Preparatory Task

Definitions:

• Social - 

• relating to society or its organization "alcoholism is recognized as a major social problem"
• needing companionship and therefore best suited to living in communities. 
  "we are social beings as well as individuals"
• an informal social gathering, especially one organized by the members of a particular club or group. 
  "a church social"

• Cultural -

• relating to the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a society. 
  "the cultural diversity of British society"
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  relating to the arts and to intellectual achievements. 

  "a cultural festival"

• Historical - 

• of or concerning history or past events. 
  "historical evidence"
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  belonging to the past. 

  "famous historical figures"

• Political -

• of or relating to the government or public affairs of a country. 
  "a period of political and economic stability"

• Technological - 

• relating to or using technology. 
  "the quickening pace of technological change"

Cultural

• "All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once!"
  - Camille Paglia

• "No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive."

  -Mahatma Gandhi

• "Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future."

  - Albert Camus 

Ale Giorgini

Jeanelle Echols



Tamer Köşeli



Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher



Mitchell Kanashkevich

Researching

In this session, we were going through the basics of the module and what we should expect. After discussing the brief, were we choose a topic we would like to go into depth researching, making and writing essays on, that runs until April. 

We ended the session doing group tasks on how to research different topics. It was really interesting, as we had to write 5 thing each  in 5 categories about 5 different topics. It was quite an enjoyable task but it had great outcomes, it was so simple but at the end we all had so many points that we could use for research. 

I really enjoyed this exercise as I could not just use this approach to research for COP2, but I could use it in every module and has sparked up some great ideas for my other module.