Assignment: Please watch the Parts Unknown video on Porto, Portugal. It is from Season 9 and it is Episode 8. The link below will take you to the places where it is available. Note: Remember that there is a charge for these episodes unless you already have a subscription to the services (e.g., Vudu, Youtube, Amazon prime).

As you now know, the videos in this Parts Unknown series were done by Anthony Bourdain, a famous chef, travel author, and critic. They are very informative, interesting, and they give you a fantastic look at the different regions of Spain and Portugal. In my opinion, this is as close as you can come to actually visiting these places and that is why I feel so strongly about seeing as many of the episodes on this region as we can this semester.

ASSIGNMENT: What I am asking you to do is this: Take notes you watch the videos and then submit those notes in Canvas in Regional Profile 12.

People take notes differently, so it is difficult to give a length requirement. Instead, please follow the guidelines below.

IMPORTANT GUIDELINES:

1.    Think of this as a travelogue in which you are writing a journal about where you go and what you see and eat and who you meet. I also want you to make note of any CULTURAL ITEMS of interest that catch your eye, from fashion to food to interpersonal relations.

2.    Make note of important PLACES, DATES, PEOPLE, TRADITIONS, etc. from EACH PLACE THAT YOU VISIT (capoeira, etc.).  You might have to pause the video to do this part, but that is the most important part of this assigment.

3.    Prove that you watched the entire video(s) carefully by including notes from all sections of it (from beginning to end). If in doubt, add MORE details. Err on the side of caution, but use your best judgement. You do NOT need to write down everything you hear.

4.    PLEASE USE COMPLETE SENTENCES. Make sure the context and/or importance of the item is clearly stated (i.e., dont just write a random name/date/fact.)

5.    You MUST include a brief concluding paragraph outlining which place (or event) from the video you would most like to visit (or experience). It can be a city, a museum, a festival, or any other attraction.

6.    Points will be deducted for VAGUE, INCOMPLETE, UNINTELLIGIBLE, or UNREADABLE responses. This is an unstructured, fun, and easy assignment, but the onus is on you to make it readable and understandable.

7.    You are welcome to submit handwritten notes that are scanned in and attached BUT they must follow the guidelines given above. You may also type them directly into the textbox for this assignment.

8.    Finally, do not under any circumstances use parts or all of the transcript for this video as your submission. Taking notes is NOT the same as transcribing the video and you are not being asked to write down every word you hear. If you do this, I will assume you took the material from a transcript and at a minimum I will assign a zero for that grade. [This might seem harsh, but it happened seven times last semester so I want to be crystal clear about this up front.]

30 pts. Total

video link: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1BW411H7Xr?from=search&seid=2074598758532500505

Optional Companion Site: https://explorepartsunknown.com/porto/

Optional Article on the late Anthony Bourdain: https://explorepartsunknown.com/remembering-bourdain/

I am attaching a sample of how the paper format should be. My topic needs to be narrowed down to focus on 1 topic which will be the highline. I provided a copy of my topic proposal as well. Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions.

1. Find 5 research sources that you intend to utilize in writing your research paper.  They should not be the same sources utilized already in the proposed topic plan.  Instead, they should be additional sources, including the following: 
    1. one book chapter;
    2. one scholarly journal article;
    3. one report from an organizational website;
    4. one document;
    5. one news article. 
   
2. From each source, select a sentence or paragraph that you intend to incorporate into your final paper, whether by way of quotation or paraphrase.  This information should be included in the assignment.  (See Form provided.)