In English Composition II we worked more on our writing pieces while exploring the concept of art, meaning and its association to us. I particularly enjoyed the small debate we had in Intro to Ethnography because it forced me to actively recognize the difference in academic, ethnographic and cultural perspectives, and how data itself won’t always contradict one another but it is important to apply our academic data in context to the circumstance.

Week 6: Composition 2 : Activists and people with AIDS fought for better access to treatment when the government was not responding quickly to the crisis or wouldn’t because they saw it as a disease of “gays” or what not. Many important medications were delayed or too expensive for people to afford, causing some individuals to get the drugs illegally. Organizations like ACT UP protested and demanded equal treatment for AIDS patients while pushing for faster access to life-saving medicine to prevent more deaths. week 7: Watching 5 Factories: Worker Control in Venezuela. The film showed factories in Venezuela where many workers said they worked long hours but earned very…

This week, for ethnographics on Wednesday, we visited Bryant Park, where we were divided into groups of five; each group had a different reading. My group read about communism, and after reading about it, we discussed it. After that, all the groups came together and had a debate about whether transaction is the same as exchange. My thoughts on this are that it all comes down to how you are raised and how you see the outside world and treat people. I believe in giving back to people without expecting anything in return.

During the week , we were able to learn about people exchanging many types of goods through their trade . How systems can be replaced over time , as things get advanced . We shared thoughts on the reading

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In composition 2, on Monday and Tuesday we continued writing our final papers in class, we also had 1on1 with professor Rachel. In ethnographics we learned about debt and how debt can be viewed differently by different types of backgrounds, religions. Something about transactions and how they don’t do the bargain system. This guy is the economical theorist and he said this economy is gonna fall either way.

The day in Comp2 when we were talking about the MET Gala, I expressed my distain for these celebrities who preach about some sort of moral goal, when they themselves are participating in things that are the problem. I’m not saying I expect them to give away all their expenses and stuff, I believe it is human nature to indulge in shiny things and stuff. Capitalism just takes advantage of that. My point is, it’s just frustrating seeing people who have power say stuff and do nothing. And those that do really isn’t that much. Like Taylor Swift. Plane jokes aside, it really is harmful. “But she donated a million…

This week, we watched some videos that discussed trading goods and how it was used in earlier economies. Now we don’t have any systems like that, nor have the ones we had before ever lasted long. On Wednesday we discussed our plans for Monday, and we were continuing the reading from Monday. Which we then discussed in groups.

In Composition 2, we began working on our research essays. My topic for mine is whether or not A.I is good for society, or will it have a negative impact. We also had one on one’s with Ms.Lipscomb, in which she asked me what I’m doing for my auto biography and what my topic will be for my research essay. In Ethnographic methods at work, I read the passage called conducting interviews. In which it goes over the key principles for conducting interviews and provides researchers the opportunity to know how to engage in a interview and question the person being interviewed. The author Samuel Finesurrey helps train the reader…

In Composition 2, we talk a lot about argument, perspective, and voice. These readings show how powerful it is when people who are usually silenced finally speak for themselves. The workers’ voices become arguments. Their experiences become evidence. Their collective actions become a thesis about justice and dignity. In Ethnography, I explored the themes of labor, power, and resistance through the reading A Factory Without Bosses and the companion text Worker Control in a Capitalist Environment & Imperialist Blockade. What stood out to me most was how these texts challenge the idea that workplaces must always be controlled by owners or managers. Instead, they show how workers can organize themselves,…