JPSH Sociology Rich and Poor Worksheet

Question 1

What were the factors that caused the Bengal Famine?

Compare the British structural changes in India to the structural changes in Iran by America in the 1950’s. What was the role of the CIA?

How did American interests cause the death of labor union leaders in Colombia, according toDaniel Kovalik, the human rights lawyer whom I spoke of in our tenth lecture.

Question 2

Explain how the concept of the “White Man’s Burden” during times of Colonization has been replaced by the concept of “Modernity and the Green Revolution” when it comes to agriculture in India. Please include the consequences of this “Modernity” to the farmers of India.

Do you consider “Organic” produce “Modern” or “Traditional”, and why? Please analyze your answer through the concepts of Vandana Shiva.

How is the video “An American in India” (Lecture 6) relevant to this class?

Question 3

We studied the photo of a vulture and a little girl in our seventh lecture. Explain the dynamics of Framing that we discussed in relation to this photograph.

On one hand is the concept of Orientalism, on the other hand is a real child suffering in hunger. How would you navigate your analysis between Orientalism, and the child in hunger AFTER your understanding of Orientalism via Edward Said?

Material needed:

https://youtu.be/Yq-NndqLoV4

https://youtu.be/FSqzss9mWNk

Orientalism video https://youtu.be/vdE18HdfanI