Category: Information ethics

Please research and respond to the work of SF based AfroBrazilian samba group “FOGO NA ROUPA” and specifically the bio, participation, and intentions of founder Carlos Aceituno. You can look through El Tecolote Archives for any stories about him and FOGO. 
Material: Guillermo Gomez Peña, Amalia Ortiz, Mayda del Valle, Pedro Pietri
Descriptive Section: What is the community / neighborhood where the performance took place? What is the physical description of the site? The atmosphere? Can you tell the make-up of the intended audience or community that the performance connects with? 
Analytical Section: What is the performer(s)’s skill level? Were you able to identify any narratives or discourse relating to themes? In your opinion, how successful was the performance in conveying its points to the community? Does the community (or others) respond in any way? How? Can you identify any central challenges and/or obstacles that the performer had to face? Can you identify key components and positive elements? 
Critical Section: You must engage other course material: What aspects of the course work, discussions, and readings, including foundational readings and plays, can you relate to these performances? 
Personal Connection Section: What is your personal relationship to the work these cultural venues do? What do you have in common with the work they do? What is new to you? What perceptions did you have going into the community service work? How were those perceptions changed, or not? What have you learned that you didn’t know before or expect?

Research projects can focus on any topic related to themes or issues related to environmental ethics, including sustainable business, environmental health, animal rights, wilderness preservation, fracking, bottled water, global warming, vegetarianism, mass extinction, environmental justice, the Anthropocene, ecofeminism, zoos, fast fashion, and more. Your paper must analyze your chosen topic, and you must use references to support your analysis. 
When writing your paper, keep in mind these guidelines: 
Content: Make sure you compose clear and comprehensible statements. Make sure that there is an overarching theme, position, or argument that your paper is expressing. You must include some class readings as well as materials from outside of class (e.g., books, articles). Websites are acceptable references, but your bibliography should not be composed of mostly or entirely websites. Whether using few sources or many, you should express a thorough and critical engagement with your research materials. This is not an opinion paper, although you are allowed to refer to your perspective (and allowed to say “I” and “me”). 
Relevance: Papers must explicitly address themes or topics relevant to class. Make sure to address some environmental issue(s) from the perspective of ethics. Do not focus only on scientific information regarding your topic.