In this jigsaw activity, students are placed in groups. Each group reads …
In this jigsaw activity, students are placed in groups. Each group reads a different written record of an indigenous oral history about tsunamis. These indigenous stories are from around the world. To guide their interpretations, students answer activity questions. They study how the tsunami is described (tsunami characteristics) and any safety information that is described in the story. Then the groups are mixed, with at least one representative of each story in each new group. Students share what they learned from each story. Groups compare stories. They discuss: Are there any similarities in the warning signs, descriptions of the tsunami waves, or damage and did the traditional stories contain any safety information? Students will learn the importance of preserving and utilizing traditional knowledge. This activity leads into future instruction on tsunami science and safety. Lessons from the stories that students read can later be integrated into lessons on modern scientific understanding of tsunamis (causes and characteristics) and tsunami safety (natural warning signs). Instructors can also tie this lesson into hazard management. Students learn that disaster management personnel are using traditional knowledge to improve local hazard preparations.
The subtitle of this course for the spring 2003 term is “American …
The subtitle of this course for the spring 2003 term is “American Television: A Cultural History.” The class takes a cultural approach to television’s evolution as a technology and system of representation, considering television as a system of storytelling and myth-making, and as a cultural practice, studied from anthropological, literary, and cinematic perspectives. The course focuses on prime-time commercial broadcasting, the medium’s technological and economic history, and theoretical perspectives. There is much required viewing as well as readings in media theory and cultural interpretation.
This activity will show why our present ultra consumption way of life …
This activity will show why our present ultra consumption way of life is not sustainable and must be changed if the human race is to survive long term. The Story of Stuff is shocking but very informative. Its purpose is to wake people up to the perilous situation we are in and take action individually or collective to make the necessary and difficult changes needed.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to end poverty, protect …
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all by 2030. SDG 9 and 11, "Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure" and "Sustainable Cities and Communities," address the major challenges of building infrastructure and making urbanization sustainable and equitable. Our research in New York City found that these goals are not being effectively implemented, as demonstrated by issues such as trash accumulation, homelessness, and gentrification in certain neighborhoods. The root causes include zoning laws that contribute to a housing shortage and the lobbying efforts of certain industries that prioritize profits over the well-being of lower income communities. To address these issues and achieve the SDGs, it is necessary to promote inclusive and sustainable development and prioritize the needs of all members of society.
Word Count: 7669 ISBN: 978-1-55195-484-4 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created …
Word Count: 7669
ISBN: 978-1-55195-484-4
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This course is intended to introduce graduate students to a set of …
This course is intended to introduce graduate students to a set of core writings in the field of urban sociology. Topics include the changing nature of community, social inequality, political power, socio-spatial change, technological change, and the relationship between the built environment and human behavior. We examine the key theoretical paradigms that have constituted the field since its founding, assess how and why they have changed over time, and discuss the implications of these paradigmatic shifts for urban scholarship, social policy and the planning practice.
Use metaphor frames throughout a course to help students both learn various …
Use metaphor frames throughout a course to help students both learn various concepts and to assess how they are understanding them.
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The course covers British literature and culture during Queen Victoria’s long reign, …
The course covers British literature and culture during Queen Victoria’s long reign, 1837-1901. This was the brilliant age of Charles Dickens, the Brontës, Lewis Carroll, George Eliot, Robert Browning, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred, Lord Tennyson – and many others. It was also the age of urbanization, steam power, class conflict, Darwin, religious crisis, imperial expansion, information explosion, bureaucratization – and much more.
This course examines the problem of mass violence and oppression in the …
This course examines the problem of mass violence and oppression in the contemporary world, and the concept of human rights as a defense against such abuse. It explores questions of cultural relativism, race, gender and ethnicity. It examines case studies from war crimes tribunals, truth commissions, anti-terrorist policies and other judicial attempts to redress state-sponsored wrongs. It also considers whether the human rights framework effectively promotes the rule of law in modern societies. Students debate moral positions and address ideas of moral relativism.
Archaeologists use evidence from sites and records to tell the story of …
Archaeologists use evidence from sites and records to tell the story of peoples’ cultures. In this online activity, students will analyze a virtual "box" with 3D models of mystery artifacts from a specific location and time period to create a story about the people who used them. Encourage students to think about how these items connect to one another and what the artifacts can tell us about the people that used them. This resource is part of Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum’s open educational resources project to provide history, ecology, archaeology, and conservation resources related to our 560 acre public park. More of our content can be found on YouTube and SketchFab. JPPM is a part of the Maryland Historical Trust under the Maryland Department of Planning.
VISUAL CULTURES OF THE MIDDLE EAST MOVING IMAGES FROM DAGUERREOTYPES TO SMARTPHONES: …
VISUAL CULTURES OF THE MIDDLE EAST MOVING IMAGES FROM DAGUERREOTYPES TO SMARTPHONES: This course examines changing technologies of image capture/(re)production/circulation in the Middle East from the turn of the century through today. We examine historical moments through an appreciation of changing technological advancements of visual material. From changing printing practices on postcards, consumer grade cameras, increasing photographs in periodicals, TVs & VHS, leading up to networked technologies and the digital morass in which we now live. Across the course, emergent technological capabilities of visuality become entwined in issues of nationalism, revolt, consumerism, tourism, changing gender roles, and boundaries of sexuality. The second half of the course focuses on the contemporary landscape of smartphones/internet/apps/digitality and the dizzying array of visual material in which we now drown. From protests to citizen journalists, emergent political movements and social media on smartphones, from Grindr to surveillance, selfies, & sex. Finally, there is an emphasis for students to develop and integrate visual material in their developing research agendas. We will explore some visual methods across the course and you will learn how to create a digital story paying special attention to not simply using visual material as the "representation" of your argument.
Enjeux, défis et stratégies Short Description: Traversé par des crises sécuritaires, sanitaires, …
Enjeux, défis et stratégies
Short Description: Traversé par des crises sécuritaires, sanitaires, sociopolitiques et culturelles, le Nord-Cameroun fait face aujourd’hui à des défis multiformes. Dans une perspective pluri- et transdisciplinaire adossée sur du matériau visuel et des données empiriques, cet ouvrage collectif aborde des problématiques anthropologiques d’actualité liées au système de fonctionnement, d’organisation et de gestion de sociétés qui sont à cheval entre le traditionnel et la modernité. Les différentes contributions analysent en particulier les questions de conflits intercommunautaires et transfrontaliers, de migration dans les zones bordant le lac Tchad, les stratégies de résilience socioéconomique et culturelle des populations locales soumises à un système d’organisation sociétal ébranlé par les nombreuses crises ayant traversé la zone ces trois dernières décennies.
Long Description: Traversé par des crises sécuritaires, sanitaires, sociopolitiques et culturelles, le Nord-Cameroun fait face aujourd’hui à des défis multiformes. Dans une perspective pluri- et transdisciplinaire adossée sur du matériau visuel et des données empiriques, cet ouvrage collectif aborde des problématiques anthropologiques d’actualité liées au système de fonctionnement, d’organisation et de gestion de sociétés qui sont à cheval entre le traditionnel et la modernité. Les différentes contributions analysent en particulier les questions de conflits intercommunautaires et transfrontaliers, de migration dans les zones bordant le lac Tchad, les stratégies de résilience socioéconomique et culturelle des populations locales soumises à un système d’organisation sociétal ébranlé par les nombreuses crises ayant traversé la zone ces trois dernières décennies.
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Writing in the wake of the Civil War, poet Walt Whitman insisted …
Writing in the wake of the Civil War, poet Walt Whitman insisted that “the real war will never get in the books.” Throughout American history, the experience of war has fundamentally shaped the ways that Americans think about themselves, their fellow Americans, and the meanings of national citizenship. War has also posed challenges of representation, both for those who fought as well as those who did not. This subject examines how Americans have told the stories of modern war in history, literature, and popular culture, and interprets them in terms of changing ideas about American national identity.
This course is a general overview of the recent political science literature …
This course is a general overview of the recent political science literature on violent non-state actors. Its aim is to examine why non-state actors (such as warlords, terrorists, militias, etc.) resort to violence, what means and tactics they use, and what can be done to counter that violence. In that regard, the class will cover works pertaining to the production side of non-state violence (i.e. the objectives and organization of insurgents/terrorists/militias/warlords, their mobilization strategies and support base, how they coerce opponents, etc.); as well as the response that violence elicits from governments or other actors (i.e. counter-insurgency or counter-terrorism strategies, among others). Apart from introducing the basic variables and theoretical and empirical findings in the literature, this course will also grapple with questions of definition, operationalization of variables, and general methodology relevant to conducting research in this area of violent conflict. Though thematically-driven, this course will also reference cases from the contemporary battlefields of insurgency and terrorism (be it Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, the West Bank and Gaza, Colombia, etc.) as they relate to the pertinent themes.
This OLogy activity tests kids' knowledge about excavation strategies, the tools archaeologists …
This OLogy activity tests kids' knowledge about excavation strategies, the tools archaeologists use, and more with an interactive quiz. The 10-question multiple-choice test covers a wide range of topics, from "Why do archaeologists create a map of the site before they dig?" to "Archaeologists look for different soil layers that they identify by color and texture. If the layers haven't been disturbed, what can they tell us?" After making their 10 selections, kids can check their answers with a page that shows them how they did on each question and offers an explanation of the right answers.
This course introduces academic debates on the nature of capitalism, drawing upon …
This course introduces academic debates on the nature of capitalism, drawing upon the ideas of scholars as diverse as Adam Smith and Karl Marx. It examines anthropological studies of how contemporary capitalism plays out in people’s daily lives in a range of geographic and social settings, and implications for how we understand capitalism today. Settings range from Wall Street investment banks to auto assembly plants, from family businesses to consumer shopping malls.
As we live in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2008, …
As we live in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2008, there are renewed questions about the nature of the economic system—capitalism—within which we live. What are its benefits and drawbacks? Why does it garner both so much opposition and support? What are its moral, economic, social and political implications? Is it even a “system”? How has capitalism played out in different historical moments and regions of the world? This class addresses the question “what is capitalism?” from a social scientific point of view, rather than a classical economic one.
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