Gradesheet, Toxic In/Justice, fall 2025,
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schedule
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proposal: C 13/20 B- 14/20 B 15/20 A- 16/20
A 17/20
engagement exercises:
#1. 9.10. attendance and participation
#2. 9.15. reflection on enviro-graffiti picture
#3. 9.22. How was the social construction of harm represented in
these videos?
#4. 9.24. How optimistic can you be based on the video?
#5. 10.01. Why is it important to develop the authentic voice?
#6. 10.08. what is the importance of calling it "useless housewife
data"?
#7. 10.22. How does this issue (Sydney tar ponds) reflect regional
inequality?
#8. 10.27. attendance and participation
#9. 11.05. How is it necessary to go outside the law to find
justice?
video resources:
video: we didn't start the fire, link
Research work-- proposal and project
freshwater -- 2 people, 2 sspaced pages
including references (none academic); it opens with a discussion of
Shoal First Nation, and the city of Winnipeg and how it takes water
(environmental theft) from the FN, leaving Lake Winnipeg polluted;
stylistically, adding subtitles would help identify and develop
themes more, and adding pictures would add to the visualization of
what the problem looks like; overall, good topic, needs more context
(ie. boil water advisories, third world conditions, efforts at
cleanup ), and visual development, especially for two people. B-14
grafprotest -- 2 sspaced pages with
subtitles and pictures, no references; this is a great idea, looking
at environmental graffiti as protest; the examples are good, and the
theme of protest is good; ir would benefit from a few references,
and more description/analysis of the examples, but overall excellent
beginning. A 17/20
animalrights -- 3 sspaced pages,
including subtitles, webrefs; key in animal rights activism is the
media, and how they can be used for education, and also how they
portray the activists; three theories will be used: framing, moral
panic, and social identity theory; it is unclear what 'media' will
be used, and how it will be selected, but the overall idea of
looking at the effect of media coverage is good. B 15
earth -- this looks like a very exciting and
interesting project: "what if the earth could fight back", using
various elements like water, air, and earth; the descriptions of
each of the ten sections is nuanced and evocative, to be accompanied
by pictures and poetry; this is very creative (and ambitious), could
benefit from a few references and a sample of the poetry, but
overall excellent work. A+ 18/20
quebecforest -- two pages of notes, with
pictures and intext references; there is a lot of history here, and
reference to indigenous rights; a more conventional organization of
text and references would enhance the text's presentation, but this
is an important piece of historical confrontation over forestry;
good beginning. B+15.e
corpfishing -- 1 page with subtitles, no
refs; the net is cast quite widely, but doesn't catch many fish :)
the topic is quite broad, and that is okay if it is a series of
issues that add up to widespread corporate exploitation of ocean
resources; overall, quite broad, could be narrowed down, or
supported by some research. C+13
birthdefects -- late; 5 pages, including
titlepage, refspage; a very important issue, and would benefit from
subtitles (to organize themes and issues), and photos (of
protests?); and perhaps there could be something added on any
treatments that were tried; overall, good topic, good beginning