. session should inform the instructor as soon as possible.
Zoom Expectations
• Please join our Zoom meetings by logging in at Zoom.us (rather than typing the meeting link in a search engine).
Fill in your profile and add a picture of yourself (this way your picture appears if your video is turned off).
Write your first and last name in the top right corner of your Zoom square (this makes it easier to call you by your name).
• If possible, have our videos on, your microphone muted and use the “raise hand” to ask a question.
This helps us all to be more alert and engaged and we can read each other’s faces, which is always beneficial.
If this is a problem, then please turn your video function on when you ask a question.
Stress & Mental Health
• Please know that you can contact me if you feel you are handling too much, especially as new circumstances occur. This course has many moving parts and does require a lot of time. Nonetheless, let’s try to find solutions together if things get out of control.
Time and Place (Lectures and labs days are subject to change): as a baseline, the lectures and labs will generally occur following this division:
B1-LEC (67180): Lectures Monday 10 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. (1 hr. 40 min. + 10 min. break) Friday 10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. (50 min. + 10 min. break) H1-LAB (67181): Labs Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. (1 hr. 40 min. + 10 min. break)
Friday 11 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. (50 min.)
I. COURSE DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES
Course Description: ★3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-3) Advanced study of Western dress from the 19th century to the present. Lectures and labs introduce students to artifactual research and the handling, storage, examination, documentation, and exhibition of artifacts. Resources include fashion plates, photographic archives, and artifacts from the University of Alberta's Clothing and Textiles Collection. The instructor and students will co-curate an exhibition in the course of the semester. Normally offered in alternate years.
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Anne Bissonnette© 2 Course Prerequisite: Survey of Dress in the Western World — HECOL 268
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the course, learners will have a deeper understanding of dress history from the nineteenth century to the present day and will be able to safely handle, utilize, and research artifacts from museum collections. Lectures on the social, cultural, artistic, and economic forces that affect fashion and leading designers will enable learners to recognize various factors that influence fashion and dress behaviors. Learners will be given a research project that will make use of material culture methodology. They will participate in class discussions on assigned texts or topics that will require a demonstration of analytical skills and critical thinking on their part. A group exhibition will be created during the lab portions of class.
II. REQUIRED READINGS, EQUIPMENT & ECLASS INFO
Required readings & equipment:
• All articles listed in section IV are required reading. There is no textbook: all articles are available online, mostly through the UofA library.
• Camera. If you do not have one, please advise the instructor 24 hrs. before your session on Condition Reports.
Supplementary Material to Consult for Assignments:
• University of Chicago Press, The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017). (see UofA library ebook) eClass: Postings include a template for the reading summaries, the “Chicago Manual of Style Tip Sheet” and other helpful documents, assignment sheets for labs and the midterm, rubrics, examples of past assignments/midterm, links to Zoom recordings, and PowerPoint presentations.
III. DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT FOR TERM WORK AND FINAL EXAM
N.B.: Please refer to section IV for readings and assignments information, and how to submit term work.
IV. LECTURES, LABS, ASSIGNMENTS, AND ACTIVITIES Week 1. Introduction
W: Sept 2 INTRODUCTION: 10-10:50 am: Syllabus: course objectives, activities, evaluation, student responsibilities (etc.).
Presentation of exhibition, selection of themes, formation of teams.
Artifact selection for Condition Report & Midterm after class: first come, first served (time of e-mail as base).
Send the instructor a list of 5-6 artifact accession numbers in order of preference (top of the list is your first choice).
Read the 6 documents for next week on ASSIGNMENT #1—CONDITION REPORT (due Sept. 16).
LAB: 11-11:50 am: COMMUNITY FUNDED (CF) Guest speaker:Michael Siebert, Program Coordinator, UofA Office of Advancement.
Fundraising campaign to be launches Sept. 21 (in 12 days!) and ends Oct. 15.
1) Students will receive an invitation to be “champions” for CF on or after September 2.
2) CF Phase 1:create a profile, a story, explain your interest in the project, copy & save your link. Due Sept. 9.
3) In class: find a CF leader for Phase 1 to monitor student progress & collect all champion links.
4) Keep a record of what you provide to CF as the list of donors may disappear after the campaign is over and we won’t be able to keep track on who to keep up-to-date or invite to the opening.
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F: Sept 4 LECTURE: 10-10:50 am: Understanding the 19th-century in relation to the 18th-century; exploring the strengths and limitations of sources through art; group discussion based on the reading; exercises using different works of art.
WATCH & READ FOR CLASS (SUMMARY 1 of Kidwell): Watch Aby Cox, “I Wore 18th-Century Clothing *Every Day for 5 YEARS &
This Is What I Learned (Corsets Aren't Bad!) (17 min.). Read Claudia Brush Kidwell, “Are Those Clothes Real? Transforming the Way Eighteenth-Century Portraits are Studied,” Dress 24 (1997): 3-15. (ca. 8 pages of text)
Access article through UofA Library as an electronic journal under “Subscriptions” link.
As visuals in the article are in black & white, access “SEPT_4_Kidwell_colour_images_links” (eClass) to see them in colour:
LAB: 11-11:50 am: Explanation of the exhibition development stages & of ASSIGNMENT #2—ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
READING SUMMARIES: 16%
LAB ASSIGNMENTS: 29% MIDTERM : 25% CLASS INVOLVEMENT: 10%
Based on 1) discussions on readings; 2) active exhibition participation.
FINAL EXAM: 20%
Writing and critical- thinking skills. Will pertain to all reading summaries, discussions, and lab activities.
Dec.18,2-5 pmMT 8 reading summaries to be
picked up at random times at the beginning of class
(pass=2 points or fail=0 point).
P.S.: I will not accept them late (i.e. after the beginning of class).
1) condition report (5 pts.)
INDIVIDUAL WORK—Sept. 16 2) annotated bibliography (10 pts.)
TEAM WORK—Sept. 21 3) text panel (10 pts.)
TEAM WORK—Nov. 4 4) labels and small texts (4 pts.)
TEAM WORK—Nov. 18
research paper due Oct. 14 before class.
Instructions, rubric and example on eClass.
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Filming a video for CM page (2-4 minutes: Why is this interesting? What is the impact?)
CF Phase 2: See “CF_Phase2-6_Email Templates” pp. 1-2 (e-mail list & personalized launch e-mail). Due Sept. 14.
In class: find a CF leader for Phase 2 to monitor student progress & to make sure we are ready to submit Sept. 14.
Week 2. Condition Report Week: Handling & Observing Artifacts ♦♦♦ATYPICAL DAYS & TIME FOR MEETINGS THIS WEEK ONLY♦♦♦
M: Sept. 7 Labour Day: University buildings closed.
T: Sept. 8 LAB: Condition report – option of IN-PERSON (this session only) or AT HOME (alert the instructor ahead of time).
The “in person” sessions are dividing the 14 students in 4 groups. Contact the instructor if timing is problematic.
Register in only one group: Tues. Sept. 8, Wed. Sept. 9, Thurs. Sept, 10, or Friday Sept. 11
Exceptionally, a 3 hours session. Use 1 hour at home to complete the report: this covers lab sessions this week.
READ FOR LAB (no summary needed): All documents for this assignment on eClass before arrival.
• bring a computer, a camera (cell phone ok) (if you don’t have a camera, tell the instructor 24 hrs. ahead), a few pencils, an eraser, white paper (5-6 pages), a nail clipper, a nail file (if you are instructed to handle some part of the artifact without gloves). If you have a magnifying glass and graph paper, you can bring that too but this is optional.
Group 1 (in person, HEB 104): 9-11:50 am
W: Sept. 9 CF Phase 1 - Sept. 2 HOMEWORK DONE? CF leader for Phase 1 to check & collect champion links
Group 2 (in person, HEB 104): 9-11:50 am
TH: Sept. 10 Group 3 (in person, HEB 104): 9-11:50 am
F: Sept. 11 Group 4 (in person, HEB 104): 9-11:50 am
Week 3. The Early 19th Century & CM Preparation *Sept. 15 = last day to add or drop fall term courses
M: Sept. 14* LECTURE: 10-10:50 am: The sheer, white, short-sleeved, columnal dress & exploring the strengths and limitations of fashion plates.
READ FOR CLASS (SUMMARY 2): Anne Bissonnette, “Dessiné d’après nature: Renditions from Life in the Journal des Dames et des Modes 1798-1799,” Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies 38 (no. 2): 213-237. (15 pp. of text)
LAB: 11-11:50 am: We can find a lot of articles but how do they apply to our exhibition?
CF homework for Phase 2 due: CF leaders: all good? Summit for review today (1 week review process to launch Sept. 21).
Annotated bibliography round 1: breakout sessions & group reporting regarding relevance.
W: Sept. 16 ASSIGNMENT #1—CONDITION REPORT is due before class starts via e-mail
LECTURE: 10-10:50 am: Good stuff and bad stuff about the virtual exhibition “Dress & Escapism: The Dress Research Exhibition Series – Part 1: Dress Artifacts & Curatorial Practices”: let’s explore that together.
TEAM READ FOR CLASS (no summary needed): 14 students divided in 3 groups according to the alphabetical list posted on eClass (first 5 people, next 5 people, next 4 people). Each student must read all the materials designated to their group to be able to participate in the breakout room sessions.
• Group 1: Intro to series, “The Blair Suit Reproduction,” “The Robe à la Française Reproduction,” and “The Mid-1790s Chintz Gown”
• Group 2: Intro to series, “The Chemise Dress” and “The Housemaid's Dress”
• Group 3: Intro to series, “The 1796 Reproduction Wedding Gown”
LAB: 11-11:50 am: narrowing-in on our scope
Annotated biblio round 2: breakout sessions, group reporting to insure relevance of articles found, and setting our focus.
F: Sept. 18 LECTURE: 10-11:50 a.m.: Dress in the first half of the 19th century: contexts, silhouettes, and different types of narratives.
WATCH FOR CLASS (69 min. total): A brief intro into Janes Austen from John Greene, “Pride and Prejudice, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 411” (12 min.), Getting Dressed - Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra (1810) (6 min.), Hilary Davidson “Dress in the Age of Jane Austen” lecture, DAR Museum, March 2020 (45 min.) and Getting Dressed in the 1830s (6 min).
Week 4. The Victorian Era & launch of CF Campaign M: Sept. 21
CF campaign is launched
ASSIGNMENT #2—ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY due today before class LAB: 10-11:50 am: We group all main ideas and draft a structure of the narrative.
Each team to present their final annotated bibliographies findings and key ideas: discussion with entire class.
Apply key ideas to do a first draft narrative of the exhibition.
From this point on, each donor that contributes gets a thank you e-mail from the person that invited (CF Phase 2-6, p. 7).
W: Sept. 23 LECTURE: 10-10:50 am: Corsets & Comfort
WATCH FOR CLASS: Valerie Steele, “The Corset - Fashioning the Body” (1 hr. 10 min) LAB: 11-11:50 am: Exhibition development
1) Object list, part 1: from the secondary sources, what artifacts & visuals are of prime importance to our exhibition?
2) Search for images of dress artifacts in the Anne Lambert Clothing & Textiles Collection (ALCTC) and in other collections
Anne Bissonnette© 4 (see ALCTC website under “Related Links”: privilege the Costume Institute, DAR, FIDM, LACMA, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Western Reserve Historical Society). Decide who searches for what. Report findings on Wed. Sept. 30.
F: Sept. 25 LECTURE: 10-11:50 am: Charles Frederick Worth (1825-1895) and the Fashion System
WATCH & READ FOR CLASS (no summary needed): Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Behind the Scenes at The Costume Institute Conservation Laboratory: House of Worth Ball Gown” (1 min.) and Caroline Goldthorpe, From Queen to Empress: Victorian Dress 1837–1877 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989), 23-52. (about 11 pages of text)
Week 5. Mid to Late 19 th Century **Oct. 2 = Fall term 50% fee refund deadline M: Sept. 28 LECTURE: 10-11:50 am: Mid to late 19th-century dress reform and the strengths and limitations of textual sources.
READ FOR CLASS (SUMMARY 3): Julia Petrov, “’A Strong-Minded American Lady’: Bloomerism in Texts and Images, 1851,” Fashion Theory 20 (no. 4): 381-413. (22 pp. of text)
LAB: 11-11:50 am: Exhibition design: physical & virtual differences W: Sept.
30** LAB: 11-11:50 am: Filling the gaps
1) Report on findings for images of dress artifacts that are needed for our narrative. Draw a list of contenders for purchases.
2) Name specific individuals to contact institutions, collections, and collectors to inquire about fees and availability: request a response before Oct. 7.
3) Object list, part 2: search for contextualizing images: what do we need in the exhibition (if funding is there)? Due Oct. 9.
4) Look for contextualizing images in Open Sources in major museums as a priority.
F: Oct. 2 LECTURE: 10-10:50 am: Guest Speaker: Hanne Pearce on the strengths and limitations of photography in research.
Before lecture: CF Phase 3: get students to send “Mid-Way” e-mail to their network.
Week 6. The Transition to the 20 th Century
M: Oct. 5 LECTURE: 10-11:50 am: Transitional dress and the tea gown conundrum 1860-1910 & strengths and limitations of artifactual sources.
READ FOR CLASS (SUMMARY 4): Anne Bissonnette, “Victorian Tea Gowns: A Case of High Fashion Experimentation,” Dress 44, no. 1 (April 2018): 1-26. (about 16 pages of text)
W: Oct. 7 LAB: 10-11:50 am: Result of searches for images of dress artifacts
1) CF: can we add pictures and descriptions of where we are at on their website & do a “social media blitz”?
2) Result of loan requests for use of images of dress artifacts (Object List, part 1).
3) Based on responses, how do we re-arrange our story line & exhibition structure and contextualizing images search?
F: Oct. 9 LECTURE: 10-11:50 am: The Individualists: Poiret, Fortuny & Vionnet
SCROLL & READ FOR CLASS (no summary needed): From the Google Arts & Culture website: explore visuals on Paul Poiret (look for “Paul Poiret and Raoul Dufy”), Mariano Fortuny (look for “The Birth of a Unique Gown: The Delphos”), and Madeleine Vionnet.
Read “Paul Poiret (1879-1944),” Metropolitan Museum of Art HEILBRUNN TIMELINE OF ART HISTORY (2 pages of text), and Mary E. Davis, “Refashioning the Fashion Plate: Poiret’s Clothing in Context,” in Poiret, ed. Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007), 34-38.(2 pages of text)
LAB: 10-11:50 am: Crafting the narrative:
1) Explanation of ASSIGNMENTS #3 (TEXTS) & #4 (LABELS) in TEAMS.
2) Report on findings in the search for contextualizing images (Object List, part 2): what are the top choices?
3) CF Phase 4: send “A Few Days Away” e-mail today (last campaign day is Wednesday Oct. 15).
Week 7. Fashion and WWI
M: Oct. 12 Thanksgiving Day. University buildings closed.
W: Oct. 14
*CM campaign ends Oct. 15
MIDTERM PAPER is due before class via e-mail LECTURE: 10-11:50 am: Fashion & World War I
LAB: 11-11:50 am: Focus on what we can do in our virtual exhibition F: Oct. 16 LAB: 10-11:50 am: Exhibition assessment with final crowd-funding numbers.
1) How much money did we get? Based on this, what can we afford?
2) Finalize the object list: ORDER VISUALS & SUPPLIES. Decide who is in charge of what and must report to instructor.
3) CF Phase 5: Steward our donors: send them “Milestone e-mail” to thank them & plan to keep them updated on progress.
Week 8. Fashion Between WWI and WWII
F: Oct. 19 LECTURE: 10-110:50 am: Fashion between the World Wars – Part 2: 1929-1939 & strengths and limitations of pattern research.
READ FOR CLASS (SUMMARY 5): Bissonnette, Anne. “Doing History with Objects: Betty Kirke and Madeleine Vionnet.” Fashion Theory 19 (no. 3): 281–314. (22 pp. of text)
W: Oct. 21 LAB: 10-11:50 am: Exhibition structure & content
Anne Bissonnette© 5 1) Ideas on structure: small group & class discussions.
2) Scheduling the mounting and photographing of artifacts (instructor only in 2020).
F: Oct. 23 LECTURE: 10-10:50 am: Fashion between the World Wars – Part 1: 1918-1929.
WATCH FOR CLASS: “Reputations - Coco Chanel,” BBC (46 min.) & compared with “’Once Upon A Time...’ by Karl Lagerfeld” (18 min.)
LAB: 11-11:50 am: Web basics & possibilities
1) Decide on web structure and implementation.
2) List of tasks: decides who does what and when.
Week 9. WWII & It’s Impact on Couture
M: Oct. 26 LECTURE: 10-10:50 am: World War II
READ FOR CLASS (SUMMARY 6): Stansbery Buckland, Sandra. “Fashion As A Tool of World War II: A Case Study Supporting the SI Theory.” Journal Clothing and Textiles Research 18: 140-151. (10 pp. of text)
LAB: 11-11:50 am: Text panels – Part 1: 3 paragraphs each & make sure the narrative flows
1) Class to partition ideas and content of text panels then each group to meet to draft main ideas with sources of knowledge.
W: Oct. 28 LAB: 10-11:50 am: Text panels – Part 2
1) Each group to meet to draft the text panels in written form.
2) Reading for the entire class.
3) Return to modify text again. Final panels are due Monday Nov. 4.
4) CF Phase 6: Send “Thank you e-mail: After Campaign,” CF Phase2-6, p. 8, and invite to the virtual opening on Nov. 30 F: Oct. 30 LECTURE: 10-11:50 am: Charles James, Christian Dior & Cristóbal Balenciaga
SCROLL & WATCH FOR CLASS: From the Google Arts & Culture website: explore visuals on Charles James (look for “Charles James: Muslins”), Christian Dior (look for “Esprit Dior”), and Cristóbal Balenciaga (look for “Cristóbal Balenciaga: The Experience of Luxury”). Then watch 'Christian Dior, Designer of Dreams' at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs” (57 min.).
Week 10. Fitted & Semi-fitted: Exploring the 1950s & 1960s
M: Nov. 2 LECTURE: 10-11:50 am: Guest Speaker: Dr. Carolyn Dowdell on embodied knowledge
READ FOR CLASS (SUMMARY 7): Hilary Davidson, "The Embodied Turn: Making and Remaking Dress as an Academic Practice." Fashion Theory 23, no. 3 (2019): 329-362. (ca. 21 pages of text)
W: Nov. 4 ASSIGNMENT #3—TEXT PANELS due before class today via e-mail LAB: 10:30 to 11:50 am: Exhibition development
1) Re read all text panels together.
2) Edits in small groups: repeat the reading.
3) Preparation for Assignment #4: label & small texts. Due Nov. 18.
F: Nov. 6
LECTURE: 10-10:50 am: Women, Fashion and Politics: The Kennedys and Beyond.
WATCH FOR CLASS: “Jackie Kennedy’s Dress” (1:46 min.), “First Ladies Preview: Jacqueline Kennedy” (3:30 min.). Two FIDM’s videos from the exhibition “High Style: Betsey Bloomingdale and the Haute Couture”: “Introduction” (5 min.) and “High Style - The Couture Process” (10 min.).
LAB: 10:30 to 11:50 am: Exhibition development
1) Gather all photographs and captions in standard format.
2) Plan B: what are we missing? What do we do?
Week 11. Fall Reading Week
Nov. 9-13 Fall Term Reading week. University buildings closed.
Week 12. 1970s & 1980s
M: Nov. 16 LECTURE: 10-11:50 am: Discussion on the Fashion System
READ FOR CLASS (SUMMARY 8): Yuniya Kawamura, “The Japanese Revolution in Paris Fashion.” Fashion Theory 8, no. 2 (2004):
195–224. (22 pp. of text)
W: Nov. 18 ASSIGNMENT #4—LABELS due before class today via e-mail LAB: 10-11:50 am: Exhibition development
1) Re read all label & small texts together.
2) Edits in small groups: repeat the reading.
F: Nov. 20 LECTURE: 10-11:50 am: Fashion & Postmodernism in the Last Decades of the 20th Century
WATCH AND/OR SCROLL FOR CLASS: The clips “Inspiring Beauty – 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair” from North Carolina Weekend (5 min.) and “50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair” from Most Visual (5 min), The Design Museum’s “Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier” page;
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“Jean Paul Gaultier Exhibit in Montreal - Videofashion Daily” (6 min.)
LAB: 11-11:50 am: Exhibition development: to be announced as exhibition plans unfold (FLEX 1).
Week 13. 1990s & 2000s M: Nov. 23 LECTURE: 10-11:50 am: The Spectacle of Fashion
READ AND WATCH FOR CLASS (SUMMARY 9 for Idacavage): Read Sara Idacavage, "David Bowie is," Fashion Theory 20, no. 4 (2016): 485-493. (about 8 pages of text) Watch a narrated tour of the Costume Institute exhibition “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between” (5:23 min.)
W: Nov. 25 LAB: 10-11:50 am: Exhibition development: to be announced as exhibition plans unfold (FLEX 2).
F: Nov. 27 LECTURE: 10-10:50 am: The Mid-1990s Rise of the Fashion Blogs: Strengths & Limitations
READ FOR CLASS (no summary needed): Suzy Menkes, “The Circus of Fashion,” T Magazine, February 10, 2013. (online at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/t-magazine/the-circus-of-fashion.html?_r=0) (ca. 3 pp.)
LAB: 11-11:50 am: Exhibition development: to be announced as exhibition plans unfold (FLEX 3).
Week 14. 2010s until Today ***Nov. 30 = Last day to withdraw from fall term courses M: Nov. 30*** LAB: 10-11:50 am: The exhibition opens at the end of the day
W: Dec. 2 LECTURE: 10-11:50 am: Sustainability & Diversity
WATCH FOR CLASS: Leslie Johnston’s “Why Recycling Our Clothes Won’t Save the World” (16:41 min.) and a PBS video clip “How Muslim women's fashion is shaping conversation around creativity and power” (6:48 min.) on the exhibition “Contemporary Muslim Fashions.”
F: Dec. 4 LECTURE: 10-10:50 am: Where Do We Go From Here?
LISTEN TO FOR CLASS (no summary needed): Irina Aleksander, “The Sunday Read: ‘Sweatpants Forever,’” New York Times Podcast, August 23, 2020, at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/podcasts/the-daily/fashion-coronavirus.html (51 min).
LAB: 11-11:50 am: In class EXHIBITION POST MORTEM
1) Each to do a short report for the instruction as to their individual and group experiences.
2) Feedback regarding CF.
3) Suggestions on how to improve the exhibition process.
Week 15. Review
F: Dec. 7 LECTURE: 10-11:50 am: LAST CLASS: Review for final exam FINAL EXAM
Dec. 18 2 pm-5 pm MT
Final Exam (3 hrs.): 20% of the final grade
Open book. Will pertain to all reading summaries, discussions, and lab activities. Two questions: question one will be mandatory and question two will be chosen from two options. The exam will be delivered through eClass.
V. PROCESS BY WHICH COURSE SCORE WILL TRANSLATE TO A LETTER GRADE
At the end of the term, a student’s numbered grades (raw scores) for the assignments, reading summaries, participation and presence, midterm paper and final exam will be converted into a letter grading system with a four-point scale of numerical equivalents for calculating grade point averages as such:
raw score letter grade Excellent: the
student has demonstrated excellent understanding of course content.
95-100 A+ Outstanding: The student has demonstrated an extraordinary grasp of the course content and performance reflects creativity and innovation, in addition to a high level of analytical demonstrated ability.
90-94 A Excellent: The student has demonstrated superior understanding of the course content and a high level of analytical ability.
86-89 A- The student has demonstrated superior understanding of the course content, but has not shown the same level of analytical ability as students receiving an A.
Good: the student has demonstrated a sound
understanding of course content.
82-85 B+ The student has demonstrated a sound understanding of course material, with superior understanding being evident in some topics.
77-81 B The student has demonstrated a uniformly sound understanding of course material.
73-76 B- The student has demonstrated a generally sound understanding of course material, but there are some areas in which depth of understanding is limited.
Satisfactory I 69-72 C+ The student has demonstrated adequate awareness of course content with sound understanding
Anne Bissonnette© 7 Adequate: the
student has demonstrated awareness of course content.
of some topics.
64-68 C The student has demonstrated adequate awareness of all of the central dimensions of the course.
60-63 C- The student has demonstrated adequate awareness of most central dimensions of the course, but lacks knowledge of one or two topics.
Poor 55-59 D+ The student has demonstrated a lack of knowledge in one or more of the central dimensions of the course, and has very superficial understanding of most topics.
Minimal Pass 50-54 D The student's performance is only minimally acceptable due to a lack of understanding of several central dimensions of course content.
Fail 49 and
less F The student has demonstrated a lack of knowledge of most of the course content.
Late reading summaries, assignments and midterm paper: No late reading summaries or team assignments will be accepted (they are time- sensitive). For the condition report and midterm paper, late means 10% off for every 24 hours of lateness (no longer accepted after 72 hours).
Deferred condition report and midterm paper: If an incapacitating illness or severe domestic affliction exists, a student can apply with the instructor to give the condition report and/or midterm paper after 72 hours from the due date. Deferments are a privilege and not a right; there is no guarantee that a deferral will be granted. Misrepresentation of facts to gain a deferral is a serious breach of the Code of Student Behaviour.
Access to evaluative material: Please refer to eClass for reference documents, evaluation rubrics, and examples of past assignments.
Use of electronic devices during classes and exams: “Student or instructor content, digital or otherwise, created and/or used within the context of the course is to be used solely for personal study, and is not to be used or distributed for any other purpose without prior written consent from the content author(s)” (ALES rules)
VI. CODE OF STUDENT BEHAVIOUR
Plagiarism and Cheating: “The University of Alberta is committed to the highest standards of academic integrity and honesty. Students are expected to be familiar with these standards regarding academic honesty and to uphold the policies of the University in this respect. Students are particularly urged to familiarize themselves with the provisions of the Code of Student Behaviour (online at www.governance.ualberta.ca) and avoid any behaviour which could potentially result in suspicions of cheating, plagiarism, misrepresentation of facts and/or participation in an offence. Academic dishonesty is a serious offence and can result in suspension or expulsion from the University” (ALES rules).
“All students at the University of Alberta are subject to the Code of Student Behaviour, as outlined at: University Governance > Code of Student Behaviour. Please familiarize yourself with it and ensure that you do not participate in any inappropriate behavior as defined by the Code. Key components of the code include the following statements.
30.3.2(1) No Student shall submit the words, ideas, images or data of another person as the Student’s own in any academic writing, essay, thesis, project, assignment, presentation or poster in a course or program of study.
30.3.2(2)c. No Student shall represent another’s substantial editorial or compositional assistance on an assignment as the Student’s own work.”
Students should speak with the course instructor about any questions or concerns about the code. Students should be particularly aware of the code as it pertains to internet and library research, use of previous class notes, reclamation plans of former students and interviews or discussions with others” (ALES rules).
Professionalism and Classroom Rules of Engagement
Please silence your cell phones during classes. If you must answer your phone in case of an emergency, please turn off your microphone and video camera or leave the classroom with as little disruptance as possible. Classes begin on time and group work will occur so please be courteous to others and arrive on time.
Students with disabilities: Students who require accommodation in this course due to a disability are advised to discuss their needs with Specialized Support & Disability Services (2-800 Students’ Union Building).
Academic Success Centre: Students who require additional help in developing strategies for better time management, study skills or examination skills should contact the Academic Success Centre (1-80 Students’ Union Building (SUB), 780-492-2682, [email protected]).
“Policy about course outlines can be found in Course Requirements, Evaluation Procedures and Grading of the University Calendar. Audio or video recording, digital or otherwise, of lectures, labs, seminars or any other teaching environment by students is allowed only with the prior written consent of the instructor or as a part of an approved accommodation plan. Student or instructor content, digital or otherwise, created and/or used within the context of the course is to be used solely for personal study, and is not to be used or distributed for any other purpose without prior written consent from the content author(s).” (ALES rules).
Anne Bissonnette© 8 Disclaimer: Any typographical errors in this Course Outline are subject to change and will be announced in class. The date of the final examination is set by the Registrar and takes precedence over the final examination date that may be reported in this syllabus.
Copyright: Dr. Anne Bissonnette©, Department of Human Ecology, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta (2020). “All original course materials prepared by the instructor are considered to be the intellectual property of the instructor (unless otherwise noted), and are protected by law under Canada’s Copyright Act. “Course materials” include slides, presentations, handouts, lecture notes, recorded lectures, and any other materials distributed or made available to students by the course instructor. Permission is given for individual students to use these materials for their own study purposes in this course. Students must not publish, post on a public Internet site, sell, rent, or otherwise distribute any course materials without the instructor’s express permission.” (ALES wording)
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