Global Health Issues
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ReactionandReflectionEnvironmentalHealthFall2020.docxHSCI 309 Global Health Issues
Reaction & Reflection Assignment #2
Environmental Health
In this assignment, students will be considering issues related to environmental health, particularly global water scarcity, desertification, and sanitation.
Students will utilize Galtung’s theory of Structural Violence to analyze the social, cultural, economic, political and historical issues that underlie global water scarcity. Foucault's theory of Biopower and Merton's Theory of the Unintended Consequences of Purposive Social Action are both useful in understanding the significant criticism of Community-led Sanitation programs (CLTS).
The work of Yacouba Sawadago, a farmer from Burkina Faso, in the fight against desertification, serves to call into question Western ethnocentric ideas about who is capable of making a significant difference in environmental health problems.
Assignment process:
1)Students will complete the required learning activities that are available in D2L.
2) After completing all of the readings, students will answer each of the questions using the Reaction and Reflection #2 questions template. The template is a Word document set up so students can type their answers in and then upload that document to the dropbox.
3)Reaction portion of the question: After completing the readings students will quickly write their immediate reactions to the ideas presented in the articles. **There are no “right” or “wrong” answers here. The point is for students to record their immediate, honest reactions to what they are reading*** Student’s reflections will not be “graded” as they are personal, the students receives the points for completing the reaction portion of the assignment.
4)Reflection portion of the question: Students will take some time to think about their immediate reactions and reflect on “where do my beliefs or understandings regarding this issue come from?”
Students will be required to demonstrate evidence of critical analysis as evidenced by the ability to relate their reactions to the assigned readings to critical social theories including Galtung’s Structural Violence, Foucault’s Biopower, and Merton’s Unintended consequences of purposive social action. Students need to respond with a 2-3 paragraph answer (total, divided between the reaction which is usually shorter and the reflection where the student includes analysis) to each of the questions.
