Environmental ethics

post has three assignments

1:Urban Studies

Theres no preferred person to pick but as it mentioned not choosing Jane Jacob, Robert Moses, Friedrich Engels, Olmsted’s, Booth, W.E.B. DuBois, Baron Haussmann, Camillo Sitte’s, MacMillan, Daniel Burnham, John Nolen’s, Edward Bassett, Thomas Adams, Howard’s, Patrick Geddes, Lewis Mumford, Clarence Perry’s, Le Corbusier’s, Hilberseimer’s, Benton MacKaye’s, Frank Lloyd Wright’s, Rexford Guy Tugwell, Catherine Bauer, Kenneth Arrow’s, Simon’s, Lindblom’s, Davidoff’s, Norman Krumholz, James Rouse. it could be in any culture that influanced the urban planning and design in real life. if not found, can use any urban planner other than Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses. but still im looking for someone amazed the public realm by his ideas.

2: Gender, race and class

We have identified several different themes and images with respect to media representations of gender, race and class. Based on the videos/clips,powerpoints, etc. describe how gender, race and class are depicted in the media. Using a specific character, tv show, film, music video/musician, etc. please discuss how race, class and gender are represented in your choice. Write 350 words. No need for title or source just the writing. Content reviewed before this assignment: 1) Miss Representation Trailer; Please begin this unit by watching the extended trailer for the documentary Miss Representation. The documentary does a fantastic job of demonstrating how representations are political and in turn how representations matter to the lived realities of people. While the documentary focuses on the politics surrounding gendered representations apply this analysis to race, class and other social locations as well.

To help you with assignment:

How do the representations that we see everyday shape our perceptions of ourselves as well as others? Do representations promote stereotypes? Racism? Sexism? Classism? Heterosexism? Do representations have the power to strip agency as well as have the power to be subversive? 2) Case Study: Women in film during the 1950s What follows are short clips from famous musicals, one featuring one actress you will recognize and another featuring an actress you are less likely to. While watching these clips consider these questions: What do you notice about these two actresses? The roles they play? Similarities? Differences? What would allow Monroe to achieve iconic status? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdzySmWDmzw 3)Casting Call: Hollywood Needs More Women Please read this NPR article and place it in conversation with your knowledge about the politics of representation.

"Women make up a minority of movie creators: 7 percent of directors, 13 percent of writers and 20 percent of producers; that’s nearly five men for every woman working behind the scenes.Out of last year’s biggest movies, 28 percent of speaking characters were female." 4) bell hooks: Part One Cultural Criticism & Transformation Watch this talk by renowned feminist scholar bell hooks (if you would like more background on her check out this Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks). In the talk she addresses the following very important questions; Why study popular culture? Why is critical thinking important? Are representations powerful? Do representations have real material consequences? 5) Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes watch this video by Byron Hurt

3:Global warming or Capitalism

The Case (1,000-1,500 words)

Identify a moral dilemma in environmental ethics.
The dilemma should have two opposing sides, each with its own arguments. The two sides will have competing goods; that is, benefits that will come if their actions are taken or principles they do not want to compromise. Of course, each side will likely also have harms that will result if their preferred actions are taken, a fact that their opponent will use against them. The sharper the conflict between the two sides the easier it will be to write the case.
Create a fictional situation.
The situation may be a crisis to which the major character (the hero/heroine or person caught in the middle) is forced to decide between the two positions in order to resolve the situation. Introduce the situation and the central character and describe his/her problem in the first two paragraphs of the case.
Create a dialogue between characters.
This character will then debate the issues with one or more additional characters. Perhaps each new character could represent one of the two opposing positions. Most of the case should consist of this debate as dialogue. The characters should debate what ought to be done in this particular situation in concrete terms and give reasons why. The best cases are about specific situations. The characters disagree about what should be done in that local situation and why. Generalities are best left for the commentary.
Conclude the case.
The best case studies do not resolve the dilemma but to end with the central character(s) forced by circumstances to make a tough decision, one way or the other. You do not say what the character(s) decide. This leaves the reader with the task of figuring out for him/herself what the decision ought to be. Or, if you feel strongly that one side of the dilemma is preferred over the other, your central character(s) may resolve the dilemma and take action. The reader is then left to judge if the decision was correct.

The Commentary (1,000-1,500 words)
The commentary is your evaluation of the case based on your reading and research. You should explain why your characters take their positions on the issue and why they argue the way they do. You can bring in facts or examples from real life cases and refer to the experts who represent each side. Cite your sources with footnotes or endnotes and include a bibliography.

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