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Give a clear and thorough analysis of the reading: Multi-local Livelihoods, Climate Change and Urban Vulnerability, by Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa.
Your analysis will consist of the following:
An introduction in which you define the 3 main concepts, as they appear in the title;
INTRO – 10 to 15 lines
The 3 terms are:
Multi-local Livelihoods
Climate Change
Urban Vulnerability
Each concept is defined and explained in the text.
The general challenge here: To define and explain the concepts as clearly as possible, and in your own words. Take ownership of what you are saying from the introduction. This is YOUR account of what the text is about. Use your words.
A first paragraph where you briefly examine each of the 4 vignettes – or mini testimonies. In order, from Box 1 to Box 4, and in no more than 3 sentences per vignette, explain how each account adds a specific perspective to the overall picture presented by the study.
PARAGRAPH 1 – ABOUT18 TO 20 LINES
For each of the 4 boxes (where specific testimonials are given to illustrate the main concepts), say BRIEFLY:
Who the testimonial is from;
The specific circumstances which make that testimonial important in the context of the study.
The testimonials are similar – but each is unique. So, you need to contrast them and find the specific detail(s) for each ‘Box’.
The general challenge here: DO NOT tell the whole story of what each ‘Box’ says. That is just repeating the text.
You need to read each box enough times to really understand what is being said. Tell yourself that there IS something different to find in each of the 4 testimonial boxes. Identify that something different and then put it in your essay.
You will be heavily penalized if you just repeat the text.
A second paragraph where you give a personal opinion on the usefulness of this study within the bigger context of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 11. [If you do not know about these SDGs you may of course briefly look them up – but please do not quote any text other than the reading you have been given and consider SDG 11 as it is defined in the reading].
Your personal opinion should be informed by your own life experience as it relates to the issues in the reading.
PARAGRAPH 2 – 8 to 10 lines
For this paragraph, think specifically about your own life experience – only in the context of what the study is dealing with. What do you personally know that can add to the importance and urgency of achieving SDG 11.
The general challenge here: DO NOT turn this paragraph into a mini-essay on the 17 SDGs. That is really not what you are asked to talk about. Simply look at the aim of SDG 11, look at the 4 boxes again, and then talk briefly about your personal experience of some of these things – either directly or indirectly. What you want to say in this section is how you, personally, think that living spaces (rural, peri-urban, urban) impact on securing livelihoods.
A third paragraph where you look at the 7 recommendations very briefly and show where solutions lie, according to the study.
If, at this stage, you have a further recommendation or opinion on how the situation can be improved for peri-urban citizens, you should add it, and state clearly that this is your opinion.
PARAGRAPH 3 – about 15 lines
Understanding the recommendations
The challenge here: The recommendations have been carefully thought out and are listed in a particular way. So, in your own words, discuss the essential content: WHO is the recommendation aimed at (who is responsible for the changes that need to be made)? Are all stakeholders equally responsible? Can the recommendations be achieved (are they realistic) in your opinion?
This study was done just before Covid-19 impacted on all countries in the world, including South Africa. In your conclusion, state whether you think the pandemic has made the situation easier by restricting movement and forcing citizens to find new solutions OR if it has made things more difficult by restricting and changing the way citizens move around.
The challenge here: This is personal input. You may feel that this conclusion is very difficult. You may wish for – and try to find – something on the web that will just give you a neat answer. Don’t do that. Really. Because there really isn’t 1 model answer for this. This paragraph is looking at your ability to evaluate a situation we are all going through, a situation which has impacted heavily on everyone’s life, in the whole world. And then write about the Covid-19 impact on a study that was undertaken before the pandemic.
IF you have worked systematically through all the sections leading to the conclusion, it will be fairly straightforward for you to give an appropriate ending to what you have said.
IT IS IMPORTANT that your essay has been spell-checked and thoroughly proofread.

 

 


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