Introduction:
This quarter, we have been reading, discussing, and analyzing literature that provokes, reflects upon, and responds to revolutionary ideas and actions. This revolutionary literature is a form of advocacy: most of the literary texts and essays we have read advocate for social justice and social or political changes by voicing opposition and speaking back to oppressive power structures, bearing witness to acts of injustice, articulating and either critiquing or celebrating revolutionary ideas and actions, and calling readers to revolutionary action.
Project Overview:
This assignment asks you to take the ideas, perspectives, and histories we have considered this quarter and use them to help you better understand a recent local, national, or global social justice issue and advocate for social and/or political change in relation to that issue. Your goal is to convince a specific audience to change their thinking and/or commit to action.
Advocate for revolutionary change or offer your support for an ongoing revolution (defined narrowly or broadly). You must use at least one course text and also do substantial research about the issue/revolution.
The issue: Trash in America: Landfills
Advocate for support for composting organizations and correct recycling in America. Revolution against massive amounts of untreated and not recycled garbage. Change the way people think about recycling.
Below is a file with the revolutionary theory I want to use.
Create a substantial website devoted to your issue that includes a homepage and 4-5 pages of content (be sure to cite all sources and acknowledge ownership of all links and images used).
Project Requirements:
Your project must be designed for and must somewhere specify a specific audience. (“Americans” is not a specific audience.) This means you must take into account the values, prejudices, and perspectives of that audience in order to most effectively advocate for change. If it’s not clear in some other way who your intended audience is, state your audience underneath your title (i.e., Audience: SU Students).
Your project must include research. Your project must acknowledge and cite at least two academic sources in addition to the source requirements listed above for your option. These sources may serve as the factual basis for your argument, demonstrate the existing views on the issue, or inspire your creative work. Academic sources can include previous works of advocacy on your issue or on issues that you think are analogous to your issue; historical or biographical texts that shed light on some aspect of your issue; or texts that inform your work as an educator, writer, activist, or literary critic.
Your project must be organized in a way that is appropriate for the content, genre, and audience, and it must include a content-appropriate title. All papers must include a thesis and also address and respond to potential objections to your argument that your specific audience might raise (these are fundamental principles of sound argumentation). This applies to all options, including the papers that accompany creative projects.
Your project must include in-text or footnoted citations and a Works Cited page formatted in MLA citation style.
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