Wednesday, January 31, 2024

DS 100 F test

1. Modernization theory
2. superordinate factors
3. subordinate factors
4. push factor
5. pull factor
6. discourse of suspicion (Mumby)
7. corporate farming
8. community resistance to unsustainable and irresponsible extractive businesses
9. overarching question
10. consummate end-goal of development studies

a. render it redundant and irrelevant
b. guilty of "blaming the victim" (local culture as the culprit)
c. root causes of underdevelopment
d. development for whom
e. symptoms of underdevelopment
f. critical theory
g. "threat to national security"
h. monoculture, dependence on synthetic fertilizer, capital intensive
i. experience of poverty
j. promise of prosperity

DS 112 recorded speech (alternative theories and approaches)

Present a recorded 3-minute speech about your assigned topic. Situate it in the context of the Global South. Provide an appropriate title. P...