Begin journal towards annotations. Consider which artists might work. Upload a few tracks and some ideas of what kinds of influences and generic spaces you might want to consider. Comment on someone else's journal and listen to their uploads.

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Select your artist and their influence. Consider a thesis about generic conventions—does your artist's influence reinforce or challenge their generic location? In your journal, ask specific questions about what you think the musical influence is and its effect on your artist's generic location.

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Have made some initial steps towards answering those questions: make a small bibliography and sketched some ideas of some appropriate terminology. Narrow in on specific areas of your playlist; use timestamps to assist the class in listening to your specific examples.

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Continue as in Week 3. All students are required to have an Office Hours appointment to discuss the music-specific elements of your project.

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Convert the best of your journal into annotations in a separate document. Be sure to include timestamps so that the class and I may engage fully in your argument and citations.

Students will assess one of their peers according to a provided rubric, and that assessment will be weighted against my own. The majority of the grade, however, will depend on work done in prior weeks.

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If you are not entirely happy with your grade or you'd like to respond to feedback—seeing as you'll be building on this assessment in Assignment 2—you have this week to revise and resubmit addressing your feedback for partial additional credit.

Consider the Research Questions for Assignment 2. Sketch out some initial thoughts in response. What questions seem difficult to answer? Are there better questions you could ask? What are they?

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Choose a thesis for your presentation and subsequent conversation. This should shape the area of focus for your artist and their relationship to their generic space, and should build on what you've learned from Assignment 1. Comment on another student's thesis, asking follow-up or clarifying questions if needed.

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Continue working on Assignment 2. Required Office hour this week to make sure things are on track.

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Begin sketching presentation itself—what's your argument?

Peer exchange: share draft ideas, note areas where work is needed; readers, ask clarifying questions.

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Feedback and self-reflections, towards final one-on-one conversations.

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Additional time for class presentations if we need more time.

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One-on-one discussion/presentation