Performance Assessment Task 10 Instructions
MEGA MAPPING
PROJECT MODERN SOCIAL
CHANGES
POPULATION GROWTH/
CORPORATE DOMINATION/
URBANIZATION
INCREASED NEEDS
INCREASED
CONSUMPTION
ENVIRONMENTAL
DESTRUCTION
DECLINING
RESOURCES
INCREASING
POVERTY
DISCRIMINATION
CONFLICT
MIGRATION
INSTRUCTIONS:
MAPPING IMPACTS OF POPULATION GROWTH,
CORPORATE DOMINANCE, AND URBANIZATION
1. Using maps provided, map examples of the impact of increased
population, corporate activity or urbanization.
2. Condense examples to the “bare essentials” while still providing sufficient
detail so reader unfamiliar with course resources would understand the
situation. You may use author’s wording without worrying about
plagiarism. Use abbreviations where doing so will be clear.
3. Develop ONLY specific country examples.
a. That is, a general discussion about the impact of IMF policies does
not provide a country-specific example. Nor does an example for
“Industrialized Nations”.
b. Further, an example from “Africa” is not appropriate since Africa
is a continent, not a single country.
c. Develop examples from around the world (yes, you’ll probably have
more from US than from elsewhere, but…)
4. “Head” each example with
a. The name of the country example comes from
b. The nature of the impact: PG for Population Growth, CD for
Corporate Dominance, or U for Urbanization (or combination)
5. At the end of each example, simply cite the source (e.g., “Taxmeat.com,”
“Habitat for Humanity,” “Traveling Trash”). Note: Use at least a portion
of the article title (e.g., “Anticipating Env Surprise”) since many articles
might come from World Watch or the Wall Street Journal.
6. Use a relatively short resource (such as provided in Henslin) only once.
Feel free to use dissimilar examples from lengthier sources (such as EReserve articles or China slides) in different sections (Increased Needs,
Environmental Harm, etc.) but not more than three times, total.
7. Develop about the same number of examples for each category:
Increased Needs, Increased Consumption, etc.
8. Use full range of course resources:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Faculty Website Social Change Discussion (and all links therein)
Introductory Power Point Slides
ALL E-Reserve Articles
Chapters 7, 14, and 15 from Henslin (to a limited degree; mostly,
Henslin generalizes vs. provides specific country examples)
Sample Entries
Increased Consumption:
USA/PG/CD:
Raising animals for food requires more than half the water used
in the US and one-third of all raw materials, inc. fossil fuels.
(taxmeat.com)
Increasing Poverty:
India/CD:
Soon India must rely on food aid because, though it produces
huge amounts of grain, that grain feeds cats and dogs in Europe
instead of Indians. (Global Politics of Food)
Conflict:
Singapore/CD:
Two Via Campasino Union Reps were “detained” before they
could hold a Press Conference to proclaim their victimization by
the IMF and WB. The twin institutions, while deporting millions
of peasant farmers thru programs such as “Market Assisted
Land Reform,” have the power to silence their programs’ critics.
(Via Campasino)
REMEMBER: THINK “IMPACT”!
WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF INCREASING
POPULATION, CORPORATE POWER, OR URBANIZATION?
Let’s clarify the definitions of the following terms:
Population Growth: How does a growing population (given high birth
rates) affect a country's security? How does it increase
needs/consumption, etc.? Again, develop specific ways that population
pressures have hurt us. Or, conversely, how does a growing elderly
population, coupled with declining birth rates, hurt us? How does that
situation reduce resources, increase poverty, etc.? What impacts stem
from a growing immigrant population?
Corporate Dominance: How does a globalized economy actually threaten
the well being of workers? farmers? the environment? How does
corporate growth ironically increase poverty, discrimination? How does it
force yet more migration? engender yet more conflicts? What do
corporations do that ultimately reduces resources, increases demand,
etc.?
Urbanization: Remember, of the projected 2.2 billion newcomers to
earth by 2030, 2.1 billion will move into the cities! Ugh! What are the
impacts of such growth? Certainly, needs and consumption will increase;
certainly poverty will escalate; more conflicts will be fueled; more
workers will face discrimination; etc. What are the impacts of rapid
urbanization?
THE CATEGORIES
Want to better understand the mapping project? Take the “60-Second
Tour” available through Facing the Future at http://popinfo.org/.
Increased Needs: How has population growth, corporate growth, or
increased urbanization increased our needs for more goods, resources,
etc.? Demonstrate specifically what needs have increased.
Increased Consumption: What have we been consuming "more of"
(calories, wood, cement, trees, you name it)? Be specific! How much
more wood/how many more calories, etc.???
Decreased Resources: What natural resources are declining? Focus on
loss of trees, water resources, oil, etc. DO NOT focus on loss of jobs,
etc. Such examples would go under "Increasing Poverty".
Environmental Harm: What specific damage has been done to air, soil,
water quality? Why?
Increasing Poverty: What worsening conditions do people live or work
in? Why? Why is housing increasingly difficult to come by? Why are
good-paying jobs increasingly difficult to find? Why are living conditions
increasingly unsanitary/difficult?
Discrimination: Who's getting treated worse? Why? Don't just focus
on discrimination generally! Rather, what examples of discrimination
stem from population growth, corporate growth, or increased
urbanization? Make the connection!
Migration: Who's been forced to migrate? Why? How have their
families benefited? How have their home countries benefited? Again,
focus on migration stemming from population growth, corporate growth,
or increased urbanization.
Conflict: Who's fighting whom over scarce resources? For every
example you develop, clearly illustrate who's at odds with whom because
of population growth, corporate growth, or increased urbanization. In my
Singapore example, then, you see that the peasant farmers conflict with
the WB and IMF. Describe the fight/tensions!
CHECKLIST
(Keep this handy as you develop examples)
Increased Needs:
Illustrate increased need (schools, medical facilities, food, housing,
water, etc.) unique to each country example
Increased Consumption:
Provide specific example of what more is being used (water, trees,
land, landfill space, oil, etc.). How much more? Specify!
Declining Resources:
Use statistics to support loss of only natural resources (use loss
of jobs/income/housing, for example, under Increasing Poverty)
Environmental Harm:
Clearly describe actual harm done to air, land, water quality. What
consequences resulted from the environmental damage? For
example, what diseases have escalated? Or, why did environmental
harm create yet more poverty/distress?
Increasing Poverty:
Describe the worsening conditions (income/sanitation/
housing/unemployment, etc.) under which citizens live; include loss
of resources under Declining Resources
Discrimination:
Describe who gets taken advantage of / who’s abused as one
group acquires yet more power/resources. DO NOT develop
examples of discrimination that are cultural; examples must stem
from PG, CD, or U!
Conflict:
Develop examples where two groups clearly fight each other. If
reader can’t tell who’s fighting whom, you haven’t developed an
example of a conflict. Describe the fight for power/resources:
legal battles, protests, outright genocide or killing, property
damage
Migration:
Describe who’s forced to move and why. How do migrants
benefit from the move? How does the home country benefit?
4-6 CHANGES
So, in the end, if humanity is to save itself, each of us –- esp. in the MIN’s –
must reduce our usage by consuming less, reusing more, recycling better,
etc. What are YOU willing to change to improve our chances of survival?
Click on “Ways to Get Involved,” the last link in the Social Change Discussion
on the faculty website. (And please feel free to forward other links to me!)
As you write the 4-6 changes,
1. Write each change in a separate paragraph.
2. Start each change with a transition (one, two, three, or 1, 2, 3, etc.).
Eliminate wordy lead-ins such as this: “The first change I will make
to reduce….” Rather, simply state, “I will …”
3. Develop your changes. Simply stating you’ll turn off the water while
brushing your teeth is nice but so insubstantial that it won’t make a
dent. So, if your goal is to reduce water usage, in what variety of
ways could you do so?
4. Develop a “measurable plan”: That is, saying you’ll eat less meat is,
again, “nice” but insubstantial. How can you measure your success? “I
will prepare meatless meals two days a week by….” “I will cut the
amount of meat in casseroles by…” Etc.
Concentrate on making a
real difference!