Please write a 500-word essay based on the prompt below. Your essay should “critically engage with the substance of the speaker's talk using concepts and examples from the course readings to make an a
Global Studies Forum – Summer II 2019
Weekly Paper 3
Please write a 500-word essay based on the prompt below. Your essay should “critically engage with the substance of the speaker's talk using concepts and examples from the course readings to make an argument in response to the presentation.” You need to show evidence in your essay that you have engaged with Professor Darian-Smith’s lecture, the guest’s lecture, and the reading materials. If we can’t tell in your writing that you engaged with those 3 components you will be marked down.
Prompt:
Dr. Goldstein's research in Peru explores the dangerous conditions that impoverished people working in illegal gold mines and sex work endure. The plight of these workers highlights important connections between illegal mining, multinational corporations, environmental destruction, health and human trafficking. The Peruvian government is complicit in the mining and local police threaten to 'exterminate' these impoverished people if they are identified in speaking out against the mining corporations.
"In what ways is this issue specifically Peruvian, and in what ways is this part of a wider global problem? Use specific examples from Dr. Goldstein’s work to make your argument."
Some possible resources:
Overfishing and modern slavery: https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/environment/
overfishing-and-modern-slavery/ (Links to an external site.)
Interpol rescues 85 children in Sudan trafficking ring: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/11/africa/interpol-burst-trafficking-ring-sudan/index.html
(Links to an external site.)
Madagascar: Next government must end human rights violations: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/11/madagascar-next-government-must-end-human-rights-violations/
(Links to an external site.)
Essay Requirements:
Due date: Sunday, August 25th by 11:59PM
Word count: 500 words (600 word maximum).
Word count includes the title as well as the in-text citations, but excludes the header and the end-of-the-paper bibliography.
Format:
Include your nameand ID numberon page 1 of your essay.
Include page numbersand an essay title.
Your essay should be double-spaced, 12 point font.
Citations: Citations are required.
Citation format:
In-text parenthetical citation (Author year, page number) with a bibliography of works cited at the end of the document.
i. e. (Goldstein 2015)
Goldstein, Ruth. "What's in a name" Somatosphere, August 31, 2015. Accessed August 25, 2019. http://somatosphere.net/2015/whats-in-a-name.html/ (Links to an external site.).
You may use the following example for lecture material:
IN-TEXT:
(Goldstein 2018)
(Darian-Smith 2019)
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Goldstein, Ruth. 2018. "Mother of God, Son of Jupiter: Mercury Rising" International Studies Forum, November 8, 2018, University of California, Irvine.
Darian-Smith, Eve. 2019. "Introduction to Ruth Goldstein" International Studies Forum, August 2019, University of California, Irvine.
See also this link for citation guidelines: https://www.cdlib.org/ (Links to an external site.). See also the bibliography of The Global Turn for additional examples.
Submission procedure:
Papers should be uploaded to the course website (Canvas).
Upload your essay as either a Word document (.doc or .docx) OR PDF(.pdf). If you upload another format your essay will not be scored. If you use Pages, export to another format or print to pdf.
Writing tips for short response papers:
1) Start with a clear and clearly identifiable thesis statement
The thesis statement is a summary of your argument.
You should be able to circle it on the page.
2) The thesis statement should fully and completely address the assignment prompt
Respond to all parts of the prompt as-written.
It's okay to break your thesis statement into a couple of sentences.
3) Support each component of the thesis statement with complete paragraphs
Each paragraph contains a single thought, and the paragraphs are arranged in a logical sequence.
Use class materials to build support for your argument.
It should be obvious that you watched the lecture videos.
