Category: Social Inequality

The Internation Monetary Fund (IMF): Trapping Nations in Debt

IMF- Trapping Nations in Debt (1)

The infographic presented above engages Cardoso’s explanation of underdevelopment and the information about the International Monerary Fund (IMF) presented by Vreeland. Cardoso really focuses on underdevelopment as the byproduct of imperialism in which conquering nations were able to receive a longer advantage over nations conquered by imposing regulations of unfair trade and systematic eexploitation Vreeland provides an overall explanation of the IMF that details the way in which the international loaning organization delegates the funds that are loaned out.

Using the information from both readings, I explore the consequences of utilizing debt to develop. Many of the points listed as consequences were illustrated in the movie, Life and Debt. However, in the interest of brevity, this infographic seeks only to introduce the consequences of developing through debt. In this way this infographic is a tool for individuals to 1) apply to any country that utilize IMF funds, and 2)encourage deeper analysis into the effects the IMF has.

Video: http://youtu.be/Cmit0VTdN8M?list=UUgzGkDdFTpHlLiqCCykLS9w

Resources: 

Dependency and Development in Latin America (By: Fernando H. Cardoso). (2008). In J. Roberts & A. Hite (Eds.), The Globalization and Development Reader: Perspectives on Development and Global Change (2nd ed.). Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Pub.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) [By: James Vreeland]. (2012). In F. Lechner & J. Boli (Eds.), The Globalization Reader (4th ed.). Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Children in Education

Education is a universal symbol of power. Through learning, one is told that one can achieve anything. Through education, skill, and interests, people are placed into careers, which provide means for their livelihood. Children dream of their careers from an early age, but societal pressures alter these dreams. In this presentation, data was collected from three groups of students. First, a Portland public 3rd grade class, second an after school program for minorities, and lastly, college educated students. All students were asked what they wanted to be when they grew up, and the young students even drew a picture. No matter the background, children have similar educational aspirations, but through the process of education, these aspirations change.

 

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Stop and Frisk

Have you ever been stopped and frisk by the police?

stop and frisk

 

In New York City, a neighborhood collaborated with academics, students, community leaders to produce research on how young Black and Brown men are impacted by the Stop and Frisk policy of the NYPD and here’s what they came up with.

Stop and Frisk in the South Bronx

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Good day, world!

In the coming months, the students of SOC 333 at the University of Portland are gonna be coming up with some fantastic projects!

We’ll be using this website to publish our process in studying particular forms of social inequality. More importantly, you’ll get to see how everyday people are resisting inequality in creative and inspiring ways!

For example, below you’ll see a mass mobilization of tens of thousands of Filipinos marching on the street on the day that the current Philippine President Noynoy Aquino delivered his State of the Nation address. Artist-activists spend weeks building, sculpting and painting this 50-foot effigy and by burning their art work they are displaying the fire of the Filipino people for genuine change.

Noy on fire

Stay tuned to this website, you WILL learn something!