(The Cascades, Washington State, 2019. Joseph Kimsey) My annotated biography is intended to be a representative list of different facets of my ISS journey. I’ve tried to show a diversity of opinions and outlooks within my research, but all have been crucial in my development. Some of the sources, such as Adams and Popper, have […]
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(Mt. St Helens, 2016. Joseph Kimsey) What is clear to me is that a mixed-method approach is best while researching. The quantitative approach is imperative to give weight and breadth to the research – utilizing a very small sample size of any demographic would minimize the worth of the data analyzed, indicating likely skewed results.
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(Mt Rainier, 2019. Joseph Kimsey) The climb up the mountain commences… My portfolio is essentially the work of an interested, somewhat educated person who has a fascination for the social sciences. I am especially interested in the effects of hegemony and racism, as well as media (mis)representations of certain groups and demographics. Although acquiring the
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0ZOTiIv_TQ&t=6s The above video was created for ISS 355: Portfolio Seminar in Integrated Social Sciences. Fascism is definable as an authoritarian, right-wing approach to government, relying upon nationalism, capitalism, and militarism. Fascism may span from relatively “soft” forms such as Franco’s Spain to its most murderous exponents, such as Nazi Germany (Boggs 37-80). As a framework
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBF2mOz5FwE&t=45s The above video was a presentation created for ANTH 378: Sustainability, Resilience, and Society. Climate Change is defined by NASA as “. . . a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth’s local, regional and global climates” (NASA). Although there is a vast amount of data analyzed by
(Black Swan in Konya, 2017. Joseph Kimsey). Per Karl Popper, the claim that all swans are white is falsifiable, as black swans demonstrably exist. A final paper for PHIL 362: Topics in the Philosophy of Science. Karl Popper had an overriding desire to distinguish between authentic science and pseudoscience. For Popper, Einstein had developed a
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(The Sea, 2016. Joseph Kimsey) A final paper for SOC 362: Race Relations. Part I Mythological epics largely represent the society or community in which they derive. Whether considering the Odyssey and Iliad of the Greeks, the Mahabharata and Ramayana of the Indians, the Shahnameh of the Iranians, the Arthurian romances of the British, or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWwOi17WHpE&t=7s (Watch James Baldwin’s interview on The Dick Cavett Show) A paper written for POL S 312: Survey of American Political Thought. Baldwin’s powerful essay, The Fire Next Time, is a rare instance where intellectualism of a very high order, supreme literary artistry, and
(Sunrise in the Forest, 2018. Joseph Kimsey) “It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” – Frederick Douglass. A paper written for POL S 312: Survey of American Political Thought. In his autobiographical classic, Narrative of the
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