Spring 2022 - INDG 410 D100

Elements of Indigenous Style: Indigenous Editing Practices (4)

Class Number: 6015

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 10 – Apr 11, 2022: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
    Vancouver

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 26, 2022
    Tue, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
    Vancouver

  • Instructor:

    Deanna Reder
    dhr@sfu.ca
    1 778 782-8192
  • Prerequisites:

    or Corequisite: INDG 101 or 201W.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Introduces basic editorial principles fashioned by an understanding of Indigenous practices and protocols to demonstrate how Indigenous people's ways of being, worldviews, and life experiences play into editorial decision-making. Students will develop an informed and case-by-case approach of their own by critically applying principles learned from Indigenous storytellers themselves. Students with credit for INDG 322 under the title "Indigenous Editing" offered in Spring 2021 may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course will introduce both basic editorial principles and the diversity of Indigenous storytelling practices and protocols, to explore how Indigenous people's histories, ways of being, worldviews, and life experiences might play into editorial decision-making. Rather than teaching individual editorial rules or prescribing universal rules for editing Indigenous manuscripts, this course will help students to consider the historical context and the principles behind the rules that guide all types of editing. Students will develop an informed and case-by-case approach of their own by critically applying principles learned from Indigenous storytellers themselves.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Students of this course will be able to:

  • Describe the history of publishing of texts by Indigenous authors in lands claimed by Canada
  • Understand and identify foundational information regarding the histories of Indigenous peoples, including federal agreements that have affected Indigenous contexts
  • Understand the debates around appropriation of Indigenous knowledges, especially around the 1980s and the 20teens
  • Describe the roles and responsibilities of four types of editors
  • Distinguish between developmental editing, stylistic editing, copy editing, and sensitivity reading issues
  • Understand some of the roles stories can play in Indigenous people’s knowledge systems
  • Describe some of the principles in play when editing Indigenous manuscripts 
  • Provide a clear manuscript evaluation with suggested editorial treatment and rationale

Grading

  • Assignment #1: Copyediting exercise 10%
  • Assignment #2: Developmental Editing exercise 20%
  • Assignment #3: Guiding Principles for Manuscript Evaluation 30%
  • Assignment #4: Book Proposal 30%
  • Participation 10%

NOTES:

This course is cross-listed with the SFU Publishing Program as PUB 480-4

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Required Texts

Vowell, Chelsea. Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada. Highwater, 2016.

Younging, Greg. Elements of Indigenous Style. Brush, 2018.

As well as readings posted on Canvas


Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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TEACHING AT SFU IN SPRING 2022

Teaching at SFU in spring 2022 will involve primarily in-person instruction, with safety plans in place.  Some courses will still be offered through remote methods, and if so, this will be clearly identified in the schedule of classes.  You will also know at enrollment whether remote course components will be “live” (synchronous) or at your own pace (asynchronous).

Enrolling in a course acknowledges that you are able to attend in whatever format is required.  You should not enroll in a course that is in-person if you are not able to return to campus, and should be aware that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as early as possible in order to prepare for the spring 2022 term.