reaction/discussion - thurs am (dube)

[Anonymous]

This young man really struck me as fascinating. After Professor Dube shared his story, I was left with at least one question, if not more. One, I thought I heard him say that Guangcheng was blind. Did I hear that correctly? Then I heard him say that Guangcheng was self taught and that he became an advocate for women and led protests. My question was why? Did he feel a similar disenfranchisement as someone with no sight? Did he feel empathy with their struggle? What was his motivation? His story would be an interesting one when we move, in English, to talk about each person's narrative. We could look more closely at his story and try to identify his motive and the impact that Guangcheng's actions have made on individuals and on policy.
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[Anonymous]

I was saddened to see the statistics about make births and female infanticide. I saw an interesting documentary about this called It's a Girl in Netflix. Check it out.

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We lacked the time to discuss this, but some may wish to scan this. Please feel free to comment or to raise questions. Pt 1.

[Anonymous]

I was fascinated by the demographics pertaining to the birth rates of boys vs. girls in China. I am curious to learn more about how young men, especially in rural regions, are coping with this disparity? Is it common for these rural men to marry foreigners from other parts of Asia? If so, it would be interesting to learn about the cultural acceptance and implications this may have.

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second segment in the presentation

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third segment in the presentation

[Anonymous]

It was somewhat eye opening to finally get an explanation of the so called one child policy in China. I am not sure why the whole thing has been shrouded in mystery for so long. Perhaps because for many, certain methods of birth control too difficult, in fact disturbing to digest. The practice of infanticide is unfathomable to me, having given birth three times. I will never understand how a mother could allow or agree to the killing of her newborn. It's not natural and it tells me that the consequences of doing so must have been dire, to say the least. I'd like to dig deeper into this practice and find out just how prevalent it was and/or still is, and under what circumstances a mother essentially kill her baby. I don't think I could go there with my students, but we might explore other issues for debate, such as gender selection.

[Anonymous]

A couple of things I liked about this discussion:
1. Culture is for the people, so all the films should be for everyone.
2. This means that because the films should be for everyone, there won't be anything deemed "inappropriate" *cheering* (The mom in me likes this - I wouldn't have to worry about my children seeing/hearing something that I have to explain away later.)

What is troubling is the fact that movies are weeded out that "encourage" ideas of superstition and folk ideas...Isn't that where lots of American ideas for books, TV, and movies come from? Those creative ideas sometimes stem from some folktale handed down from long ago, or the idea of "what if?" If we stop imagining, then what we end up are rehashing of historical events where, just like the local Taiwanese think, the we have "boring movies made for foreigners." ...just a thought...

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fourth segment, apologies for the multiple pieces

[Anonymous]

I was amazed at the high abortion rate among married women in South Korea. Interested in seeing a comparison of abortion and literacy rates of US and South Korea. What role does the lack of a vocal Christian population and the importance of inheritance/lineage play in the lack of social stigma associated with abortion in South Korea? Also surprised at the power women have over reproductive rights considering the perception that EA women’s rights are limited. Quite different than the US where women have to depend on the courts to give them reproductive rights.

[Anonymous]

I was really quite interested in the policy formation of Fenjia and the fact that it was developed not out of some sense of social justice but rather as a very deliberate way to ensure the elite were not able to amass the kind of wealth that could ultimately pose a threat to the ruling regime. Discussion of this would certainly help reinforce a main point in my curriculum. The idea of a government formulating policies that seem to value the perpetuation of the state over the personal liberties and property rights is always interesting when we are talking about the philosophical underpinnings of the United States. I am sure that an interesting discussion would follow.

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fifth part - i'm compressing the images to make it possible to include more slides in each file, this one has 30

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the sixth part (almost there)

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seventh chunk

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here's the last 24 slides in this presentation

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