1. I really found myself appreciating many of the topics our peers shared this past week. One thing I found myself noticing was being able to make connections across different posts or subjects. The media element Samantha shared on religious diversity, for instance, brought up the notion of integration when combatting religious stereotype threats. This pairs along with some of the arguments Bogost raised when sharing the various perspective he and his colleagues had on distinguishing integration with diversity. Similarily it also touched on the idea of embracing valuable differences which were overlapping themes between Aaron, Dominique, and Mikayla’s post. The general message each author argued for was in taking the time to learn from others and embrace the differences we all share. Whether that be in one’s disability, educational or experiential intelligence, or the perceptional age and influence from minority populations, all three articles respectively umbrella under the same goal. Like many of the other canon articles and media links shared, I gained valuable insight in expanding my line of thinking opening up targeted groups and larger, untapped audiences.
3. Bogost starts his argumentation with a particular and relatable but problematic situation at the airport involving the university professor Webb to create an interesting and intelligible beginning to the topic of discriminatory environments in technological fields. Here, he uses quotes to zoom out the specific situation and to identify the problems in a bigger picture that have been created by the non-representative Tech industry. After that, he puts the focus on some approaches in that area to ameliorate the issues in diversity. For the link between the individual paragraphs, the author applies transitional connectors into the syntactical structures like “even though” or “but” for a better reading flow and to maintain coherence between the different passages. Besides that, he includes various opinions of other experts, giving them a voice to substantiate his reasoning. Webb also plays a role throughout the argumentation to generate a connection between the anecdote of the beginning and the passages. Giving her point of view, the article ends by pointing out the general problems of Computing in the Tech industry.
I too appreciated all the posts I’ve read this past week on the canon. Making connections between all of them even though they were about different things really stood out to me and showed how diversity can be incorporated in many aspects. As for the second question, I feel that your analysis of transitions in the Bogost article is spot on. He uses many syntactical structures throughout his writing that really helps the flow of the article and helps develops his ideas even further.
I agree, it seems our central idea for the canon was highlighting the differences of each individual and what they can offer to a group. Every minority faces some level of discrimination but it is imperative to bring awareness to this issue and helps communities become more inclusive places. As for the second question I also believe that the way you highlight the words and phrases used by Bogost to indicate a transition helped the readers connect each central idea to the main topic of the passage.
Right–part of the value of looking at how your classmates approach the same assignment is seeing the range of topics under consideration. This can spark new ideas for you, open up new ways of thinking, and give you more questions to consider, all of which further your own research process. Glad to see you all engaged in that work.