Course concept Disability is a social construction Disability is not monolithic Disability is not binary Descriptions and terminology used to describe disability are often generated by the media and professionals and not those with disabilities Conceptualizations of disability are often deficit-based. Ableism is discrimination in favor of able-bodied people What course connect might relate?  In […]

Define and explain “degenerate art” and whether you think Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel is satirizing this term. Explain Lola’s choices in The Painting and what they tell us about postmodernism. What do you think we can gain from reading excerpts from Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf? Why might this exercise be important to understanding modernity?

“A” = Conceptual definition, “B”= Specific Real World Example, “C”= Significance (“upside downside of both “A” and “B” as found in your response).  Group 1: Choose 1: global skeptics, cultural globalization, hardwired globalization, transnationality Group 2: Choose 1: China Speed, Transnational Discourse Communities (TDCs), “Imagined Communities,” Nation-State Group 3: Choose 1: Myth of Economic Globalization, […]

In addressing one’s experience in each category, keeping in mind how one could contribute to the future community of excellence at UNLV: 1.) How would a UNLV student articulate the goals and accomplishments they have established for themselves and their efforts to accomplish these? 2.) What challenges would a UNLV student deal with adversity and […]

A young African American girl named Zoey, her first day at her new job and one of her coworkers starts talking to her to get to know her. When Zoey started talking the coworker was shocked, the coworker said “oh my gosh your voice” and Zoey said “what about my voice” the coworker said “you […]

Watch the documentary about “The Fyre Festival: The Greatest Party That Never Happened” List down the STRENGTHS and WEAKNESSES of the documentary:  • STRENGTHS: Are there area/s that the organizers are excellent / good at?  • WEAKNESSES: Missteps that the organizers had during the Pre-Event, On-Site, Post-Event.

COURSE: AFRI1001A Intro to African Studies       Write a research paper on ‘Women and Gender in Africa’ with a focus on Nigerian women in the 1900s. Based on your research, address the main research question(s) and present the thesis statement with supporting references/evidence from the literature/sources you have read in your research. Present […]

 Identify the key components of various genres of art (painting]  will also be making connections to the resources that you read/watched ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGuD9Geeb2k ) 2 – Analyze a work of art, including its components, structure, message, meaning, and function.

Maps Translate News ERSITY BERTA eClass Approximate word count: Imagine you have been asked to prepare a WGS lecture for first year university students. How would you explain the impact that cultural representations have on the lives of girls and women (and everyone else!)? Your answer to this question should be about 400 words long. […]

Approximate word count: C "We are of course particularly committed to working on those struggles in which race, sex, and class are simultaneous factors in oppression (Combahee River Collective, p. 279) What big idea is represented in this quotation from the Combahee River Collective? Discuss the importance of this big idea for studying representations of […]