DISCUSSION 1:
Please respond to this discussion post thoughtfully. Be professional in your writing style and edit to make sure that you catch spelling or grammar errors. After you post your discussion, please respond to one peer explaining what you learned most from their answer.
Prompt:
In this poem, Jamaica Osorio describes the pain of not knowing her language. She is describing a phenomenon that is familiar to many indigenous peoples, as well as other groups of displaced, colonized, or otherwise disenfranchised people all over the world.
The post should be 300 WORDS and organized into TWO paragraphs. Connect Jamaica Osorio’s poem to one of the ideas or themes discussed in chapters 1, 2 or 3. Clearly analyze the part of the poem you want to connect to our readings and the themes from her poem that are connected to our studies thus far. Conclude by reflecting on the role that power and history play in our understanding of culture, cultural differences, and the construction of knowledge.
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc176yYdcxY&t=42s
DISCUSSION 2:
Please write the discussion post in a thoughtful and professional manner. Check over your work and edit for spelling and grammar errors.
Watch the documentary film, Life and Debt (2001). In this, WRITE 300 WORDS post.
links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4LpT9TF_ew
1. What did you learn from watching the documentary about globalization? Drawing on one concept or idea from the reading, explain how does the documentary illustrates the idea in the readings that globalization has exacerbated inequalities even as it has created more opportunities for connections?
2. Respond to TWO of the discussion questions below:
Discussion questions:
What were the conditions of IMF loans to Jamaica? Why would Jamaica accept IMF loans? In the film, who was affected by the IMF’s loans to Jamaica and how?
Why do Jamaican-owned bananas cost more to grow and harvest than American-owned bananas grown in the Caribbean? After watching the film, what do you think are some benefits and drawbacks of globalization?
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