Order Description
Write an essay based on the following:
1. Why is this issue critical?
2. What does scholarly research tell us about this issue (i.e. what research has been done before on this issue).
3. How have scholars researched this issue (e.g. what methods have they used)?
4. What don’t we know (e.g. from your reading of literature in the area what are questions still to be answered)?
5. How might we go about finding out more? You can answer this with reference to 3).
– As a rough guide you should incorporate:
a) Two of the thinkers and their theories referred to during the semester (e.g. Foucault on governmentality, Bourdieu on social value, Agha on cultural reproduction, Wallerstein on scale, etc).
b) Twelve written texts (e.g. a combination of online newspaper reports, blogs, twitter feeds, NGO reports). Some of your texts can be in your first language as long as you offer the original text and a translation in your presentation. Remember to take details of this source so that you can accurately list this source in your list of references.
c) Twelve scholarly articles/chapters on the topic.