Ethnicity, History and Globalization
(PARTICIPATION NOT COUNTED AFTER THURSDAY, MARCH 8TH)
(PARTICIPATION NOT COUNTED AFTER THURSDAY, MARCH 8TH)
***Participation Opportunity (5 points submission/5 points comment)***
We all have a story, a biography shaped by our family's history, that makes us who we are and has allowed us to be in this sociology course together. Using two surnames (last names) with the link below, the Worldnames tool will track your family name(s) to a specific region of origin. Clicking on a region will show you where your names are most common. You can also zoom into specific regions for a more detailed location.
http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org
After you search your family name, tell us a little bit about what you found and how your position today is an outcome of your family's history. Use the concepts of the sociological imagination, ethnicity, assimilation, identity and migration to help us understand what you learned by mapping some of your family names. Sometimes the map might reveal things about you; other times, the map might be missing important details or insights. You are welcome to discuss both as long as you do a good job of connecting those ideas to concepts from sociology mentioned above.
Submit your findings in the GoogleForm below (5 points):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDJ0d3FPQk1YR2ZrMjBQanFjQ3JrZ3c6MQ
Place a comment about your finding on Reddit and comment on someone's post about what you found, what you thought was interesting, etc on the thread (5 points):
http://www.reddit.com/r/OUSociology/comments/q7osd/world_names_locator_participation_ethnicity/
