Length: 450-500 Words, double-spaced.
[Please respond to all 3 prompts.]
1. Referring to the following pages in Baudrillard’s “Mass Media Culture,” please discuss what “cool” might mean in relation to his ideas about “cultural recycling”(p. 100-102), and consumption as responding to a quiz question (p. 105). (100 words)
2. Choose ONE of the characters from the film, I’m a Cyborg but That’s Okay, and discuss and analyze him or her in relation to Harraway’s notion of “posthumanism” in her article, i.e., the continuum between the human and the machine and between the human and the animal. (e.g., Young-Goon, Il-soon, Young-Goon’s grandmother, or any of the other characters in the psychiatric hospital.) Put another way, how would you imagine the notion of posthumanism help the character you’ve chosen to analyze to feel that he or she is okay, though he or she is a machine or an animal? (150-200 words)
3. Please discuss A and B separately. You don’t need to connect them in your response.
A) Using Richard Dyer’s notion of “stereotyping through iconography,” discuss, in the documentary, Koryo Saram: the Unreliable People, how the mainstream Soviet propaganda films used iconographic images of hardworking Koreans and produce a “positive” stereotype of an ethnic minority group. How do the characters and their memories of the community’s history in the documentary counter or contradict these images? (100 words)
B) Using the distinction Dyer makes between stereotype and member-type, discuss how the film, The Tuman River, represents both the Korean Chinese community’s stereotyping of North Koreans—or (intra-ethnic) “racism” against North Korean defectors—and North Korean defectors as “member-types.” (100 words)
Read carefully. There is a lot of detail here, so be sure you are addressing all aspects of the prompt.
This final essay has one key objective: to encourage you to reflect on what you’ve learned the second part of this class and think creatively about a future without global warming and without global environmental crisis (think, global environmental problems). This is an opportunity for you to articulate your own environmental ethics, your own “good” society based on the class material. Like the midterm, you MUST employ ideas and examples from both lectures and readings (and multimedia, if appropriate).
The essay is worth 80% of your grade. It must be 7.5-8 pages (double-spaced with 12point font), Points will be deducted if it exceeds 8.5 pages or is less than about 7.5 pages.
It is a three-part essay. In the first part, you will need to give a brief summary of 3 of the major environmental paradigms covered in the class and make an argument for the one(s) that you consider most convincing (that is, able to address the environmental/climate crisis). The major paradigms were covered in lecture. They include conquest mentalities, preservation and conservation, modern mainstream environmentalism, environmental justice, and the two principal meanings of sustainability (Bruntland’s sustainable development vision and free-market/corporate sustainability). Note: it might behoove you to conclude that more than one is very convincing, but instead of defending them separately, use your critical thinking skills to bring them together to form your own environmental ethics. Be sure that if you synthesize two or more paradigms that your new formulation does not have contradictions. For instance, in an extreme case, the conquest paradigm does not square very well with modern environmentalism for reasons that should be evident from lecture and readings.
In the second part, you must define and discuss two of the alternative visions/proposed solutions that we have been covering during weeks 9 and 10. These are current political (or technological) projects/visions with origins in the existing paradigms listed above. They are: technological fixes/climate engineering, corporate/free market environmentalism, public-private partnerships, various “social democratic” alternatives, and eco-socialism. You do not need to discuss all of these projects/visions, but you must describe 2 of them and explain which one of all of them aligns best with the paradigm you’ve defended from part 1.
The third part is connected to the first two. Let your answers to parts 1 and 2 guide you forward in this part. You will answer the following question: Reflecting on and using as evidence (where appropriate) lectures, readings, notes, and class discussions, etc., what would a global society without disastrous climate change and acute environmental crisis look like?
You may consider answers to the following more specific questions to devise your new society. How would we get there? In other words, who would be the agents bringing about your new more environmentally ethical future and what political/cultural obstacles would need to be overcome? What kind of polity (that is, government) would it require? What would the relationship between government and economy be? How would people interact with their environment? How would people relate to each other (for example, relations between, say, classes, genders, or ethnicities)? You might opt to be utopian or idealistic in your thinking; you might opt to be more pragmatic, or some synthesis of the two.
Suggested page length for each part:
Part I: 3.5-4 pages
Part II: 1.5-2 pages
Part III: 2-3 pages
Total: 7.5-8.5 pages
You will need to use concrete evidence from lectures, readings, and discussions to substantiate your arguments and defend your claims. Do not lean too heavily on readings over lecture, and vice versa. You should strike a balance.
Think carefully and consider and weigh the class material, that is, the different environmental paradigms and political projects that seek to solve the climate and environmental crisis. Make connections across lectures and readings to devise your stance and to articulate your own“alternative world”. This is your essay. Use your imagination in the second part, an imagination that stems from your knowledge gained in this class. This is your opportunity (humanity’s only opportunity?) to dream big! Think for yourself, employing material and evidence drawn from the second half of the class.
You may use outside material, but like last time, only to complement material from this class. Not to replace it. If you bring in an outside source(s), please provide a works cited page (bibliography) of those sources.
In general, Please cite all evidence that you use, including lectures, within the text and at the end of the corresponding sentence or paragraph.
Here are some examples: (Guha, 87); (“Clean Energy Plays Dirty”); (Merchants of Doubt); (Lecture, “Modern Environmentalism”)
Will attach class readings, and more! Thanks!
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Topic: manifest destiny
informative essay
APA format
need sub-titles
no typos or grammatical errors
Paper must contain intext citations ( 6 of them)
Paper must be 8-10 pages double spaced Times New Roman 12 font
Paper must contain a title page
Title page, and work Cited page are NOT part of the 8-page count.
Wikipedia is NOT an acceptable source
Paper must contain a minimum 8 work cited websites
Use APA format for references and citations.
Please write the answers under each question
Assignment Regulations:
Q.1) Explain how conservatism and socialism are incorporated in the US political system. Use evidence (cite sources) to support you. (Given an outline of the essential features of social and liberal democracies, compare and contrast these systems with the features of socialism and communism). “Just a decade ago, ‘socialism’ was a dirty word in American politics.” (What would a socialist America, 2018). Do you think socialism might be more acceptable now than it had been previously, and why? In addition to course resources, such as the textbook and lectures, you also are encouraged to use substantive and reliable outside sources.
Q. 2) Explain one of the perfect political systems of Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Marx, or Skinner. Use evidence (cite sources) to support your response from assigned readings or online lessons, and at least one outside scholarly source.
The security consulting firm that you work for has been awarded a contract to implement a new IT Security Infrastructure to secure the Information Technology data assets of a local government agency. This agency has many remote workers that are in the field and need to connect back to the agency’s system servers. The remote workers use a wireless network infrastructure to connect their electronic pads to servers located within the local government’s facility. The remote workers have needs to access property records, cite zoning violations electronically, and validate building permits. The public demand to expand IT services has grown faster than its ability to provide an adequately secured infrastructure. In fact, this government entity was previously featured on the news for having minimal security controls and methods for accessing property tax information of citizens. The inadequate security allowed many construction trade businesses to illegally access property records and zoning violations. Your role in this project is to enhance and optimize the security mechanisms for accessing these systems.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
1. Create an information flow diagram, using Visio or Dia, which:
a. Illustrates how remote users will securely connect to the government agency’s network.
b. Illustrates the patch of network devices that data packets must travel to get from server to remote user’s device and back to
server.
Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
2. Provide an equipment list of network security devices that would be needed to ensure the integrity and sensitivity of private
information. In this list:
a. Propose at least two (2) vendor brands per each device and the associate costs required to procure these items.
b. Identify the functionality each device serves and the expected benefits the government agency should experience upon the
successful installation of this equipment.
3. Develop a maintenance plan that should be recommended to the government agency to ensure having the latest security measures
available within the network in which you:
a. Describe the risks associated with not fulfilling the activities outlined within your maintenance plan.
b. Indicate specific activities, personnel / resources required, and frequency of execution.
4. Recommend at least four (4) physical security measures that could be developed to ensure the electronic perimeter of electronic
assets.
5. Recommend at least two (2) physical security vendors that could achieve the four (4) security measures you identified. Justify your
recommendations with your response.
6. Evaluate and consider activities that the Human Resources Department could perform in order to complement and instill security
from within the organization. Provide a rationale with your response.
7. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality
resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
This past week we focused on race and racism. These are very touchy subjects, and the topics of race and racism are complex and multi-layered. Addressing race and racism in the context of a college classroom presents us with a unique set of challenges. But it seems now, more than ever, we need to engage in open, honest dialogue about these issues.
In class on Friday, I showed a slide that said, “The way to get rid of racism is to stop talking about it.” Do you agree or disagree? Why? Provide reasons for your agreement or disagreement.
Analyse Gawer’s notion of technological platforms and critically asses to what extent it captures the dynamic of innovation in the current technological era.
1500 WORDS
Format:
Introduction
Literature review
Methodology
Conclusion
Harvard referencing.
Complete the Analysis Paper paying close attention to the guidelines listed in the template attached, make sure to use citations from the book with page numbers included. Example: (DeParle, 2004, 27)
Papers should be typed using Times New Roman font size 12 and double spaced. Please include a title page with your name, date and the title of your Unit , Analysis Paper. The body of your paper must be at least 4 typed pages and include the following sections:
CENTRAL THEME – What is the central theme of American Dream? by Jason DeParle, This section of the paper may not exceed one typewritten page.
RELEVANCE – Relate the concepts found in American Dream with those from The Healing of America by T.R. Reid.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS IMPLICATIONS – Public affairs is understood by the Hauptmann School of Public Affairs to be the field of study which shows the interrelationships between the activities of government (on all its levels) with other elements of the social and economic systems. How has reading American Dream affected your understanding of public affairs?
Original work only, please use citations from the book included in the analysis (very important to have proper citations). Include reference list! Only take the job if you can complete on time and follow template.
Thank you