For this assignment, you get to play G.O.D. by composing a dialogue along the lines of what Potter does in his book to approach the task below: Write a dialogue wherein you examine (post)-positivist scientific explanations as a source of tension between Aboriginal peoples’ interpretations and those of the Canadian state or Enbridge in the pipeline issue. [Use Karen Sharp’s chapter in The Answer is Still No as your case study] Proceed by composing your own dialogue with Socrates from G.O.D’s point of view. Your dialogue should be no more than 500 words [double-spaced, 11-pt Arial or 12-pt Times New Roman]. Submit as a doc or pdf only Your dialogue will be graded on: your effort to address the topic assigned the quality and depth of the content you submit demonstrated ability to connect dialogue to relevant concepts and issues from the assigned readings for this Module the presence of original thought, critical reflection and creativity timely posting of your dialogue [late submissions will be penalized 5% per day] Required Readings Potter, G. (2017). Positivism and empiricism: Seeing is not all there is to believing. In The philosophy of the social sciences: New perspectives (). New York: Routledge. Coulthard, . (2014). The politics of recognition in colonial contexts. In Red skin, white masks: Rejecting the colonial politics of recognition (). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Bowles, P. and Veltmeyer, H. (Eds.) (2014). Introduction: Pipeline journeys. In The answer is still no: Voices of pipeline resistance (7-14). Halifax and Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing. Bowles, P. and Veltmeyer, H. (Eds.) (2014). Karyn Sharp. In The answer is still no: Voices of pipeline resistance (15-25). Halifax and Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing.
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