The guidelines for your proposal:
- The proposal is worth 3 points (or 3%)
- Simply tell me:
- What are the two genocides you will discuss/compare
- What is the factor, or two factors, that you will analyze
- Your sources might change before you submit your paper, but for the proposal: What are your ideas on the 4+ sources you will use
- That’s all. Your proposal could be as simple as:
I will examine the East Timorese and Guatemalan genocides. I will focus on perpetrator propaganda, and on the lack of an international response. I will use one Chapter 11 from Jones; a book by Greg Grandin (“The Blood of Guatemala”); and two articles that I found through scholar.google.com: [title, author; title, author].
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The paper guidelines:
- 2500 words, submit in Word
Compare two genocides using one or two criteria or factors.
For example:
perpetrator propaganda;
ideology and motives;
methods of destruction;
treatment of women [or of men];
victim responses;
popular support and/or participation in the genocide,
international response (or: lack of international response)
and you are free to think of others.
You can pick two of the genocides we’ve read about & discussed; or, you may pick another one, such as Guatemala in the early 1980s or East Timor, late ’70s to late ’90s, etc.; sadly, there are many to choose from.
