Hey class,
Please leave questions and queries relating to the presentation and paper... Please read the guidelines carefully. I will be around during Spring Break so can respond to any concerns.
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For my presentation I wanted to look at the differences between the North and South in America during the Civil War Period. But if that is too local and does not include enough of a global perspective, I was thinking about doing the aboriginal people of Australia (the stolen generations) vs. the British (more specifically the government).
For our presentations, should we have some type of visual aid?
Hi Caitlin,
Sorry for not getting to this sooner, I had no internet over the weekend...
Either of these look good... especially since the first involves race, etc. With that said, I can't help but be intrigued by the second option. I imagine you could do some good Brit-Bashing!
Lauren, it's up to you... a visual aid sounds good, especially if it helps you to organize your thoughts and intentions.
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I've started looking into the conflict between Nazis and the Jews leading up to and during World War II. Should we focus on using just primary sources for our presentation and paper, or are we welcome to incorporate other types of sources (including legitimate Internet sites)?
When you say that four different references should be included in the body of the paper, do you mean they must actually be quoted in the paper or can they just be used for information and then put in the bibliography?
Also, I have also been working on the Nazis vs. Jews. Is it okay that two people will be doing the same thing?
Hi Beth,... Yes, you can use internet sources, but please be discerning. In other words, be MINDFUL of the sources you're using.
Alex
HI Lauren, it's fine that two of you are addressing the same topic.
re: 4 references. You can use 4 direct quotations, or you can reference an idea... but 4 citations should be in the actual body of the paper. Let me know if that doesn't make sense.
Alex
That all makes sense, thank you!
I just had a question about the paper... so should it be about our specific conflict, or should it be a more general paper about how difference fuels war and conflict? I didnt know how specific or vague you wanted it, I couldnt tell from the instructions. Also would it be okay if I did the Native american conflict with the european colonists?
I've been getting info. on the conflict in Northern Ireland. I also had a second option...I was thinking about North and South Korea. Would the first be an okay topic or do you have a better suggestion?
~Ashley
Brittany, you should concentrate on YOUR conflict, but you need to frame it within a general theoretical framework - ie, using larger concepts such as essentialism, ideology, etc.
Ashley, either of these look great!
Hope you're all enjoyig the final days of spring break.
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For the presentaions, if I want to use visual aid, power point, can I bring a USB flash drive, and use the computer in the classroom?
Yes, you can. There is a computer for power point presentations, etc.
Alex
Professor, I would like to do a powerpoint presentation tomorrow, is it possible to just bring my laptop with me and connect it to the projector screen?
Also, I'm doing my presentation on Israel Vs Hezbolla. How far back should I go into history (based on this website...
http://www.historyguy.com/israel-lebanon_conflict.html) to introduce the conflict?
I apologize for the last minute questions but I was in Florida for spring break and started the presentation today, however Sociology is the only class I have tomorrow so I'll be okay =]
Hi Samar.
I do believe you can connect your laptop but I don't know how to do it. Just in case, email yourself the presentation so you can access it that way if all else fails.
It's your call on how far you should go back... you're really concentrating on the way in which these groups have been constructed and their difference maintained. Given the recent confict between the two groups, you might want to focus on how Hezbolla were essentially demonzied in the West to justify/legitimize the Israali attacks in Lebanon (which also targeted civilian institutions - including a hospital.)
For my presentation i am going to do the apartheid in South Africa between 1948-1994. I have a question on the ideological meanings.really all i can come up with is that the whites in power used tactics such as posters, news papers, and media outlets to different countries to show that what they were doing was not bad and that the blacks they were suppressing were bad people. The ideological meanings are that: White- good, powerful, rich, land owning. Black or mixed- bad, evil, poor. Is this what you are looking for. Its a reflection of what the African American's in the US had to go through during the time of slavery. Is that the right approach?
Thanks!
Chelsey
Great That helps a lot, thank you =]
I have a similar problem to chelsey's. I'm not sure what other meanings have been attached to Hezbollah besides, being considered a terrorist group and being demonized.
Same with the Israelies, I found an article that called them Israeli Hawks who are invading Lebanon territory again. I guess I could say that essentially the Israelies have been made to look like the good guys to the Americans. But at the same time, to the middle east, they have been made out to be the constant territory invader.
With that thought, I'm having a hard time analyzing these meanings to show how they've fuelled the conflict
I've read most of the comments and answers on this page, and alot of them were really helpful, thanks :]
I may have missed this, but is the paper supposed to be in MLA format (double-spaced, etc.), or some other type? I vaguely remember hearing something about APA citations, but what about the actual paper?
I'm doing the conflict with catholics and protestants for our presentation today. For defining differences in identity for them I just listed the differences between the two relgions and how protestants were superior over the catholics when they took over their land. Theres (not from what I found) of symbols or physical identities maing them any different. It's the protestants ideas of aking over Northern Ireland for plantations to feed their country. Is this right? It's all I could really find and interpret...
thanks,
Paige
Chelsey, exactly.... for the paper, think about the conceptual framework that you're analyzing these meanings within.. So you will have to draw on meanings around ideology, essentialism, etc.. and that means that you have to think about the ways in which symbolic processes are being used to constitute each group... Also, and this is for everyone, think about the way in which meanings gain meaning in relation to opposite/different concepts - thus - good/bad; 'black/white; civilized/barbaric
These binary opposites help to justify the terrible conditions under which groups live... both in South Africa (calling black citizens who opposed this set-up 'terrorist') and in the US where black people STILL have negative ideological meanings attached to their identity helping to justify their over-representation within the criminal justice system.
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Samar, I think there is a lot written about this exact subject so you may have some luck finding more references for the paper.
For now, think about how Hezbollah garners support by having these negative meanings for Israel.
BUT, and this is key - in terms of global power, Israel has far more dominance and that's because it is an ally of the US. The US offers both military and symbolic support and thus, in the eyes of the global community, Israel is acting in self-defence. This is very very idological... Israeli force is rarely talked about in the US and that's because of power and global hegemony of the US who, for various reasons, support Israel, including their military striked on Palestine and Lebanon...
On the other hand, because meaning is not stable and is not natural (think anti-essentialism) Israel has attached to it very different meanings in the Middle-East, and, indeed, in some other Western countries which have different views on what's happening. The meanings change given the context... and this is a very important point.
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Echo - MLA or APA is fine...
Paige - think of words as symbols... SO, the way each group is represented through media, for example. In the UK, Catholics were always demonzied... they were always viewed as terrorist and as problematic... And that's because there are ideologies at play...!! Lots has been written on this, too. In fact, in the UK, the Catholic irish were a group who faced a lot of racism.
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Thank you very much professor, that was a big help!
Thank you!
if we presented on monday, when can we know our grades?
Hello everybody!
Just thought I'd pose a question here about the paper. I know that another classmate and myself were discussing that a lot of what we would have to write before getting to the meat of the topic(s)is to discuss the history around our respective conflicts. I know that this classmate has already written 7 pages of just history on the conflict, and was wondering if that detailed of a historical background component was necessary before getting to the the points of the paper. If some type of historical review of the conflict should be included, I just would like to know how complete it should be and how it would be useful?
Hopefully you can see through all the verbage I have written and answer the question for me. If not, just let me know.
Respectfully Submitted,
Shamus
Shamus, I know I'm not the professor but I think that 7 pages of history about the conflict is too much. A brief summary of the history about the conflict would make more sense, for example 1 page about the background and history of the conflict would probably be better. The paper should mainly focus on analyzing the conflict and answering the questions that Professor Campbell wants us too. I hope this helps =]
Hey professor, i heard that the presentations were very long, some stretching to 20 minutes! However, it says for 5-8 minutes. Those over achievers making people who follow directions look bad...there are always some. So I have chosen a subject and I'm planning on a presentation and paper due for Monday. I was just wondering if you got my e-mail.
-DEREK
I know the papers are due on Monday, but do we still need to put them in your mailbox by noon or is it okay to hand them in at the beginning of class? -Lauren
Hi Guys, sorry not to get back to your questions before now. I've been down and out with some bug. Also, myune is showing that some of you emailed but the content is not coming up... So, Derek, I saw you emailed but I have no idea what it's about. Please email me on:
acampbell@une.edu
Chelsey, grades will be given when you hand in the paper and I've marked it.
HI Shamus, good question. This isn't a history class so no need to go into a lot of detail... we're also not a poltiical science class. So, Samar is right.. I am looking for how you are using the concepts... are you understanding how essentialist thinking and the construction of difference creates the conflct?
Some things to think about:
When you think abut ideology, think about the ideological meanings that become attached to the identities involved. For example, Shamus examined Iranian and American identity. In America, Iranians are defined, through systems of representation (incuding Presidential speeches, film depictions) as evil, dangerous, fundamentalists. On the other hand, in America, Americans are portryaed as freedom-loving, civilized people...
These are ideological meanings. We believe, though, that they are truthful meanings... that they are essential (in other words, that there is a natural relationship between the meanings and the identity that we attach them to). If we take an anti-essentailist perspective, we see that these meanings have to be MADE and CONSTRUCTED through systems of representation which actively produce meanings about the people.
In Hotel Rwanda, for example, we see that radio broadcasts are representing the Tutsi people as insects and as people who are less than human... as people who are deserving of death. The Hutu people who are listening internalize these ideological meanings... they believe that Tutsis are essentially bad people... and that they, in contrast, are essentially good.
You need to focus on the theoretical tools, then. Because the project is really asking you to think about how dangerous essential thinking is, and how deconstructing the processes through which we assign idenitity ideological meanings is absolutely central if we want to broker peace around the world. If the Tutsi were not viewed as essentially different from the Hutu people, then there would have been no genoicide.
When Western identitites are involved this is no less true. British people create ideological meanings around British identity - as civilized, benevolent, etc - but these meanings are not essential... They are created for ideological reasons. We interpret the actions of the British through these ideological meanings. So, if Britain invades another country we think, 'oh, the Brits are nice people, they are civilized... they must be doing this for a good reason'. When Iran invades another country we interpret what's going on through ideological meanings and we think, 'oh, Iranians are evil, they are doing a terrible thing'. In Israel/Palestine, there are very distinct ideological meanings in the States around these identities. So, we view the Israeli attacks on Palestinians as self-defense, whereas we have come to view the Palestian action as terrorist.
While some of the history is important, I am, then, more concerned with how these histories - and the way they've been written - affects how we interpret what's going on... but it also should show how each identity learns to view the other (as their enemy) which leads to conflict.
I;ll be checking the blog throughout the day, so please leave any questions
Hi derek, you don't need to go into lots of detail. Stick to the 5-8 mins.... we need to get through the presentaions :-)
Lauren, you can hand the paper in during class.
Alex
Just finished the paper, and I think it looks pretty good. I thought about doing a PPoint for the presentation, but I think I'll be more organized without it. No questions, no complaints! See you Monday.
Stuart
Hi there Dr. Campbell:
I just finished the paper this evening, and it looks pretty good from what I can see. I tried to include somethings about the Iranian identities about axis of evil, evil, and Satan that I think you'll enjoy reading. I never thought about some of the stuff you mentioned, but I did include a ton of examples of how the identity struggle has existed throughout history and into the modern day, so maybe some of the stuff you mentioned can be inferred. I think I did go a little overboard on the history component though, but did use a lot of it to explain how history has interpreted the current difference in identity at hand. I'm e-mailing you a draft of the paper tonight because there are some online links that you'll need to access later on, but if you do get a chance to skim it over and let me know what you think, that would be great! If not, that's okay too. I know there's still some time left and the changes I make between now and tomorrow afternoon can only help my cause! Thanks in advance for your help!!
Respectfully Submitted,
Shamus
ok it says on the paper outline that its a four page paper and from everyones comments it looks like they wrote a lot more....?
-Chelsey
Yeah, my final draft is 9.5 pages after I cut out all the unnecessary history in the beginning. I think a lot more than 4 pages will be necessary to get the point across, plus it can only help you in the end result to say a lot.
I don't think the effort you put into this paper is a matter of how many pages you wrote though. You may have just as many quality thoughts in a 4 page paper as in a 9.5 page paper. So whatever works for you, I guess!
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