The Mission of an Autoethnography In Mary Louise Pratt’s essay‚ “Arts of the Contact Zone‚” we are introduced to the idea of contact zones‚ autoethnography‚ and new ways of looking at common ideas. I wanted to see some examples of what she was really talking about. After reading John Edgar Wideman’s “Our Time” we can see that Pratt’s ideas and terms are accurate because they can be applied to this reading as well as others. "Our Time" is an autoethnography because it uses diffeerent points of
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I believe life is about taking risks and moving to Long Beach to follow my dreams is one of the biggest risks I had to. I came to CSULB knowing little to nothing about film and I wrote and directed a short film called Comfort Zone‚ which is one of my biggest accomplishments that has affected me as an artist and student. The biggest challenge I had to overcome in order to complete Comfort Zone was my fear of telling a story that was personal. I felt exposed and was terrified people would not like
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Contact Zones Within Collegiate Sports The definition of sports is physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. However to fully understand sports‚ especially collegiate sports‚ you must acknowledge the existence of contact zones. Contact zone is a term used to "refer to social spaces (teams) where cultures (players and coaches) meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in the contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power (coaches
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JONATHAN FRANZEN’S THE DISCOMFORT ZONE – A Personal History - analysis of one man’s identity by V Jonathan Franzen’s The Discomfort Zone is essentially a collection of Franzen’s essays published in The New Yorker that deal with problems‚ life – time experiences‚ both social and emotional aspect of the author’s life. This essay will focus mainly on Franzen’s effectual attempt to create a self – portrait and at the same time make it legible and comprehensive in a way that anyone could cope with
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efficient and safe. Fighting on the front line‚ in a Combat Unit‚ is one of those tasks that certainly takes special skills and integrity that not many people possess. Throughout reading and analyzing Coed Combat Units—A Bad Idea on All Counts‚ many informative‚ thought-provoking‚ and straight forward points were addressed concerning women working along-side of men on the front line in the United States Military. While growing up and still to this day‚ I have always believed that men should be the only
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Cascadia Subduction Zone: A Summary of History Marcellina MacArthur Washington State University Abstract Research shows that there is a pattern of quakes that range from 8.7 to 9.2 that occur every 240 years or so‚ and we know this because Oregon State University has done a 13 year study on the margin stretching from southern Vancouver Island to the Oregon-California border. The last mega-earthquake in the Pacific-Northwest being on January 26‚ 1700; We know this because written
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Euro Debt Crisis Explained by Tejvan Pettinger on July 10‚ 2014 in economics In 2007‚ EU economies‚ on the surface‚ seemed to be doing relatively well – with positive economic growth and low INFLATION. Public debt was often high‚ but (apart from Greece) it appeared to be manageable assuming a positive trend in economic growth. However‚ the global credit crunch (see: Credit crunch explained) changed many things. 1. BANK Loses. During the credit crunch‚ many commercial European BANKS lost money on
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My Analysis of Nelson Mandela’s speech “I Am Prepared to Die” 1/2/2013 Ms. Bassette
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were assigned to do a project on Pratt‚ getting a frequent response “I didn’t read it‚ it’s too hard to comprehend” was an ordinary thing. Therefore‚ writing a response to Pratt’s essay in a language that is comprehendible by regular people can be very helpful to those struggling students. In "Arts of the Contact Zone" Pratt discusses the mix of two different cultures in one area. Where one person is born and lives in a "contact zone" he/she is surrounded by two different conflicting cultures‚ and there
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------------------------------------------------- Zone of proximal development From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Zone of Proximal Development) In the middle circle‚ representing the zone of proximal development‚ students cannot complete tasks unaided‚ but can complete them with guidance. The zone of proximal development (in Russian: зона ближайшего развития)‚ often abbreviated ZPD‚ is the difference between what a learner can do without help and what he or she can do
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