For this assignment you will keep a Social Location Journal for five days during the course of one week in order to document five different instances in which you witnessed and/or experienced social inequality and/or cultural diversity at play in your daily life. This is a very first-person assignment that is meant to make you think deeply about how the social problems covered in this course exist in your everyday world.
AI Policy
As this assignment is intended to deepen your academic skills, self-reflection, and personal discernment, it has no value if not completed by each individual student thinking for themselves. Therefore, the use of generative AI (such as ChatGPT) to assist in writing (other than grammatical proofreading) is prohibited. Please reach out to me with any questions. I encourage you to make use of the UL Writing Center for assistance with writing assignments as needed.
Requirements
Write at least 1+ paragraph-length entry per experience
- Each entry should document a situation/experience related to social inequality and/or cultural diversity in action that occurred on that day
- Describe the situation/experience and context
- Explain its relevance to this course (e.g., topically, from a social theory perspective)
- Compare it to at least one other historical time period
- How is it the same? How is it different?
- Be sure to include the sources/evidence used in your comparison
- Compare it to at least one other geographic location
- How is it the same? How is it different?
- Be sure to include the sources/evidence used in your comparison
- Describe at least one social intervention that could be applied
Proofread to ensure proper use of grammar mechanics and syntax
Different topics we talk about in class is economic inequality, poverty, Wealth, crime, social control, alcohol and substance abuse, health care and mental health.