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Cultural Differences
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1. From Personal Reflection to Social Investigation: Undergraduate Research as an Antidote to Autobiographical Clich Greg Downey
University of Notre Dame
gdowney@nd.edu
2. Cultural Differences & Social Change Re-entry course
Target: students returning from service & study in the developing world.
Three phases
Re-acclimation
Contextualization
Strategies for change
3. Cultural Differences & Social Change Goals
Provide forum for reflection.
Convert energy & enthusiasm into academic ambition.
Locate site in relation to broader patterns.
Consider reasons for hope.
Professionalize progressive students.
Build inter-generational conversation.
4. Cultural Differences & Social Change Assignments:
10 writing assignments
Annotated bibliography
Presentation of work
Global Challenges conference.
6. Deprivation and Destruction in Honduras
11. From clich to research Personal narratives:
Introspective, egocentric & increasingly formulaic.
Achievement orientation: Just did it!
Theological orientation: Touched by an angel.
Move away from individuals & self.
Investigation of social, political & economic world.
13. Thank you for your attention. For more information:
http://www.nd.edu/~gdowney/
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Or just e-mail me: gdowney@nd.edu