The memos should be about 1000-1200 words and deal with all of the assigned readings . The readings are:
Lizardo and Skiles. 2015. “Musical taste and patterns of symbolic exclusion in the United States 1993–2012: Generational dynamics of differentiation and continuityLinks to an external site.” Poetics
Childress, Rawlings, and Moeran. 2017. “Publishers, authors, and texts: The process of cultural consecration in prize evaluationLinks to an external site..” Poetics.
Memos do not need to be a single essay with a thesis but may also be structured as a series of mini-memos that deal with each reading separately.
Memos should include a mix of summary and analysis or critical reaction. Examples of satisfactory analysis would be:
Contrast to readings from another class
Contrast to readings from a previous week of this class
Show how current events illustrate the theories in the reading
Show how current events demonstrate the theories in the reading to be dated and in need of revision
links to readings:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304422X15000601
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304422X16302273
