Description
watch three short videos from Frontline World (some suggestions are listed below). Alternatively, you may watch one of the much longer full documentaries on the regular Frontline website (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/). You are also welcome to utilize films from other reputable high-quality documentary sites (e.g., NOVA, Vice, History Channel, etc.).
discuss one (or more) of the following questions/topics in 2 paragraphs:
- What role does religion (and conflicts over sacred sites) play in exacerbating one or more political conflicts around the world …or in helping to resolve one or more political conflicts …or both? Please use specific examples from the text, films, and/or outside sources in your discussion.
- Please discuss how and why a particular language (such as English) came to be distributed the way that it is around the world? Are the processes globalization influencing the changing distribution and significance of this language? If so, why? If not, why not?
- How can language play a role as either a unifying (centripetal) or devolutionary (centrifugal) force for a country? Please use some specific examples (e.g., Nigeria, Quebec, Yugoslavia, etc.) in your discussion.
You can use any 3 relevant films from the PBS Frontline World site at: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/. Here are a few suggested films:
- China: Kung Fu English
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2008/08/china_kung_fu_e.html
- Philippines: Have degree, will travel
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/12/philippines_hav.html
- South Korea: Everyone’s a journalist
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/03/south_korea.html
- Bhutan: The last place
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/bhutan/
- Canada: The Cell Next Door
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/canada602/video_index.html
- Northern Ireland: An Uneasy Peace
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2006/03/northern_irelan.html
- Kuwait: The 99
Superheroes of the Muslim World
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/kuwait605/
- Indonesia: Wham! Bam! Islam!
Muslim superheroes come to Jakarta
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2008/01/indonesia_wham.html
- Pakistan: State of Emergency
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/pakistan703/
- On the Edge of the Crescent
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/flash_point/southeastasia/
- Jesus in China
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/china_705/
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Religion and Conflict
What role does religion (and conflicts over sacred sites) play in exacerbating one or more
political conflicts around the world …or in helping to resolve one or more political conflicts
…or both? Please use specific examples from the text, films, and/or outside sources in your
discussion.
Religion and conflicts in some way play a fundamental role in exacerbating political
conflicts around the world. Many countries of the world have varied religious belief...