Do you think Coates is optimistic or pessimistic about the role of education in transforming individuals and improving society? Why?
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[order_calculator]As we have been discussing, the mise-en-scne of a film is the use of a variety of design elements to create the visual theme. As you prepare to write this discussion, take a few moments to do the following:
Review the grading rubric downloadfor this discussion.
Select a film from this list of approved choices download. Note: If you would like to write about a film that is not on this list, you must email your professor for approval in advance or you may not receive credit on this discussion.
Reflect
There are many types of sound in a film. Some are diegetic (i.e., sounds that are represented as coming from within the world of the film) while others are non-diegetic (i.e., sounds that come from outside the world of the film). Your text describes the different categories of sound that fall under those types. What types of sounds, and what categories, are most effectively used in the film under consideration?
Write (due Thursday, Day 3)
Construct a discussion post of at least 200 words, and using specific examples from your chosen film,
Describe each of the three basic categories of sound (dialogue, sound effects, and music).
Explain how the different categories of sound are used in your chosen film.
Assess the impact of sound in establishing the theme.
How does the use of sound inform the mood of the scene, or the film, overall?
Can you identify specific sounds in your film that allow you to infer a particular genre?
Since each category of sound may produce a range of effects, how might you characterize the effects in your film? For example, realistic and expected sound effects may have a different effect on a viewer than exaggerated or unexpected ones.
Assess how the scene or sequence would play differently if you changed or removed a key category of sound.
You must use at least two outside sources, in any combination of embedded video clips, still photos, or scholarly sources. All sources should be documented in APA style as outlined by the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center (Links to an external site.). Please view the video Posting in a Discussion in Canvas (Links to an external site.) for guidance on how to integrate multimedia with your response.
Guided Response (due Monday, Day 7): Respond substantively (150 to 175 words) to at least two classmates who chose a different film than you did. In your responses, reference your initial post and show how your ideas relate to those of your peers, extending the discussion. Provide support for your position. Substantive responses use theory, research, experience, and/or examples to support ideas and elaborate on the discussion topic.
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Assignment instructions:
Evaluation / On Culture
Lengths: 4 pages [Autoethnography]; 1-2 pages [Memo] (Both: 1 margins, 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced)
Formats: Autoethnography; Memo
Sources: 3 cultural texts [Autoethnography]; 3 course texts [Memo]
Autoethnography (4 pages)
In some ways, the slipperiest of the key words in Mary Louise Pratts essay Arts of the Contact Zone is culture. At one point, Pratt says,
If one thinks of cultures, or literatures, as discrete, coherently structured, monolingual edifices, Guaman Pomas text, and indeed any autoethnographic work, appears anomalous or chaotic as it apparently did to the European scholars Pietschmann spoke to in 1912. If one does not think of cultures this way, then Guaman Pomas text is simply heterogeneous, as the Andean region was itself and remains today. Such a text is heterogeneous on the reception end as well as the production end: it will read very differently to people in different positions in the contact zone. (36-37)
If one thinks of cultures as coherently structured, monolingual edifices, the text appears one way; if one thinks otherwise, the text is simply heterogeneous. What might it mean to make this shift in the way one thinks of culture? Can you do itabout one of your own cultures and its key texts? Can you think of a group that you participate in as part of a community? Where and how does it represent itself to others? Where and how does it do this in writing or non-written “texts”? What are its literate arts? How would you want to alter how others see and understand your culture or community?
The assignments in this course have been an exercise in reading texts as heterogeneous, as contact zones. As a way of reflecting on your work this semester, you will write a final autoethnography. To do this, choose a culture in which you participate and examine it closely, using our authors as guides and/or guideposts for how you can reflect that culture more accurately to those outsideand, importantly, aboveit. To do so well, you will need to cite materials that represent that community. You are therefore required to use at least three sources that represent that community, and you are encouraged to think creatively about what those sources might be.
The Autoethnography is the main part of your work for this final projectit will be 4 (full) pages in length, make use of your 3 selected sources, and will work to reimagine your community in relationship to one or more groups that hold at least a bit more power in relation to your community. Your audience should include both those in that dominant group (or those groups) and those in your community as well.
Note: You do not need to use any of our key terms this semester in this Autoethnography, though you maywith necessary definitions/citationsif you find that useful.
Memo (1-2 pages)
You will also write a brief Memo to the class in which you identify a number of key items related to your Autoethnography:
The contact zone in which your community participates
The audiences for your autoethnography
The format/genre of your autoethnography (if you have chosen something different than an essay)
How you attempted to redefine your community
Your 3 community texts: what are they & how did you use them
Comparisons to at least 3 of our 4 course texts in terms of your use of autoethnography (and, if appropriate, transculturation): Mary Louise Pratt, Gloria Anzalda, June Jordan, and Edward Said
How is your work similar to and different from theirs? How does your autoethnography respond to their texts and/or ideas?
This memo’s audience is our class. Because of that, you do not need to define any terms here, since your work is to explore how your autoethnography compares to and contrasts with the ideas and authors we have explored all semester.
Overall Notes
You should submit one final document that contains both texts. Please put the Memo at the end, starting on a new page after your Autoethnography finishes.
You should feel free to play with format for the autoethnography. The goal, as always, is for a readable text. (Paragraphs seem like a good idea, generally.) But the overall format that you take is up to you. Play with genre if/as you like.
If you use one or more images as a community text, great! But: they don’t count toward the page minimum and you need to be sure to offer clear credit to the images’ creator(s). (And, of course, make sure they make sense within your Autoethnography.)
Speaking of offering credit: Your Autoethnography’s texts don’t need MLA-style citations and references. But it should identify them and make them easily found…if someone wants to find them. Hyperlinks and/or footnotes may be your friend here, but there are other engaging ways to do this work, too.
At least 2 of your community’s texts need to represent that community. In other words, they need to be written from within the perspective of your community itself. If you find it useful to engage with a text about your community (i.e., something written about your community in an article and/or by the dominant culture(s)), that can count as 1 of your 3 community texts.
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[order_calculator]Eliot Cohen stated, “Airpower is an unusually seductive form of military strength, in part because…it appears to offer gratification without commitment.” Consider how airpower’s capabilities have potentially made it the “easy call” for political decision-makers.
In this light, consider the proper role of airpower leaders as they advise civilian leadership. In John Garofano’s article, “Deciding on Military Intervention: What is the role of senior military leaders?,” he uses (and commends) the example of GEN Matthew Ridgway, who avoided recommending particular courses of action and simply reported the real costs of serious military commitment. Do you agree with the author that Ridgway’s example is the best approach for senior airpower leaders? Why or why not?
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[order_calculator]Paper # 1: Identify one prominent terrorist group, inside or outside the US, and overview the history of terrorism in the country of origin of your chosen group, their operational style and current grievances. Explain how their original grievances can translate into a conflict on the US soil.
The intended objective of this assignment is to allow you to think about terrorism preparedness from a much more global perspective taking into consideration the fact that the threat assessment has to be expended beyond the usual suspects concept, like the Al Qaeda threat or any other high profile group.
The required elements will include:
1. Identification of one terrorist group
2. History of the country where the group operates
3. The operational M.O.
4. Analysis of the threat from the group on US soil
Each element will be graded in the following manner:
1. 20%
2. 20%
3. – 20%
4. – 40%
As you can see I assign a lot of importance to the final element, which is the analysis part and this is where you can show me your critical thinking skills.
A sample paper is also attached so you can see what the professor is looking for.
Try to write about a new/unheard of terrorist group. This is what my professor said regarding page length. “It depends on the group you decide to write about. There are some high profile groups that have been written about extensively and them some we never heard about.
So, as a rule of thumb – if the group is a prominent one, anywhere between 10 to 12 double spaced Times New Roman 12 font pages. If a group is relatively new or not much has been written about it 6 to 8 will be sufficient.”
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[order_calculator]Overview
Do you believe in ghosts? Bigfoot? Alien abductions? If you said yes to any of these, you’re not alone. Many people hold beliefs about the existence of paranormal phenomona. However, many of these things cannot and have not been supported by scientific evidence. Though many people (even well respected people) claim that science can prove the existance of the phenomena, many of their arguments fall flat in the face of critical thinking. While certainly there is nothing wrong in believing in these things, its important to distinguish what science is and how it is used to discover patterns and knowledge about the world around us. Science is based on natural and predictable phenomena that can be tested. Beware of claims made by “pseudoscientists”.
Instructions
Read chapter 9 in your book.
Choose a topic that is considered to be in the realm of the paranormal, such as alien abuctions, ESP, or ghosts.(Go to Paranormal topics module for a list of topics you can choose from, obviously you can’t choose a topic that was throughly discussed in the textbook.)
DO NOT choose a topic you are personally committed to as it will skew your objectivity. The point of this lesson isn’t to convince you either way.
The point is to analyze the so-called evidence surrounding the phenemona from a scientific viewpoint and using critical thinking skills. You must demonstrate to me that you have read Chapter 9 and 10 of the textbook. You are applying the skills you learned in these chapters into the paper.
Compile a short list of claims and evidence used to support the existance of the phenomena. You can use various websites and books, don’t forget to include the source in the works cited portion of your paper.
For instance if I was doing a report on bigfoot. Some of the claims I might list are: eyewitness accounts, footprints found, and hair fibers. Be sure to be specific in the evidence and you must include at least two different claims or pieces of evidence; one of the two theories needs to be a plausible alternative theory.
Write a paper that discusses the topic and its evidence and then analyze the each piece of evidence or claim according to the criteria of adequacy.
(Each criteria should be about a paragraph to do a thorough job of evaluation.)
Testability: whether there is some way to determine if a theory is true
Fruitfulness: the number of novel predictions made
Scope: the amount of diverse phenomena explained
Simplicity: the number of assumptions made
Conservatism: how well a theory fits with existing knowledge
Discuss ways that science could support the existance without relying on weak arguments. Use the scientific method and scientific processes to propose a research method that could support the existance of the phenomenon. (Chapter 10 should be helpful)
Or to simplify:
First choose a topic, don’t choose a topic that you are personally connected too or have a strong believe in.
Second, find as much “evidence” as you can for the chosen topic. It may be stories on the internet, or as a last resort first hand account. Try to find the strongest evidence, however, most the so-called evidence will be weak. Take this seriously, there is a reason that paranormal activity have been in our society since the beginning. The GOAL is to find what they consider to be science in the paranormal activity.
Third, apply the criteria of adequacy to the evidence. Be certain to evaluate the evidence from each of the criteria. This should be the majority of your paper.
Testability: whether there is some way to determine if a theory is true
Fruitfulness: the number of novel predictions made
Scope: the amount of diverse phenomena explained
Simplicity: the number of assumptions made
Conservatism: how well a theory fits with existing knowledge
Fourth, determine a scientific way to study your chosen topic. Using the scientific method create a research method to test your chosen topic.
Looking for an example?
Chapter 10 goes through the process for crop circles and talking with the dead. This is what the assignment is based on, you are showing me you can apply this method to a unique weird phenomenon.
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[order_calculator]how do tattoos violate (or confirm) certain formal or informal norms?
What are some possible consequences for these transgressions?
How can concepts like cultural relativism and ethnocentrism(
Ethnocentrism is the term anthropologists use to describe the opinion that one’s own way of life is natural or correct. Some would simply call it cultural ignorance. Ethnocentrism means that one may see his/her own culture as the correct way of living) be applied to certain styles of tattoos?
Do you think that tattoos are more subcultural or countercultural?
Have cultural views of tattooing changed over time? How so? Why do you think this?
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[order_calculator]Statement of goals are needed for admission into the master program for higher education administration. Things about me to assist with the writing:
*married
*4 children 1 of which is in college
*graduated with associate degree in health information management in 2019
*graduated with bachelor degree in organizational leadership in 2021 (magna cum laude)
*been working in higher education since 2013
*long term goal is to be a department chair for a college
*my motivation is my children and husband
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[order_calculator]Background and Dimensions of Christianity
First, briefly summarize the historical, geographical, cultural, and philosophical foundations of Christianity.
Second, identify an important religious doctrine, or mythology, or ritual, or symbol and then explain how it fits into this religion.
Third, speculate about how your choice expresses the uniqueness of this religion.
Understanding Beliefs Not Our Own
The purpose of this discussion is for you to develop an appreciation and understanding the diversity of religious traditions by practicing effective communication skills in a cooperative and collaborative way with people who have different religious beliefs than our own. To do this, you will imagine, through role playing, that you have beliefs that are not our own.
First, imagine that you are in a conversation with a practitioner of Christianity and ask that person a question about his or her religious beliefs.
Second, answer the question you posed as you would imagine a practitioner of this religion would answer the question.
Third, collaborate with your classmates to understand the perspective of the person who is answering the question by providing supplemental responses to the answers provided.
Remember, your goal is to facilitate effective communication between people with different beliefs and so you are engaging in role playing. Any ideas that you get from your reading of the textbook should be referenced with a page number.
Examining Christian Sacred Texts
Scholars and theologians often perceive small and/or significant differences in the Gospel teachings of Jesus and the teachings of Paul. What are some of these differences? How significant are they? Can they be reconciled?
Anthology of World Scriptures, 9th Edition – 180 Day Option
ISBN: 9781305888005
By: Robert E. Van Voorst
This paper does not need an abstract page.
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[order_calculator]Question:
Participation is key in the development of project proposals. Using the article of White (1996) (Depoliticising Development), explain how participation undermines project planning activities, i.e. goal and strategy definition, stakeholder assessment, situational analysis, feasibility study, among others. Provide an illustrative example to substantiate your discussion.
Instructions:
1. The essay demonstrates tight coherence of ideas and careful consideration of all key points in the assigned article and class discussion, viewed against the backdrop of current challenges brought about by the health and economic crisis. Synthesis clearly shows seamless weaving of ideas of both theory and practice.
2. The essay is well-constructed, logically organized and clearly anchored on the reading material and class discussion. No grammatical, typographical and formatting errors found.
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