Emily Balch Seminar: Tastemakers

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  General

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  • Select activity Announcements

    

    Announcements Forum
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    Announcements Forum
  • Select activity Course Syllabus

    

    Course Syllabus URL

    First day syllabus-- will be updated!

  • Select activity Writing Resources

    

    Writing Resources Folder
  • Select activity Library Guide: ESem Resources

    

    Library Guide: ESem Resources URL

    A resource guide provided by BMC Libraries, designed especially for ESem students

• Select section Week 1: Introductions & Beginnings

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  Week 1: Introductions & Beginnings

  • Select activity Start of Term Survey

    

    Start of Term Survey URL

    Please complete this survey by Thursday, September 3rd

  • Select activity For Wed, 9/2: Harold, Art & Morality

    

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  • Select activity Sample: Approval Matrix

    

    Sample: Approval Matrix URL
• Select section Week 2: Taste

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  Week 2: Taste

  • Select activity For Wed, 9/9: Hume, On the Standard of Taste

    

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• Select section Week 3: Highbrow, Lobrow, Nobrow

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  Week 3: Highbrow, Lobrow, Nobrow

  • Select activity For Mon, 9/14: Peterson & Kern, “Changing Highbrow Taste: From Snob to Omnivore

    

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  • Select activity For Mon, 9/14: Bellavance, “The Multiplicity of Highbrow Culture,”

    

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  • Select activity For Wed, 9/16 Bourdieu, "Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste" (excerpt)

    

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