Category: Geography

This assignment is worth 15% of your grade. In this assignment, you are to consider the nine geographic themes of this course (Population, Gender, Development, Food, Urbanization, Globalization, Democratization, Climate Change, Water) and select one of them to write about that is a central theme of a song of your choice. Please cite the name of the song as well as the artist. Then consider the following questions as you complete your assignment:
Describe what you have learned in the course about this geographic theme (Be specific. Refer to Course Lecture material)
What is the role of the theme within the particular song? You may cite specific song lyrics to support your position. Remember that song lyrics should be properly cited.
Explain the relationship between the geographic theme and the geographic region of the song. Music is often used to give voice to inequality/injustice in society.
Finally, such issues are often addressed/combatted by forms of social action, meant here as the actions of individuals and groups/organizations who are engaged in political or cultural conflict on the basis of a shared collective identity. This can take a variety of forms (social protest, letter writing campaigns, public speakers/education, service/volunteerism, advocate for public policy, etc.). What forms of social action might you envision to help address this issue? Explain why? This is an opportunity for you to think critically about the issues and be creative in regards to possible solutions.

Your paper must be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font, double- spaced with 1- inch margins, 250- 500 words in length, and saved as a Word compatible document. Use whatever style source that you may be comfortable with (APA, MLA, Chicago Style). Cite any sources that you may use, including song lyrics. If you have any doubts about the University’s definition of cheating and plagiarism, please see the student academic code: http://www.vsu.edu/academics/student-academic-code.php This assignment is an individual assignment, and cooperation or group work is not allowed. Your work must be uploaded to the assignment link in Blackboard by 11:59 pm (EST) on September 29. Late papers will be accepted, but will suffer a -10% penalty for each 24 hours the paper is late. Hard copies or emailed papers will not be accepted.

This week, as you search for primary documents for your final projects, I’d like us to take the time to reflect on public records laws. Much of my research involved public records requests from government agencies, and this process is governed by the “sunshine laws” of the State of Florida, otherwise known as Chapter 119 (Links to an external site.). At the federal level, this is often called FOIA (Links to an external site.)requests. While there is a long list of exemptions, many government records are, in fact, available to the public. Some agencies post some of their records in open archives on their websites, and other documents you would need to request through the records custodian (these requests can and often do come with fees).
As you try to find primary documents for your cases, dig into what kinds of records laws govern the availability of government documents and information in your place. Is it easy to find documents? Do they make it difficult? Do they automatically charge for this information?
Also, I’d like to offer one other thing to consider while you are searching for records. A key neoliberal strategy is to privatize, privatize, privatize. While there are many points to debate both the pros and cons of privatization, one thing is abundantly clear. In most industries, organization records for privately owned companies are NOT open for public inspection (with some exceptions for large corporations who go public, but even these are very restricted through the use of “propriety law” restrictions). Do you think it’s possible that some industries that used to be run by local or higher-level government agencies are now privatized as a way to avoid FOIA or public records requests? It’s something to ponder!
I’m so curious to hear what you are encountering in your research!

Reminder
This is a more informal weekly opportunity to work through impressions and personal reflections about the topics covered from that week. Students may earn extra credit in this discussion if they research and share their compelling research with the class (this could be academic articles, primary documents, YouTube links to primary discussions related to the topic, art, music, etc.).
These posts are worth 10 points total:
6 for your post
2 for a thoughtful response to one peer
2 for another thoughtful response to a second peer.

For this week’s material discussion, I’m going to leave it very open-ended. Please share a time, example, moment, or situation where you were surprised to learn that a major change to the way many people live their lives changed because of a local policy change or a neoliberal example of privatization.
Do still include at least one of the sources from this week, with proper citations, and if you can take the opportunity to bring this into conversation with your topic and place. If not, you can develop a completely different topic 🙂
Ok, I’ll go first:(prof’s example)
This week, I learned from one of the students in this class that Miami-Dade County used to have a successful public transportation system, then they were bought by a large private company and basically run down. So it made me think… if this was something I wanted to write about, what would I do? I’d start with what I can find out about this kind of privatization of public transportation systems. While on one hand, this seems crazy, on the other hand, it really makes me think about what parts of this story are true, what is an exaggeration, and what is basically just the obvious outcome of neoliberalism, urbanization, and the growth of mega-companies who influence local politics.

– https://open.library.okstate.edu/culturalgeography/chapter/2-4/
http://debitage.net/humangeography/migration.html
https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/migration

– https://open.library.okstate.edu/culturalgeography/chapter/2-4/
http://debitage.net/humangeography/migration.html
https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/migration

Skim through the chapters of the book and answer the question.
Discuss the author’s view on Food. Express your opinion on these chapters.
No sources or references. No cover page needed either.
Does not even have to be a full page as long as the authors view on food is made clear
The book link and login is provided in the attachment.

Include only name and title on the header, this will appear on all pages, NO TITLE PAGE, use paragraphs, min 2 pages double spaced (680 words) max 2 1/2 pages (860 words) 12 pt font Citation method CHICAGO 17th edition
attached PDF

I have provided the instructions for the assignment below. Please use any or all of the articles to formulate an answer for the assignment.

This week, this Final Project Development is also tough (but!!! Once you get through this the Lit Review section is done woohoo!)! This will be your first draft of (basically the second half) of the Literature Review Section of your Final Paper. Therefore, I will be grading this according to the rubric that I will use to grade the Final Paper.

M5 Final Project Development = A synthesis of how M4 and M5 Material Discussion content pertain to your topic/place

I will provide a breakdown of the points earned and details about how to revise for full points.
These discussion posts may be resubmitted for full points.
Continue the literature review you completed for week 4, and put together another paragraph using the concepts from weeks 4 and 5 in relation to your topic and place. This discussion post should look like a literature review section, and include, at a minimum:
The academic sources that have been assigned in weeks 4 and 5. (Absolutely use what you’ve already written in other discussion posts to make this easier to put this together! Think of each material post as an annotation you can incorporate into this post/your final project).
You should add at least 2 academic sources of your own finding (you may find your own, or you can draw from sources I’ve linked as optional).
This should be accomplished in a few paragraphs, including in-text citations, and a list of references. You may use the reference style of your choice.
Points will be assigned for the following
7 points for including all required course academic sources
5 points for including at least 2 new academic sources
3 points for proper in-text citations and reference list.
Main Question for Research
The primary question is “Impact of Rising Ocean Temperatures on Arctic Polar Bear Life and Affecting Survival?”.
500-550 words, please

Intro to Cultural Geography subject Module 5 Topics (choose one to write about / reflect upon – or develop your own!):
How do you think Americans who travel abroad but don’t speak other languages are perceived by residents of the places they visit? Compare this to the way recent immigrants to the United States are perceived by English-only speakers in the United States. Can a direct comparison be made? What is the difference between these situations
Have you encountered language barriers in your life in the past? How did this make you feel? What did you do?
YOU JUST HAVE TO WRITE AUSWER OF THESE QUESTION