Category: Culture and Ethnic Studies

Please read the assignment pdf attachment, it fully describe what to do on the assignment. For the chosen themes, I choose the Third World Liberation Front. NO OUTSIDE RESEARCH IS NEEDED! This is the provided material for TWLF topic in class:
-Overview
We are grounding ourselves in the rich history of student protests in 1968-1969 that became the Third World Liberation Front, a multiethnic, multiracial student coalition. They demanded that SFSU & UCB administration make education relevant to “Third World” peoples by establishing an independent Third World College and put power in the hands of faculty and students of color to decolonize the university.
-Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ar2i-G5O-0
-READ Dong, Harvey. Third World Liberation Comes to SF State and UC Berkeley (PDF attached below)
-Lecture slides on TWLF (PDF attached below)
–>Clarifications for Part D in the assignment PDF:
Materials = what readings/videos/blogs/texts are you assigning to your imaginary students?
Activities = what will you ask your students to DO to demonstrate understanding of the materials you assigned? (for example, students will write an essay/take an exam/write a blog post/discussion post/etc)
Assessments = how will you DECIDE that students understood what you assigned and the completed the activity you assigned? (for example, you’ll grade their essay/grade their tests/make them do an oral presentation/etc).
YOU’RE ONLY FILLING OUT THE WORKSHEETS.
At the end, just answer the reflection questions in short sentences. DO NOT WRITE AN ESSAY!
Answer each question as straightforwardly as you can.
Question 1
Answer 1
Q2
A2
Q3
A3
Q4
A4
Q5
Let me know if you have any question!

This is a TRANSLATION STUDY course
Research paper written in word and respecting the academic referencing style (APA)
• Paper length is maximum 5000 words.
• Give a title to your paper, thesis, questions, and hypothesis.
• The paper should be divided into introduction, Body (parts/sections) and conclusion connected
coherently to support the thesis.
• Include list of references that you used in your paper at the end of your research ordered
alphabetically.
• Your research should be ORIGINAL (Check assign will be used).
– this is a group of 3 assignment, divide the work into 3 sections
– ⁠this will later be converted into a powerpoint presentation
– ⁠dont use complicated terminology instead use simple english wording.

Please read the assignment pdf attachment, it fully describe what to do on the assignment. For the chosen themes, I choose the Third World Liberation Front. NO OUTSIDE RESEARCH IS NEEDED! This is the provided material for TWLF topic in class:
-Overview
We are grounding ourselves in the rich history of student protests in 1968-1969 that became the Third World Liberation Front, a multiethnic, multiracial student coalition. They demanded that SFSU & UCB administration make education relevant to “Third World” peoples by establishing an independent Third World College and put power in the hands of faculty and students of color to decolonize the university.
-Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ar2i-G5O-0
-READ Dong, Harvey. Third World Liberation Comes to SF State and UC Berkeley (PDF attached below)
-Lecture slides on TWLF (PDF attached below)
–>Clarifications for Part D in the assignment PDF:
Materials = what readings/videos/blogs/texts are you assigning to your imaginary students?
Activities = what will you ask your students to DO to demonstrate understanding of the materials you assigned? (for example, students will write an essay/take an exam/write a blog post/discussion post/etc)
Assessments = how will you DECIDE that students understood what you assigned and the completed the activity you assigned? (for example, you’ll grade their essay/grade their tests/make them do an oral presentation/etc).
YOU’RE ONLY FILLING OUT THE WORKSHEETS.
At the end, just answer the reflection questions in short sentences. DO NOT WRITE AN ESSAY!
Answer each question as straightforwardly as you can.
Question 1
Answer 1
Q2
A2
Q3
A3
Q4
A4
Q5
Let me know if you have any question!

This is a TRANSLATION STUDY course
Research paper written in word and respecting the academic referencing style (APA)
• Paper length is maximum 5000 words.
• Give a title to your paper, thesis, questions, and hypothesis.
• The paper should be divided into introduction, Body (parts/sections) and conclusion connected
coherently to support the thesis.
• Include list of references that you used in your paper at the end of your research ordered
alphabetically.
• Your research should be ORIGINAL (Check assign will be used).
– this is a group of 3 assignment, divide the work into 3 sections
– ⁠this will later be converted into a powerpoint presentation
– ⁠dont use complicated terminology instead use simple english wording.

Case 1: Read the case study titled Who Made a Serious Mistake (Chapter 5 – pages 81-82). Then, answer the question at the end of the case.
Case 2: Read the interaction between Mr. Pauli and his colleagues on (Chapter 6 – pages 89- 90). Then answer the questions at the end.
Please be sure to back up your answers to both cases with facts from the textbook.

Case 1: Who Made a Serious Mistake? (Chapter 5 – pages 81-82)
Jean Safari was investigating a serious error made by a Japanese worker at the Japanese subsidiary of a US multinational. A component had been inserted upside down, and the entire batch had been pulled out of production to be reworked. The cost of this event was high.
Jean asked the Japanese plan director for information about the employee who had made the error. Had she been identified? What action was being taken against her?
She was amazed when the director claimed not to know. “The whole work group has accepted responsibility,” he told her. “As to the specific woman responsible, they have not told me, nor did I ask. Even the floor supervisor does not know, and if he did, he would not tell me either.”
But if everyone is responsible, then in effect no one is, Jean argued. They are simply protecting each other’s bad work.
“This is not how we see it,” she was told. The plant manager was polite but firm. “I understand that the woman concerned was so upset that she went home. She tried to resign. Two of her coworkers had to coax her back again. The group knows she was responsible, and she feels ashamed. The group is also aware that she is new and that they did not help her enough, or look out for her, or see to it that she was properly trained. This is why the whole group has apologized. I have their letter here. They are willing to apologize to you publicly.”
“No, no, I don’t want that,” said Jean. “I want to stop it from happening again.” She wondered what she should do.
Question: Should Jean insist on knowing who the culprit was? Should the culprit be punished?

Case 2: Raising his voice, Mr. Pauli . . . (Chapter 6 page 89-90)
Raising his voice, Mr. Pauli, Gialli’s college, responded, “What do you mean, a crazy idea? We have carefully considered the pros and cons and believe that it would greatly benefit the buyer.”
“Please, don’t’ get overexcited” implored Mr. Johnson. “We need to provide solid arguments and should not get sidetracked by emotional irrelevancies.”
Before the Dutch representative, Mr. Bergman, had a chance to explain why he thought it was a crazy idea, the two Italian colleagues left the room for a time-out. “This is what I call a typical Italian reaction,” Mr. Bergman remarked to his colleagues. “Before I even had a chance to give my arguments as to why I think the idea is crazy, they walk out.”
The other managers were squirming uncomfortably in their chairs. They did not know what to think. Mr. Johnson got up and left the room to talk to the Italians.
Question: What do you think that (if any) is the role of emotions while doing business?
Again, be sure to back up your answer to the case with facts from the textbook (please use APA format). Your case report should have a minimum of 500 words. Submit your case report as Word document.

PROJECT PROPOSAL: The assignment should outline your project in two to three pages. More specifically, it should include information from your assigned readings (An Introduction to Black Studies by Eric Jackson) and be viewed as an introductory narrative for your project. It must be typed, doubled spaced. This piece must clearly state your project will be a research paper.
GRADING RUBRIC FOR PAPER/PROJECT PROPOSAL
Ideas
Points
1–6
Has a well-developed thesis that conveys a perspective on the subject _____
Poses relevant and tightly drawn questions about the topic; excludes
extraneous details and inappropriate information _____
Records important ideas, concepts, and direct quotations from a variety
of reliable and appropriate information sources _____
Paraphrases and summarizes various perspectives on the topic _____

Total Possible Points – 24 pts

Organization
Points
1–21
Ideas are logically grouped and sequenced within paragraphs and
across parts of the paper _____
Documents resources (e.g., bibliography, footnotes, or endnotes)
and avoids plagiarism _____

Total Possible Points – 42 pts

Style
Points
1–7

The writer’s voice is distinctive; word choice is varied and
precise throughout ______
Sentences are varied in structure and length; errors are minor
and infrequent ______

Total Possible Points – 14 pts
Total Possible Points – 80 points

Written research assignments must:
Include a minimum of four resources (books, periodicals, and journals)
Resources must be used to support the claims presented by the student
Include appropriate citation for all sources using format associated with your discipline (APA)
Follow the following format:
Word processed
double spaced with one-inch margins (please indent the first line of all paragraphs)
footnotes or endnotes

this assignment is to improve your cultural
competence by familiarizing yourself with a cultural group that you know little about.

The Case of the Pharmaceutical Joint Venture (Chapter 4)
Read the Case Study entitled The Case of the Pharmaceutical Joint Venture in Chapter 4 and then answer the question at the end of the case.
Please be sure to back up your answer to the case with facts from the textbook.

Mr. Geddy Teok, an American-Chinese (second generation) employee of a large New Jersey pharmaceutical firm, was based in Tokyo. His main aim was to get a major join venture going with one of the largest Japanese pharmaceutical manufactures. After four year of negotiating, the supreme moment had come for signing contracts. Obviously the lawyers from HQ in New Jersey were well prepared, and they sent the contract to Geddy one week before the “ceremony.”
After four year of Japanese experience, Geddy was dumbfounded when he received the document form the US. He told us at the time, “I could not even count the number of pages. There were just too many. But I remember the number of inches it measured when I laid it on the table. I would guess that with every inch, one of the Japanese would leave the room in despair. I hope they will come with a group of then; then at least I will keep one person to talk to. The Japanese will sign contract, but you should not take it too far.”
Geddy Teok decided to call HQ and ask for some help. The legal department said that the relationship was so complex that the contract needed to cover many possible instances. Moreover, a consultancy firm that regularly advised the department said that Asians in general and Japanese in particular had a reputation of been loose in defining what was developed by them and what came from the US: “It is better to have some pain now and be clear in the terms of our relationship, than to run into problems later because of miscommunication. If they sign it, at least they show they are serious.”
Geddy was in despair, but he had only a day to decide what to do. The meeting was tomorrow. Should he perhaps call the Japanese CEO, with whom he had built a solid relationship? Or should he just go for it? Geddy framed his dilemma clearly to us: “Whatever I do, it would hurt my career. If I insist on the Japanese partners signing the contract, they will see it as proof of how little trust has been developed over the years of negotiation. This might mean a postponement of the discussions and, in the worst case, the end of the deal. If I reduce the contract to a couple of pages and present it as a “letter of intent,” HQ in general and, even worse, the whole legal department will jump on me, jeopardizing my career.”
If you were Geddy, what would you do?
Again, be sure to back up your answer to the case with facts from the textbook (please use APA format). Your case report should have a minimum of 500 words. Submit your case report as Word document.

How does media, institutions, and society represent social differences, including differences of race, gender, nation, class, etc? How do such representations interact with existing stereotypes?
For this assignment, you will do a close reading of a primary source to form an analysis about how “otherness” is constructed in society. A PRIMARY SOURCE can include news articles, social media, advertisements, movies and television, interviews with government, experts, members of the public, etc., and more.
This assignment is an exercise in learning how to “read between the lines.” State where the source came from and draw on course concepts and theories to come up with an interpretive framework. Your original reading of the source should draw on and apply course concepts accurately and appropriately.
Include a quotation from one of the readings. Generally, quotations should express a key idea/ concept from a scholar. Quotations should be selected to add value to and enhance your own writing.
Provide at least one reference from the course readings in Chicago format.

This assignment requires you to construct a well-founded argument regarding the role of metaphors in explaining or describing illness, as illustrated in “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese and “Illness as a Metaphor” by Susan Sontag.
Instructions:
Introduction:
Introduce the topic of metaphors in the context of medical narratives.
Present a thesis statement that clearly takes a stance on whether metaphors and other figures of speech are essential for describing or explaining illness.
Body:
Argument Support:
Select two metaphors from “Cutting for Stone” that vividly describe medical conditions or the patient-physician relationship. Analyze how these metaphors contribute to a deeper understanding of the characters’ experiences and emotions.
Choose two metaphors from “Illness as a Metaphor” that address how society views different diseases. Discuss how Sontag’s metaphors reveal or challenge societal attitudes towards illness.
Evidence and Analysis:
Use examples from the texts to support your argument. Discuss how these metaphors enhance comprehension of complex medical issues or alter perceptions.
Incorporate at least two additional scholarly sources that either support or contradict your thesis to broaden the context of your argument.
Counterargument:
Briefly present a counterargument that challenges your thesis. This might involve discussing situations where metaphors could obscure or mislead understanding of medical facts.
Refute this counterargument with evidence or reasoning that reinforces your original thesis.
Conclusion:
Summarize the main points that support your thesis.
Conclude with reflections on the importance of understanding metaphors in medical literature for future healthcare professionals and literary scholars.
References:
Include a reference list formatted in APA style that cites all sources used in your essay, including primary texts and scholarly articles.
Submission Requirements:
Evaluation Criteria:
Minimum word count: 500 words.
Clarity and strength of the argument, including the thesis statement and conclusion.
Depth of analysis and insight into the use of metaphors in the texts.
Quality of sources and effectiveness of their integration into the argument.
Grammar, spelling, and adherence to APA formatting guidelines.
Cite all information that is not your own in APA style. You can find more information on citation here: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Include references at the end of the discussion in APA style