Project Space
Project Space: This project considers the socioeconomics and politics of space. While space can be defined as urban, community, and personal, it may also be institutional (e.g., the university and hospital). We’re interested in how space shapes our conception of world, self, and other.
Project Space requirements: reading, fieldwork, group presentation and individual essay @ 1,200 words (hardcopy for review and web version posted on blog).
Part 1 – The theme for this semester is Throw Away People. When you think of this theme what comes to mind. The class has viewed several videos pertaining to the plight of the homeless, the underclass and the displaced. How does space define the person? (If you have problems with this task use yourself as an example, and then compare your environment with those that you have observed.)
Part 2- The Observation – Call and make an appointment to volunteer at a local homeless shelter or a senior facility. As you observe the environment how does this space define the Individual? You need to analyze the social, psychological, and economic impact of the environment.
Part 3- The oral discussion- this is a class discussion when you will look at your individual and group experiences.
Essay #2
Building Your Essay
Planning material: Use of KWL
Prewriting Technique: Reporter formula
Planning and Pre writing
Use K.W.L. for your planning and prewriting strategies. Use the reporter’s formula to explore your topic. Your prewriting should identify the purpose, audience and point of view on the subject.
Peer critiques – you must have at least two critique, four blog responses, and one lab or tutor review of your essay. Voice/ tone, audience, meaning, evidence, structure, and organization are the areas peer readers must comment on. The response must be a page in length
Mode of Discourse: Process Analysis
Sources: This essay must utilize four -five outside sources. The MLA format must be utilized to document the supporting information.
To analyze a topic is to break it down into smaller parts so that you can get a better look at it and understand it.
An exploratory essay might answer one or more of these questions: What is the current condition, or state of affairs? What are the pros and cons? What are the ways of considering this topic? What are the possibilities?
Be sure you realize the difference between an exploratory essay and an evaluation essay. An evaluation essay passes judgments; it says what’s good and what’s bad, what’s better or worse. An exploratory essay describes a situation; this is how it is, advantages and disadvantages, pro’s and con’s
Introduction: In the introduction make sure that you clearly give your reader an understanding of your purpose. Make sure to give enough background information. Take the time to give the reader a description of the space(s) as well as an understanding of how these spaces define the occupant. Look at the social implication, and the psychological implication of the space. How does this space shape one’s worldview and is there a connection to the theme? Make sure that you develop all supporting points.
Draft posting: Make sure that your essay is post along with a peer critique completed before 5p.m. March 22, 2012. The papers will be turned in by March 27Th and 28th
