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Unit 3: How do We "Apply" 

Intercultural Competencies to Materials?

Weeks 7-9

Directions

Please post ALL of your responses for WEEKS 7-9 in the Discussions Forum titled "Weeks 7-9". Make sure you copy and paste the week and question(s) in front of your answers. I will expect you to comment on each other's posts, a minimum of 1 per week, throughout each module. Refer to the Module Grading Rubric for Discussion Forums if you need additional guidance.

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*Check Learning Contract for Optional Training (e.g., Panels, Deliberative Conversations and presentations (TBD)

NOTE: WEEK 7-9 was originally built as a 3-week "Building Community in Times of Social Unrest" Virtual Residency [1] module.

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​​WEEK 7

Task 1 - Read the article "Building Community in Times of Social Unrest" Deliberative Conversation by Dr. Rhianna C. Rogers

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Task 2 - Watch "Building Community in Times of Social Unrest" Deliberative Conversation by Dr. Rhianna C. Rogers

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Task 3 - Watch the "Building Community in Times of Social Unrest" Global Perspectives Panel

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Task 4 - Select 1 or 2 case studies to discuss in the Forum:

Forum Questions

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Each resource in this section was meant to get you thinking about serious issues impacting the US. What questions does this video raise for you? Please respond to at least one of the questions listed below, with at least one original comment of your own, that is 100-150 words in length. Then, post a minimum of two substantive responses to comments made by your classmates.

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  1. What types of behaviors should we exhibit on campus? What academic programming should we create in college sets to help mitigate issues of social unrest in society? How can we help when instances of social unrest occur within the college and/or affect colleagues within the college?

  2. Review one or two of the Case Studies in this module and answer the following questions: Summarize the case study and address what would be the best approach to addressing this unrest. Do you think that this topic could be discussed differently across and within different environments (work, school, family, friends, and strangers)?

  3. What strategies can we employ to better equip the ESC community to critically think about social unrest in civically minded citizens?

  4. Relate one or more of the resources in this module to issues you have discussed and relate it to your own degree program. Do you think your courses have taught you intercultural competencies?

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WEEK 8

Readings and Videos

European Case Studies (Choose 1 or more Case Studies to Discuss in Forum)

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Forum Questions

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Each resource in this section was meant to get you thinking about serious issues impacting Europe. What questions does this video raise for you?

Please respond to at least one of the questions listed below, with at least one original comment of your own, that is 100-150 words in length.

Then, post a minimum of two substantive responses to comments made by your classmates.

  1. Summarize what you have learned about European Unrest?

  2. Review one or two of the Case Studies in this module and answer the following questions: Summarize the case study and address what would be the best approach to addressing this unrest. Do you think that this topic could be discussed differently across and within different environments (work, school, family, friends, and strangers)?

  3. What strategies can we employ to better equip the ESC community to critically think about social unrest in if it is a European context?

  4. Relate one or more of the resources in this module to issues you have discussed in your "home" course.

WEEK 9

Readings and Videos

Article: Almost 40% of the world’s countries will witness civil unrest in 2020, research claims

Article: Predicting the Behavior of Civil Unrest: Social Instability Meets Science

Article: Social unrest opens many doors to learning

Global Case Studies (Choose 1 or more Case Studies to use in the discussion forum)

Case Study 1 - Apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples

Case Study 2 - The Social, Political and Economic Event Database Project (SPEED)

Case Study 3 - The Impact of Social Media on Social Unrest in the Arab Spring - US DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Case Study 4 - Video on Revolution and Civil Unrest: Lessons From Venezuela and Syria

Case Study 5 - Global Social Protest Research Group

Case Study 6 - Lebanese WhatsApp Protests "A Lebanese mother told protesters her baby was scared. So they sang 'Baby Shark'"

Case Study 7 - International Movements, Global Concerns: China, Arab and African Nations, Indigenous Nations, by Drs. Menoukha Robin Case and Allison V. Craig

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Forum Questions

Each resource in this section was meant to get you thinking about serious issues impacting the Globe. What questions does this video raise for you?

Please respond to at least one of the questions listed below, with at least one original comment of your own, that is 100-150 words in length.

Then, post a minimum of two substantive responses to comments made by your classmates.

  1. Summarize what you have learned about Global Unrest?

  2. Review one or two of the Case Studies in this module and answer the following questions: Summarize the case study and address what would be the best approach to addressing this unrest. Do you think that this topic could be discussed differently across and within different environments (work, school, family, friends, and strangers)?

  3. Given what you have learned in this Virtual Residency, what has been taken to deal with world-wide unrest? Do you think that they work? If so, which ones? If not, what suggestions would you offer to address?

  4. Why is unrest seemingly more difficult to regulate and/or stop in our globalized market-based economy?

  5. Relate one or more of the resources in this module to issues you have discussed in your "home" course.

ESSAY Directions

Having learned about the deeply interconnected nature of social and civil unrest is with globalization, which strategies do you think will best serve our collective good going forward? Are there other strategies and tactics should we be using or considering to better our future?

Please write a 4-page essay response. Use readings from this module as primary sources. Students are free to do additional research for secondary sources.

The essay format is double-spaced, 12 point font. Citations or footnotes must be used for all direct quotes and paraphrases. A short bibliography of sources used should be a separate final page at the end of your essay.

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Practical Project #2 (Due WEEK 9) Review Miss Representation Video Guidelines here

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[1] What are Virtual Residencies? Virtual Residencies (VRs) at SUNY Empire State College began as a partnership between International Education and the Buffalo Project. The goal of VRs were to connect undergraduate, graduate, and international education courses via a three-week collaborative, cross-disciplinary online module. The exchange usually consists of joint asynchronous discussions, joint asynchronous assignment(s), and a synchronous/asynchronous keynote address by an expert in the thematic field for that term. Data indicates that students not only gain knowledge of their course materials but a better understanding of other cultures.

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