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SP 353 Technologies and Cultures - Fall 2001

Food and Culture Paper

Assignment:
1. Choose one of the following topics and write a 5 - 7 page paper.
    Your paper must have a thesis.

a. Analyze "Tell me what thou eatest, and I will tell thee what
    thou are."
              - Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

b. Choose a modern controversial bio-technological development of a food and discuss the ethical issues.

c. Choose a topic that interests you and is related to the
     subject matter. (We must approve of your topic.)

Requirements:
1. Your paper must be between 5 and 7 pages long.
2. Each page must equal between 250 and 300 words.
3. Double-space with 1-inch margins.
4. Number the pages.
5. Add cover sheet with paper title, your name, date, and subject.
6. Use your writing folder for passing in all written work.

Deadlines:

1.   DUE on Thursday, Sept 20:

      a. rough draft
      b. critique of the writing process you followed to write the rough draft
      c. critique of the rough draft (this should include the changes you plan to make for the final draft)

2.   DUE on Tuesday, October 2:

a. final draft
b. critique of final draft
c. rough draft, critique of rough draft, critique of writing
process you followed to write rough draft

REMEMBER - - - WE DO NOT ACCEPT LATE WORK!

JOURNALS

The journal invites writers to become conscious, through
language, of what is happening to them, both personally
and academically. Each journal entry is a deliberate
exercise in expansion.

                                   (Fulwiler, 16)

[Journals] promote self-examination on the one hand and
speculation about ideas on the other. . . the importance
of coupling personal with academic learning should not
be overlooked; self-knowledge provides the motivation
for whatever other knowledge an individual learns and
absorbs. Without an understanding of who we are, we
are not likely to understand fully why we study biology
rather than forestry, literature rather than philosophy.
In the end, all knowledge is related; the journal helps
clarify this relationship.

                                       (Fulwiler, 31)

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Keeping journals is an important part is ISP. We want you to reflect on your own thinking and learning. Journals give you an opportunity to react, challenge, question, connect, and so on. Journals invite you to participate actively in your academic and personal life.

We do not grade journals because we believe that evaluating them defeats their purpose as vehicles of introspection and exploration. But we do give credit to students whose journals show thought and effort. And you must complete your journal to pass the course.

We will collect journals about every two weeks.

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(quotes taken from Fulwiler, Toby. Teaching with Writing.
Portsmouth, N.H.: Boynton/
Cook Publishers, 1987)

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