Weekly Application 10 – 07262021
https://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/waterwarriors/video-water-warriors/ (Links to an external site.) – available for free streaming on the PBS website
https://lfcc.kanopy.com/video/water-warriors (Links to an external site.) – if you’re having trouble accessing your Kanopy videos, see the library help guide, https://lfcc.libguides.com/kanopy (Links to an external site.)
After watching the short film, Water Warriors, answer the following questions:
Characterize the potential environmental disruptions as either environmental injustice or the treadmill of production. Explain your reasoning.
Which theory of collective behavior is most supported by one of the activists discussion of a “culture of resistance” – contagion theory or emergent norm theory? Explain.
Explain the type of social dilemma residents of New Brunswick attempt to address? Public Goods or Tragedy of the Commons?
Is the activism in the film reflective of a progressive or regressive social movement? Explain your answer.
Ferris, K. & Stein, J. (2020). The real world: an introduction to sociology (7th ed.). New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Premo, M. (Director). (2017). Water Warriors [Video file]. New Day Films. https://lfcc.kanopy.com/video/water-warriors (Links to an external site.)
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