CogSci 102B: Cognitive Ethnography, Winter 2008

Schedule of Lectures, readings, and projects

Reading sources: [R] = URPS reader (buy it here). [L] = Library course reserves.

Date	Topic	Reading	Projects	Notes
1/8	Two Perspectives on Cognition and course mechanics. Creating interview questions		P1 Assign	Lecture
1/10	Everyday Memory Project one in-class activity	Neisser, "Memory: What are the important questions?" [R] (Reading preparation)	In-class activity	Lecture CogEcoTime Writing up Field Notes
1/15	Observing Everyday Activity Keeping a cognitive diary	Williams, “Cognitive Ethnography” (ReadPrep)	P1 due P2 Assign	Lecture
1/17	Seeing Cognitive aspects of everyday activity Choosing an activity from your diary	Lave,et al. “Dialectic of arithmetic in grocery shopping” [R] (ReadPrep)	P2 Tips	Lecture
1/22	Professional contexts for seeing Analyze your own activity	Goodwin, “Professional Vision” [R] (ReadPrep)		Lecture
1/24	Discursive practices Choosing an activity system to study Taking and analyzing photos (example: surfboard blanks factory)		P3 Assign P2 due	Lecture
1/29	Seeing how scientists see facts by creating and moving inscriptions	Latour, “Visualization and Cognition” [R] (ReadPrep)		Lecture
1/31	Seeing how scientists see with their bodies	Myers, “Molecular Embodiments” (Read Prep)
2/5	Analyzing interviews, what women think about men. Conducting an interview	Holland and Skinner, “Prestige and Intimacy” [R]	P4 assign	Lecture
2/7	Interview transcription techniques Ensuring your interview contains cultural models		P3 due	Lecture P4 tips
2/12	Everyday psychology	D’Andrade, “A folk model of the mind” [R]		Lecture
2/14	Finding and describing cultural models in your interview		P4 due P5 assign	Lecture
2/19	Cultural Models of the natural world More cultural model analysis	Atran, Medin, and Ross “The Cultural Mind” [L]
2/21	Cultural variability in models of time	Núñez and Sweetser, “With the future behind them” [L]	P5 due	Lecture
2/26	Analyzing video	Hutchins and Palen “Constructing Meaning”[L]	P6&7 Assign	Lecture
2/28	Reasoning with gesture Analyzing video	Heath and Hindmarsh, “Configuring Action” [L]	Sample Transcript
3/4	Establishing common reference in interaction	Hindmarsh & Heath, “Embodied Reference”[L]		Lecture
3/6	Action in the subjunctive mood	Murphy, “Imagination as Joint Activity” [L]	P6 due	Lecture
			Sample Project 7
3/11		Student Project Presentations
3/13		Student Project Presentations	P7 due