What are the reasons for the increased migration from Latin America in contemporary times?

What are the reasons for the increased migration from Latin America in contemporary times? Your answer should use at least three readings to respond to this question. At least 1.5-2 pages for each question (single spaced), in 12 point font. Use at least three citations for each response. (Author, title, page #) Be grammatically correct. Should demonstrate comprehension of the themes, as well as the complexity of the themes

rite a lucid essay of 500 words using the concepts above and their presentation by Deleuze and Guattari, and/or Butler, to address one of the projects we have encountered in class.

we have examined two different concepts from recent philosophical discourse: • “minor” literature (Deleuze & Guattari) • performativity (Bulter) How can these concepts help us understand the artistic and tactical value of projects that actively defy categorization, as intermedia does? Write a lucid essay of 500 words using the concepts above and their presentation by Deleuze and Guattari, and/or Butler, to address one of the projects we have encountered in class. You may focus either the “minor” or performativity or you may attempt to articulate them together. Your paper should have two parts: an analysis of the concept and its discussion in the text you read; the application of your analysis and/or the concept to one of the following works: Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Academia (2014, 4 min.) Alison Knowles, Make a Salad (1962, 2012; 3 min.) Rashaad Newsome, Shade Composition (2012; 27 min.) Martha Rosler, Vital Statistics of a Citizen, Simply Obtained (1977; 39 min.) You will have to draw on your visual memory and your notes from our viewing; with careful searching you can also find recordings of these pieces online. Please print out your paper double-spaced in 10- or 12-point font and staple its pages. Do not include a cover page but do rememb

Write a blog entry that explains the “art of persuasion” employed by the speaker in the speech you have chosen to analyze.

blog number 1 Some skeptics have argued that live theatre is dead—that in the age of technology, with its easy access to constant entertainment, there is no need for actors and audiences to gather in a real space in real time. In this blog entry, write a rebuttal to those skeptics. In other words, make a case for live theater in contemporary times. blog number 2 As the reading on Rhetoric assigned in Unit 2 explains, rhetoric is the “art of persuasion.” For this blog entry, you will analyze the rhetorical strategies used by a speaker. To complete this blog: Study the “Forest of Rhetoric (Links to an external site.)” website. Pay particular attention to the Persuasive Appeals branch of the tree. Select a video of a speech to analyze. You’ll find lots of speeches to choose from on YouTube (Links to an external site.) or TED Talks (Links to an external site.). Write a blog entry that explains the “art of persuasion” employed by the speaker in the speech you have chosen to analyze. Be sure to provide the link to the speech you’ve analyzed in your blog entry. Also be sure to support your claims with specific examples as well as relevant terminology from the Forest of Rhetoric website.

Think carefully about how strongly people count on this folkway.

step 1: Design a breaching experiment Your first task is to identify a folkway that you think is important to people in a public place. Think carefully about (1) how strongly people count on this folkway, (2) how seriously they take violations of it, and (3) why this folkway exists in the first place – what purpose it serves. It is sometimes not as easy as it would seem to figure out the purpose of a given folkway since its “function” may be more latent than manifest. The most interesting folkways to use in breaching experiments are those that people feel strongly about, but whose purpose is hard to pin down or agree upon. For example, spitting on a crowded sidewalk may strike people as inappropriate, but the reason for it is hard to articulate. Does spitting constitute a public health or safety risk or is there something more symbolic about spitting in public that offends our cultural sensibilities about bodily fluids? Perhaps spitting is negatively sanctioned because it is viewed as a violation of personal space? Having decided on a folkway that people take seriously in a public setting your next task is to design a breaching experiment in which you (and perhaps some research confederates if necessary) publicly break this social norm in some way. You will need to decide on the best way to breach the folkway so that other people notice your deviant behavior and perceive it as a violation of the folkway you have chosen to study. Remember that your experiment requires people to react to your folkway breach in an observable way – your “subjects” in the experiment need to provide you with empirical data. Step 2: Obtain instructor approval to conduct experiment Check Course Schedule for due date To make sure that you have designed an appropriate and viable breaching experiment please submit a one-paragraph summary of the folkway you plan to breach and how you plan to do so to your instructor. This is also the time to ask questions of your instructor about this assignment since heading to Step 3 without a clear understanding of what you are doing and why will not bode well for your breaching experiment or your grade on this assignment. Proceed to Step 3 ONLY once your instructor has approved your Breaching Experiment. Step 3: Conduct the breaching experiment You should plan to conduct your breaching experiment multiple times with different subjects. Depending on your design it may also make sense to try your experiment in different public places. Some breaching experiments are quicker and easier to conduct than others so the number of times an experiment is “run” will vary. However, your goal is to collect sufficient observational data on people’s reactions to be able to draw reasonable conclusions about how strongly and uniformly people abide by the folkway. In carrying out your breaching experiment you MUST abide by the following requirements: a. DO NO HARM DO NOT VIOLATE ANY PERSON’S PRIVACY, SAFETY, OR SECURITY OR CAUSE THEM SERIOUS DISTRESS OR TRAUMA! Obviously, conducting a breaching experiment in which you break a law (or appeared to) is unacceptable for the purpose of this assignment. Even though your are breaking a folkway, you must make every effort to avoid involving other people in a breaching experiment that makes them feel threatened, afraid or otherwise traumatized by your behavior. Not only are such experiments unethical they are also not well designed if they elicit such responses in others. Put another way, breaching experiments are designed to break folkways, NOT mores or taboos. If there is any sign that your instructor-approved breaching experiment is causing another person undue distress it is your ethical obligation to call off the experiment at once and debrief your subject immediately. b. Allow Sufficient Response Time You need to keep the experiment going long enough to observe people’s full range of responses to your folkway breach. You may find it quite uncomfortable to maintain the breach in your chosen folkway in the face of negative responses from others, but try hard not to give in to social pressure too soon. This may require you to act as though you are unaware that you’ve done anything wrong or unusual – play dumb long enough so that people can fully express their discomfort with your behavior. Pay close attention to the ways that people try to “repair” the social rupture your folkway violation has caused. People may respond by giving you disapproving looks, laughing at you, or lecturing you. You may also find that a common response (especially on a University campus) to folkway violations is to “act” as if nothing at all is wrong – this would be the “whatever – I’ve seen it all before” blasé response that is often a cover for their discomfort with your behavior. c. Debrief your Subjects Because we all count heavily on adherence to folkways in our daily lives it is important to make every effort to explain yourself to your subjects once the experiment is finished and give them an opportunity to ask questions or talk further about it. If they have any further questions about the assignment please provide them with your instructor’s contact information. Step 4: Write-Up Check Course Schedule for due date Compared to running your breaching experiment this last step is pretty straight forward and should be quite easy if you’ve put the necessary thought and time into designing and conducting your breaching experiment. Please write a three- paragraph summary of the highlights of your breaching experiment. Be sure to include the following in your write-up: Paragraph 1 A brief description of your chosen folkway and how you broke it. The summary you submitted for instructor approval should provide a useful basis for this. Paragraph 2 Describe how, where, and when you conducted your breaching experiment and how people reacted to it. Paragraph 3 Thinking like a sociologists please discuss what you make of the outcome of your breaching experiment – what would a sociologist have to say about the results based on the folkway you broke and the way people responded? Assessment

write a five-paragraph essay that describes who you are.

write a five-paragraph (about 2 typed pages—double-spaced, 12-pt. font, in Word) essay that describes who you are: Your self-concept. You should include several examples of skills, abilities, hobbies, interests, and roles in the body of the paragraph to explain how each adjective accurately describes you. Be sure to also comment on what influences these aspects of your self-concept. Did you pick this up from your parents, a role model, a celebrity? Did something happen to influence your personality or behaviors? Include references to specific theories of self-concept development. Don’t forget to write an interesting introduction that gains your reader’s attention, tells who you are, and includes your thesis statement. Also write an effective conclusion that sums up all of your main points and states basically who (what kind of person) you are. Feel free to be creative and honest. Self-Concept Essay Grading Criteria Neatness, grammar, and avoidance of errors (10 points) Introduction (15 points) Interesting Introduces you Thesis statement with three adjectives (characteristics/traits) Body Organization (3 paragraphs formulated according to assignment description) (15 points) Content (20 points per paragraph) Topic sentence for each paragraph that includes adjective Sufficient examples of that characteristic Specific references to experiences Influences of this trait on self concept formation Conclusion (10points) Summarizes main points Statement of who/the type of person you are