Tourism turns local people and places into consumer goods, changing the balance of global and local. For local people and places, tourism often brings global goods but comes at the expense of local goods. The objective of this week’s assignment is to understand the ways tourism transforms local people and places.

(1) Choose one of the places Pico Iyer visits in Video Night in Kathmandu.

Describe two ways international travel and tourism have transformed that place – a physical transformation and a human (social or cultural) transformation.

(2) Now “visit” the same place, either using Google Maps Street View, a travel video from YouTube, or a combination of the two. (Feel free to enhance your visit with a Google Image search, etc.) What evidence do you see today of the same two transformations?

(3) Finally reflect on your observations. Are these transformations you and Pico Iyer witnessed good or bad for the local place and people? Articulate one way they are good and one way they are bad.

Directions:

For this Discussion, you will examine couple/family sessions requiring assessment and intervention, as well as exploring the challenges couple/family sessions might include.

Post a brief description of three symptoms/cues observed in a couple/family session that may require assessment and intervention beyond the scope of a couple/family session and explain why. Then, explain how you, as a helping professional, might take the next steps with the individual who requires additional assessment and intervention. Finally, explain any challenges of continuing working with the couple/family once an individual requires concurrent treatment.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources.

Gurman, A. S., Lebow, J. L., Snyder, D. K. (2015). Clinical handbook of couple therapy. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

Aymer, S.R. ( 2008). Adolescent Males’ coping responses to domestic violence: A qualitative study. Children & Youth Services Review, 30, 654–664.

• Chapter 14, “Couple Therapy for Partner Aggression”
• Chapter 22, “Couple Therapy and Depression”
• Chapter 23, “Couple Therapy and Medical Issues”

*Typed Essays:

Essays have the potential to reveal students’ abilities to identify, create, reason, analyze, synthesize, understand, and evaluate the course material. Essays are used for the advantages they can offer the student.

Additional student learning outcomes that can guide student learning:

• The capacity for critical and logical thinking
• Skills in reading, writing, and speaking
• A sociological and historical perspective and an understanding of AmericanDiversity

• An appreciation of the complexity and variety in the world’s cultures
• An understanding of society and human behavior across interconnectedeconomies, cultures, and identitiesIf you think education is expensive—try ignorance—Derek Bok Things to consider when writing and typing your essaysBecause I am asking you to write and type one page essays you must write with clarityand conciseness. Below is an illustration of how to organize the length of the essays to fit on one page:Title:Catchy short titles can entice the reader in amazing ways!Introduction:
  1. Introduce your topic in an interesting way (two sentences)
  2. Provide a brief explanation of any theory/concept/topics of diversity (two sentences)
  3. Include a clear purpose statement (you should include a literature review) (three sentences)
  1. Provide a rationale for why your topic is important to study of diversity. Cite a source or sources (one sentence)
  2. What have other researchers asked about your topic’s importance? About the value of diversity in society? (two sentences)

  Preview the structure/main points of the essay (this is your transition into the body of your paper).Body:

  1. Have a clear organization pattern for your main points about diversity. Two is a good number of main points for this length paper. Consider using subheadings. (three sentences)
  2. Discuss the readings/articles or other outside sources that fit within your main point about diversity. Include the basics of the sources such as the type of study, data collection methods, and major findings if applicable. (two sentences)
  3. Develop a clear transition into the next main point. Consider how the next topic fits with the previous topic and your own understanding of diversity. (one sentence)
  4. Repeat this pattern until your main points have been fleshed out, make sure to include policy issues and solutions to real-world social and cultural problems (two sentences)

Your Socioautobiography assignment is due this week.

The purpose of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to apply the sociological imagination to your everyday life and to illustrate the complexities and value of your own intersectionality. To do so, that have a broad impact on the socio-cultural structures within which you live. In this assignment, you will reference appropriate Course Objectives (COs) that relate to your Socioautobiography. You can find the COs in this course listed in the Syllabus and in the weekly objectives. This assignment can be related to any and all of the COs.

The Socioautobiography is a reflective paper that allows you the opportunity to explore the interconnections between biography (a slice of someone’s life), the social structure, and culture. In preparation for this paper, please read the Socioautobiography Guidelines posted in the Files section of the Course for detailed assignment instructions and the grading rubric.

Don’t forget to submit your assignment.

Assignment: Journal Entry–From Margin to Center

It can be uncomfortable to realize that you have come either from a place of oppression or privilege. Individuals seldom use these terms to describe themselves or others. However, oppression and privilege impact every aspect of people’s lives. As you consider your own place in society, consider your emotional attachment to where you see yourself within these social constructs. Consider the assumptions made about you based on how you look, the clothes you wear, or the car you drive.

Complete journal entry template according to the instructions.

*Template is attached*