Ecology of Language and Place, Spring 2009 Weekly Program Schedule 1

Subject to revision updated 4-15-09
Revised 4-15-09
WEEK 1
Writing & Walking
Monday 3-30
-Introduction: 6:00-6:30
-Film: 6:30-7:30.
“Teachings of the Tree
People.”
Workshop 1: 7:30- 8:00.
-Writing Workshop 2:
8:00-10:00
Writing & Walking w/
Linda Hogan
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See Drupal site for
Syllabus, weekly
reading assignments,
handouts, & details each
week.
-Seminar paper due each
week.
Due: See Reading
Response 1 for details. -
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Wedsnesday 4-1
Language &
Linguistics: 6:00-7:30
Structure in Language
Library Mac Lab
7:30-8:30
Computer Workshop-
Rick
Introduce “Writing
Assignment 1: Writing,
Walking, Rolling, and
Blogging (or Blogging
as Writing Space)”
Rebecca
WEEK 2
Pilgrimage & Practice
Monday 4-6
Zalmi (esweli?) Zahir:
Weaving & Words—
the language of
Basketry Traditions.
-Basketry Stories and
cedar rope-making
workshop.
Workshop 3: Writing
with the Senses
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Due-
Review Zeke’s
Lushootseed Alphabet
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Wednesday 4-8
Language
&Linguistics:
-Writing Workshop 4:
Profile of Yourself as a
Writer
-Seminar
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Due – Seminar paper
See website for details on readings & assignments.
WEEK 3
The Power of Place:
Living Locally
Monday 4-13
Workshop 5--Local
Places: Library
Research Scavenger
Hunt and Bioregional
Literacy Quiz. Meet at
reference desk at 6:00.
Writing Workshop 6:
Writing & Walking w/
Thoreau & Hogan
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Wednesday 1-15
Language
&Linguistics:
-Elements of Good
Writing
-Seminar
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Due-Seminar paper
WEEK 4
The Power of Words:
Sense of Place
Monday 4-20
-Writing Workshop w/
Victoria from the
writing center
Writing Workshop 7;
Inheritance, writing
from people, Saunders
and Williams
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Due –review website
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Wednesday 4-22
The Essay, Olivia
Archibald, Chair of the
English Department, St.
Martins University.
Language
&Linguistics:
-Seminar:
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Due- Seminar paper.
WEEK 5
The Elders Have a
Way of Teaching
Monday 4-27
Language &
Linguistics:
-Writing Workshop 8:
Editing Workshop
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Due: (3 or 4 copies)
First draft of “Sense of
Place” essay.
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Wednesday 4-29
Pauline Hillaire
Mid Quarter Potluck:
-Seminar
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Due- Seminar paper
FIELDTRIP
Saturday 5-2
1:00-4:00
Grandmothers Counsel
the World
International Council of
Thirteen Indigenous
Grandmothers
The Evergreen State
College, Daniel J.
Evans Library, 2nd
Floor Lobby.

Seminar: 8:00-10:00
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Due -Seminar paper 1
-Review
Ecology of Language and Place, Spring 2009 Weekly Program Schedule 2
Subject to revision updated 4-15-09 See website for details on readings & assignments.
WEEK 6 WEEK 7 WEEK 8 WEEK 9 WEEK 10
XX XX XX XX Final Presentations

Monday 5-4
Unsold Guest Lecture
Series: Visit with
Indigenous
Grandmothers.
-Writing Workshop-
Poetics of Place-
Mountains, Forests, &
Saltwater.
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Due –review website
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Wedsnesday 5-6
Language &
Linguistics:
-Seminar
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Due -Seminar paper
Monday 5-11 Monday 5-18 Monday 5-25 Monday 6-1
-Writing and Editing Zalmi (esweli?) Zahir: Memorial Day, Final Potluck
Workshop w/ writing Weaving & Words— No Class Teaching
center the language of ---------------------------- Writing—Small Group
Birds Due –Post Final Drafts Presentations
Animal Communication of “Sense of Place ----------------------------
or -Writing Workshop Essay” on our program Due: Portfolios of all
Sacred Springs and Eco- website. written work
Feminism Lecture ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------
Due –review website Wednesday 5-27 Wednesday 6-3
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---------------------------- Wednesday 5-20 Language Final Potluck
Due: (3 or 4 copies) &Linguistics:
Second draft of “Sense Language Teaching
of Place” essay. &Linguistics: -Seminar: Writing—Small Group
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Wednesday 5-13 Possible Films: Due- Seminar paper
“XeVuseda, Teachings Readings of poetry and
Language &Linguistics: of the Heart, “Thomas narratives.
Berry, The Great Story,”
or “The Linguists.” ----------------------------
-Seminar Due: 3 Copies (signed)
--------------------------- of self and faculty
-Seminar
Due- evaluations.
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-Seminar paper Due-Seminar paper