SOC 355 Lecture : Soc 355 - Complete Notes For Entire Course
15 Mar 2019
Department
Course
Professor
Schedule
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
4:25 PM
August
8/19: Introduction to the Course
24: Read Staggenborg, Chap 1 (Introduction)
26: Read Staggenborg, Chap 2 (Theories of Social Movements and Collective Action)
31: Read Staggenborg, Chap 3 (Issues of Social Movements and Collective Action)
September
9/2: Film: “The Children’s March”
Read Staggenborg, Chap 4 (The Protest Cycle of the 1960’s)
7: Speaker: Orissa Arend, author, Showdown in Desire: the Black Panthers Take a Stand in
New Orleans
9: Read Staggenborg, Chap 5 (The Women’s Movement)
Module 1 Film Reaction Paper Due.
14: Read Staggenborg, Chap 6 (The Gay and Lesbian Movement)
16: Read: Staggenborg, Chap 7 (The Environmental Movement)
21: Film: “Moveon: The Movie”
23: Film: “Moveon: The Movie” (cont’d)
Mid-term Presentation Project Planning Session
28: Read Staggenborg, Chap 8 (The New American Right)
30: Read Staggenborg, Chap 9 (The Global Justice Movement)
Module 2 Film Reaction Paper Due.
October
10/5: Film: “This is What Democracy Looks Like”
Read Staggenborg, Chap 10 (Conclusion: Social Movements and Social Change)
7: Fall Break – Enjoy!
12: Speaker: Richard Becker, author, Palestine, Israel and U.S. Empire
14: Mid-term Presentations (3)
19: Mid-term Presentations (4)
NOTE: Friday, October 22nd is the last day to withdraw from this course without penalty.
26: Speaker: Ken Bolton on organizing communities across language and cultural barriers
Read: “Hegemony” by Antonio Gramsci (Reader)
Module 3 Film Reaction Paper Due
28: Read: “A Feminist Theory of the State” by Mimi Abramovitz (Reader)
November
11/2: Speaker: Ken Bolton on organizing communities across language and cultural barriers
Read: “The Tyranny of the Majority” by Lani Guinier (Reader)
Module 3 Film Reaction Paper Due
4: Speaker: Jesse Diaz (in Student Union Theater)
9: Read to discuss: “Hegemony” by Antonio Gramsci (Reader)
Turn in choice of movement.
11: Panel of Nepalese students on Maoist revolution in Nepal
Read: “The Structuring of Protest” by Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward (Reader)
16: Film: “Burma VJ”
Module 4 Film Reaction Paper Due
18: Film: “Burma VJ”
Read to discuss: “The Liberation of Class Struggle” by Arrighi, Hopkins and Wallerstein
(Reader)
Class Projects Reports
23: Read to discuss: “Manufacturing Consent” by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky (Reader)
25: Thanksgiving – Enjoy your holiday!
30: Read to discuss: “Toward an International Social-Movement Unionism” by Kim Moody (Reader)
December
2/2: Read to discuss: “The New Anti-Corporate Activism” by Naomi Klein (Reader)
8: Final Paper (Due Wednesday, December 8th, at 12:30 p.m.)
NOTE: Monday, Dec. 13th is the last day to return rental textbooks without a fine.
Films
Thursday, August 19, 2010
8:29 AM
Module 1: History
Reds (1981)
Iron-Jawed Angels (2004)
Deacons for Defense (2003)
The Baader-Meinhoff Complex (2008)
Ruby Bridges (1998)
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Module 2: Leaders
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
Romero (1989)
Gandhi (1982)
Malcolm X (1992)
Milk (2008)
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Module 3: Labor Struggles
Bread and Roses (2000)
Norma Rae (1979)
North Country (2005)
10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)
Matewan (1987)
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Module 4: Documentaries
Sir! No, Sir! (2005)
Before Stonewall (1984)
The Weather Underground (2002)
One Woman, One Vote (2005)
Cocalero (2007) – in Spanish
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Aug 19
Thursday, August 19, 2010
8:30 AM
Different Movements
Dada Art that isn't art making it art
Attempt to communicate our terror about how things are and what to do now; how
outrageous life is
GLBT
Gay Marriage
Equal rights Amendment
Was a strong movement
Anti-Racism
School Curriculum (ID/Creationism)
Tea Party Movement
Coffee Party Movement (countermovement)
Scratchware Movement
Net Neutrality
Corporations controlling internet
Controlling what you can access on the internet
Creative Commons Movement
Try to copyright material so that you can trace back to the source
Priest right to marry
Women allowed to be a priest
Social Movement A basic process by which social change takes place that exists outside the
institutions framework of everyday life promoting social change
3 Kinds of Power in Every Society
Government
Have money and interactive with economy
Economy
Have money
Document Summary
26: read staggenborg, chap 2 (theories of social movements and collective action) 31: read staggenborg, chap 3 (issues of social movements and collective action) Read staggenborg, chap 4 (the protest cycle of the 1960"s) 7: speaker: orissa arend, author, showdown in desire: the black panthers take a stand in. 9: read staggenborg, chap 5 (the women"s movement) 14: read staggenborg, chap 6 (the gay and lesbian movement) 16: read: staggenborg, chap 7 (the environmental movement) 28: read staggenborg, chap 8 (the new american right) 30: read staggenborg, chap 9 (the global justice movement) 10/5: film: this is what democracy looks like . Read staggenborg, chap 10 (conclusion: social movements and social change) 12: speaker: richard becker, author, palestine, israel and u. s. Note: friday, october 22nd is the last day to withdraw from this course without penalty. 26: speaker: ken bolton on organizing communities across language and cultural barriers. 28: read: a feminist theory of the state by mimi abramovitz (reader)
