Reading and Notetaking Task

PIA EXERCISE SHEET 6 Due before 12 noon on Monday, 2 November (Week 7) and for use in your seminar that day. There are two tasks on this sheet (each is worth 5 points), a Reading and Notetaking Task and a Skills Task. As part of your seminar preparation, you should also watch the lectures in the Week 5 Folder.

Reading and Notetaking Task (5) Note that some of the content in the following may be upsetting or triggering, so take care, and watch with a friend if you tend to be sensitive.

Important: If any of the links here don’t work for you, please look the titles up in a Library search. Links to the sources are also on the PIA Reading list under Learning Resources (listed at the top of the relevant week as “Essential”), and you should be able to gain access there. When accessing the sources, you may be taken to a page giving you a range of access points. You may need to choose “Institutional Login” or “Shibboleth” and look up the “UK Federation” group and then find or enter University of Westminster. This takes you to our login page. You should then be able to sign in with your usual Westminster login details.

If you sign into the library page and search from there, you are less likely to have to take extra steps to get through the additional gateways. If you encounter problems finding or accessing a source at any point, remember to Ask a Librarian!

1. Read/watch and take some quick notes on the following short encyclopedia entries and videos – make sure you are clear on definitions of key terms.

A) Read one or both of these: - “Institutional Racism”, in the Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity & Culture, Credo (equivalent to 4 pages) - “Institutional Racism” in Encyclopaedia of Diversity and Social Justice, Credo (equivalent to 4 pages)

B) Read: “Sexism”, in Encyclopaedia of Social Problems, Credo (equivalent to 3 pages)

C) Read: “Patriarchy” Encyclopaedia of Interpersonal Violence, Credo (equivalent to 2.5 pages)

D) Watch: Video: Laura Bates, TedTalk on the Everyday Sexism Project (16.05 minutes)

E) Watch: Video: Kimberlé Crenshaw, 2016, The urgency of Intersectionality on You Tube (18.22 minutes)

2. Based on your readings, do the following: Make sure to write in your own words. Try your best to put your answers in words that make sense to you.

Task a: Write a brief definition in your own words (at least two lines of text) of the following terms: institutional racism, sexism, patriarchy, intersectionality (Please use sources A-E before looking elsewhere).

Task b: After completing task a) pick out ONE key point that you find particularly interesting or significant from each of the three or four articles you read. Explain why you chose these points.

Task c: Write half a page of A4 or more on ONE of the articles you read – picking out key terms and summarizing key points. Make a note of why you chose the source you chose, including why you think the issue is important.

Task d: After watching each of the two videos (sources D and E), write a brief comment about why the topics are considered important.

3. Listen to the Philosophy Bites interview of Lukes: In a paragraph, explain how sexism and racism can be seen as examples of the third dimension of power.

Skills Task (5): Writing in your own words and referencing

1) Look back at your own submissions for Exercise Sheets 2, 3, 4 • Open your Exercise 2 submission in Turnitin and do all of the following. Then do the sameyou’re

your notes for Exercise Sheets 3 and 4. • Look at the Originality Report. • Disregarding the common parts (such as Exercise sheet questions) and bibliography, complete the

Table below.

Ex Sheet 2 Ex Sheet 3 Ex Sheet 4

Originality match percentage %

Subtracting common parts and bibliography roughly what percentage is a match? (Describe them)

Did you always use quotation marks around the parts that you borrowed from sources?

Did you always include a reference with a page number after the borrowed parts?

Do you think your similarity match percentage is acceptable? (Explain)

Were you surprised by the percentage match?

Is any single match substantial in size? (half a paragraph or more that matches – whether one match or a lot of little matches.

Are any of the passages in your writing with a large match also not referenced or using quotation marks?

What sources does your work match?

Did you show improvement between Exercise Sheets 2 and 3 or between 3 and 4. If yes, why do you think that was? If not, why do you think that happened?

If needed, how will you go about writing in a more original way in future?

How to Submit your Work

Submit your notes to the Turnitin portal for your seminar tutor. We encourage you to handwrite your notes and answers and to take a photo of all your pages in one shot with a smart phone and then upload that to Turnitin. Please save your photo as a pdf.

Please only submit the following types of files: pdf or MS Word

If you find it hard to handwrite for whatever reason, or you are not able to photograph your notes with a smart phone, then you are free to type your notes up as you did previously.

Inside the document, whether hand written or typed, include your name, student number, seminar tutor’s name, and the section headings from this sheet so we can easily see which parts you are answering. Please save the file as: “Your Full Name, Exercise Sheet 5”. Submit your work by 12:00 noon on Monday, November 2nd through the appropriate Turnitin submission portal in the Week 5 Folder on Bb.

Ongoing module info you are expected to know: • Read this ENTIRE Exercise Sheet and open all of the materials as early as possible, before asking

questions. Do not assume you already know how to submit the work as this will change.

• Leave sufficient time to complete the Exercise Sheet tasks (reading, thinking, notetaking, processing the material, reflecting on the material, and answering questions!). It may well take longer than you think.

• Leave sufficient time to deal with the technology (finding, accessing and downloading resources, using Turnitin etc). Please download everything you need including this Exercise Sheet as soon as you get access to it. This gives you time to get help from the appropriate staff member. Do not expect answers to questions on a weekend or last thing on a Friday.

o Problems using Bb or other online systems within the university? Spend time learning to use them by visiting the Bb help pages and the Bb Institution Page (see under Sources of Support on the PIA Bb site)

o Problems accessing or downloading reading materials? see* below and also Ask a Librarian – library help pages

o Problems understanding module instructions? Ask the Module Leader via the Discussion Board.

o Problems with understanding your reading or lecture material? Do your best to complete your exercise sheet anyway. Then, ask your seminar tutor to clarify things in the seminar. Ask the Module Leader on the PIA Discussion Board (you can start a new thread). If having trouble regularly, see your seminar tutor or the Module Leader during their office hours AND consider getting help from your Personal Tutor, Learning Support or Disability Support if appropriate (see Sources of Support on the PIA Bb site).

• If you haven’t completed Exercise Sheet 1 yet, you can still do this now without penalty. If you completed it and sent it to your seminar tutor before knowing who your personal tutor was, please make sure to send it to your personal tutor now (with the covering letter) and copy this to me.

• If you haven’t completed Exercise Sheets 2,3, or 4, you can still do this. However, be aware all students are only allowed three late Exercise Sheets without formal Mitigating Circumstances.

• Watch the lectures on The Third Dimension of Power in the Week 5 Folder and make structured notes for your own use (not for this Exercise Sheet).

• Catch up with any of the previous Lectures that you haven’t seen yet. Makes structured notes for your own use.

• If you have questions about this sheet or the module, please use the Module Discussion Board!