{"id":14926,"date":"2024-03-13T09:58:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T09:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/why-is-critical-pacific-islands-oceania-studies-important-for-everybody-to-know-not-just-native-hawaiians-pacific-islanders\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T09:58:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T09:58:37","slug":"why-is-critical-pacific-islands-oceania-studies-important-for-everybody-to-know-not-just-native-hawaiians-pacific-islanders","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/why-is-critical-pacific-islands-oceania-studies-important-for-everybody-to-know-not-just-native-hawaiians-pacific-islanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Critical Pacific Islands &#038; Oceania Studies important for everybody to know, not just Native Hawaiians &#038; Pacific Islanders?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"color: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Academic Blog Post&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Length: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">at least 800 words (not including references)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: inherit; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/b><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 2pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What Makes a Strong Blog Post?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: inherit; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Funny or interesting title&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">An initial paradox, controversy, anecdote&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Common, typical experience as evidence, with some insightful, unusual twist<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Credible evidence supporting your claims, with links to journal articles and other sources&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Relevant photos\/video clips\/visual images of data&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Evidence provided tactfully and without suffocating your own argument&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your VOICE: a unique argument building upon your perspective&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A clear position and perspective<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Organized logic (between paragraphs and within paragraphs)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Active voice, concise sentences&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Clear, well-edited writing <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 2pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What Do I Do?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: inherit; margin-top: 2pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Answer the prompt:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> Why is Critical Pacific Islands &amp; Oceania Studies important for everybody to know, not just Native Hawaiians &amp; Pacific Islanders? In other words, what significance does this field have to you (personally) &amp; your studies (academically), and\/or to other people like your family, friends, or colleagues at CSUB?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<ol style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your academic blog must address the prompt above. How? You must write about the connections from any 2 \u201ckey concepts\u201d we\u2019ve studied<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> (and cite at least 2 different readings from the class that talk about those key concepts), <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">with the \u201cmodern world<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> in a way that demonstrates its relevance to the modern reader.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<ol style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Pick two different key concepts to write about. Make sure you cite at least 2 different readings from class to talk about those key concepts.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For example, you can write about the connections to contemporary issues of (in)justice happening in the world, or pop culture, TV, film, books you\u2019re reading in your other classes, social media, news, etc.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">As you\u2019re writing, don\u2019t think about me, but think about why should your reader (who has never taken this class or knows nothing about CPIOS) care about what you\u2019re writing about?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"2\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Closely read and carefully discuss the 2 \u201ckey concepts\u201d and the 2 different readings that talk about those key concepts.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<ol style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You must include 3 different pieces of multimedia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> intentionally and thoughtfully. Any pictures, video clips\/links, memes, etc., need to be on topic, integrated into your post. Make sure the multimedia files you are using are not copyrighted. Include photo captions when necessary to identify subject matter and\/or cite the course\/owner of the image.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<ol style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Include a works cited section written in APA format at the end of your blog post<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(This is where you\u2019ll include the 2 readings from class as well as any other relevant multimedia sources). One advantage of digital formats is that you can insert links to other online academic resources anywhere in your post<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/b><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 2pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Sample Blog Posts&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: inherit; margin-top: 2pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Student sample: Megan Kollitz,&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/manuscript-studies\/2018\/09\/19\/undergrad-wednesdays-islamaphobic-rhetoric-in-chaucer-not-just-a-thing-of-the-past\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Islamaphobic Rhetoric in Chaucer: Not Just &#8216;A Thing of the Past'&#8221;&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Student sample: Natalie Weber,&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/manuscript-studies\/2018\/09\/05\/undergrad-wednesdays-teaching-the-canterbury-tales-in-the-alt-right-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cTeaching the Canterbury Tales in the Alt-Right Era\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic Blog Post&nbsp; Length: at least 800 words (not including references)&nbsp; What Makes a Strong Blog Post? 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