Things You Should Know
According to the syllabus, students should come to class this number of questions.
Five questions related to the readings.
The illness discussed in Stories in the Time of Cholera.
Cholera
BONUS: What is cholera?
Foucault suggested that power is based in what?
True/False
Writing is a skill that takes time to develop; no one is inherently a 'bad writer.'
True.
Power!
A classroom format based upon discussion amongst students and the instructor(s).
Seminar
Linking Raymond's grocery store robbery to labor policy reform is an example of what?
That is, harm done slowly and indirectly through systems and institutions.Structural violence
A medical school secretly tossing out female students' applications because of assumptions that they would not contribute to the workforce, in favor of motherhood, is an example of this kind of inequality.
Gender inequality/inequity.
Writers become better writers by doing what?
Reading and/or writing.
If students use generative AI to write their papers for them, Chris will not write what?
Recommendation letters.
According to the syllabus, the assignment due Friday should have this number of references.
Six (three must be qualitative or ethnographic)
If life consists of webs of meaning via signs and symbols, a person's perspective on an issue or topic constitutes a what?
Interpretation
Tuvalu's land and development issues became a site of geopolitics between which countries?
China, Australia, and Taiwan.
A reasonable written argument needs to be based on what?
Evidence.
A dog ate my homework.
Vs.
My homework was eaten.
What is active voice vs. passive voice?
A genre of writing that describes a person or group's way of life. This genre is based on empirical research.
Ethnography.
The indigenous group at the heart of Stories in the Time of Cholera.
Warao.
A conceptual approach to society and culture that considers power and economy as drivers of behavior and change. It seeks to pick apart these processes and improve equity.
A critical approach.
Stand up and describe your project's topic and purpose in one minute. Be concise.
The judge will determine if the description is acceptable.
BONUS
This question is for Shana. Why do children in Japan commute to school alone?
According to the video, Japan is 'built' to be safe for children because their parents need to work. A cultural reason is that commuting alone builds independence and valuable social skills.
Late assignments will receive what penalty per day beyond the deadline?
According to Briggs, what is "just as real as germs and bottles of rehydration solution"?
Stories.
Language is both ____ and ____?
Arbitrary and conventional.
Writing is a fundamental communication skill that will serve you for this length of time.
Your entire life.
The Forbidden Words, according to Prof. Chris.
Fact, true, and real.