The haves and the have nots
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01. 1 point, 10-45 words > In class this week we have been going over a story about a young Mexican guy who migrates to Germany and works their illegally. See AR05. Follow up by listening to and/or read the two stories below very carefully and tell me two things - one from each story - that really surprises you about what it means to live like a refugee in Europe and why. In order to get your full point here you need to specifically reference two specific things from the materials posted directly below. You won't get a point if you are too vague. You need to show you dug into the materials.
- TAL-592, Are We There Yet (2016) Audio - Transcript - Tour
- TAL-593, Don't Have To Live Like A Refugee (2016) Audio - Tour - Interactive
Now - Some follow up questions on the story about Ramon
02. .05 points, 10-45 words > In Guten Tag, Ramón (2015), Ramón has several exchanges with a female shopkeeper. Compare their interactions to the ones Mr. Foster has with Mr. Lee in Falling Down (1994), first introduced on assignment WA03, Q02 located here. (I also reproduced the video for your quick reference below). Why do you think these two different exchanges in two different shops where the people involved have trouble communicating through words and don't have the same end result?
03. .05 points, 10-45 words > Who communicates better - Ramón and Ruth, who have no common language between them or Angela and Nev? Use the scene from Catfish (2010) below that runs from the 1'05 mark until the end of the documentary (i.e., when Angela and Nev are speaking face-to-face and fairly honestly at Angela's house in Michigan; when she is sketching him) and be sure to explain and defend your response. I first assigned Catfish (2010) here.
Start learning about some new sociological research, which I will be going over in class during Week 7. Right around the same time the 1930s Chicago School Under Robert Park was establishing itself, there were two other major research projects going on in the state of Indiana. These research projects were very different than the ones the 1930s Chicago School Under Robert Park were pursuing. For one thing - They were focused on the "average American" rather than the "urban American" and for another, they employed the techniques of survey research rather than ethnography. Learn about these two research projects below and when you come into class on Wednesday, October 2 I will go over them and help you understand their place in the history of American sociology.
04. Read this little review article and then answer the questions that follow. Be careful! There are right and wrong answers for this one!
- a. 01-45 words, .025 points > Were the Lynds trained sociologists?
- b. 01-45 words, .025 points > What was their topic of research?
- c. 01-45 words, .025 points > Who funded their research, i.e., who sponsored it?
- d. 01-45 words, .025 points > Where did they do their research?
- e. 01-45 words, .025 points > How did they gather their data?
- f. 01-45 words, .025 points > What were some of their findings?
05. Read this little review article and then answer the questions that follow.
- a. 01-45 words, .025 points > Was Alfred C. Kinsey a trained sociologist?
- b. 01-45 words, .025 points > What was his topic of research?
- c. 01-45 words, .025 points > Who funded his research, i.e., who sponsored it?
- d. 01-45 words, .025 points > What was Kinsey's sampling method?
- e. 01-45 words, .025 points > How (specifically) did Kinsey interview people?
- f. 01-45 words, .025 points > What were some of Kinsey's findings?