Very important notes:
1-Each question must have (4 -5 solid paragraphs)
2-Please note that EACH QUESTION must have at least 2 quotes in it from the sources that I provided.
3—if you need for the 1st and 2nd questions extra sources-other than the ones I provided for each- please feel free to choose from the syllabus I have sent-
4-To emphasis, you must discuss the questions within the course material, so please rely on the syllabus
5-please if you could not find any source, ask me and I will find a way to resend it to you.
Question 1. Torture still a practice in domestic and international prisons, but we don’t always see evidence of it like we did in the Abu-Ghraib and Guantanamo prison cases. Do you think the practice of torturing people in the context of the on-going US “Global War on Terror” should be allowed or not? Why or why not? For maximum credit, please draw from specific class materials (readings, lectures, films) to support your position. Additionally, here are two recent short articles/posts about the US and current torture and detention issues/concerns:
https://time.com/5779579/cia-torture-secrecy/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/09/20-years-us-torture-and-counting
Sources that must be used to answer question1:
– Never Ending War on Terror (University of California Press, 2021) by Alex Lubin. (Chapter 3. Liberal Torture+A Conclusion Without an Ending).
– The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007, 82 minutes), directed by Rory Kennedy.
– US/UK’s Special Relationship: The Culture of Torture, in Abu-Ghraib and Lynching Photographs” by Hazel Carby.
– The Mauritanian
(2021, 2 hours, 9 minutes) directed by Kevin Macdonald.
https://digitalcampus.swankmp.net/minnesotatc334595/watch/3B0C1CCB125F6BC5?referrer=direct
Question2: Drawing from the documentary Exodus (2016) (directed by James Bluemel), as well as Bruce Bennett’s essay “Becoming Refugees: Exodus and Contemporary Mediations of the Refugee Crisis” (2018), how does the inclusion of iPhone filmmaking in Exodus contribute to the film’s overall storytelling? How does the inclusion of iPhone filmmaking disrupt (or not) conventional documentaries? Does the documentary Exodus humanize (or not) displaced people/refugees? Why or why not? For maximum credit, please draw from both Exodus and the Bennett article. Students will receive higher grades if you discuss specific people, scenes, dialogues/narratives, and images from Exodus in your response.
Sources that must be used to answer question2:
– Exodus
(2016, 1 hour, 53 minutes), directed by James Bluemel (BBC/Frontline film.)
– Bruce Bennett (2018) “Becoming refugees: Exodus and contemporary mediations of the refugee crisis,” Transnational Cinemas, 9:1, 13-30.
Question3: How and why has this class impacted your understanding and knowledge of 9/11 and post-9/11 US politics and social relations in the US and outside of the US? Where have you experienced personal/intellectual/political/cultural growth–in relation to this class and the issues we’ve focused on? How/why did this growth come about and how do you feel about the changes in you? Do you think 9/11 and the US Global War on Terror continues to have an impact on/in the US and around the world? Why or why not? For maximum credit, please discuss specific course materials (readings, films, lectures, discussions.) Note: It’s fine to discuss earlier parts of the course and your learning then, but we’re also interested in your experiences concerning the modules in the last half of the course.
For question 3, I will provide you with the syllabus of the courses-see the attachment- and you can choose any source that can fit within the question ( please choose no less than 3)
