2011年10月12日水曜日

Biggest project of the semester

Currently I am working on a presentation for Political Theory's class, which is the biggest project I have got for the autumn semester. I am working with two partners, one junior and the other a senior, both majoring in Politics. They are well found in the field of Political Science and so I get to learn a lot when I am discussing with them about the presentation. This semester, the class is focusing on the issues related to justice and equality. We were assigned to read various essays and journals by famous scholars such as Amartya Sen, Will Kymllicka, and Pierre Bourdieu, and we learned their interpretations and theories of justice and equality. One of the reading which was assigned to the class is titled as "Affective Equality - Love, Care and Injustice". Our presentation is focused on one particular chapter of the reading, which is "The impact of Economic, Social, Cultural, and Emotional Capital on Mother's Love and Care Work in Education". As the title shows, the author of the chapter discusses how different capitals mothers have affect the amount and also quality of  love and care work toward their children. The author also discusses that these love labors which mothers do for their children are necessary when providing children with education. Our group found out that in the reading, the author does not really discusses the basic social structures and cultural backgrounds which might are the reason for the negligence of the importance of love and care in educational process. So we are going to look back on the readings we got previously in the class and then try to construct our presentation based on the thesis that the affective capital (love and care) must be taken into account and be considered as an independent capital like other capitals. I am under considerable amount of pressure because it is my first time to do an hour and 30min presentation .... and our professor is Mr.Kibe, who is very intelligent and critical. He has high expectation for his students and many of the students who take his class try to answer his expectations by preparing good handouts and practicing their performances thoroughly. I also really like the way Mr.Kibe teaches and his passion for teaching, so I will do my best with my partners to make the presentation worth listening and something meaningful.

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