Assignment procedures:

Students are expected to do all the related readings. Do not use the slides provided in class as references! They are only a guide for our in-class discussions!

Your answers must be typed in Times New Roman, font 12, and single-spaced.
You are allowed a maximum of one page of a Word document (not counting used bibliography/references). Exceeding pages will be disregarded. I am aware that this is not enough space to deeply delve into such complex discussions. However, we are just three individuals to grade over 100 assignments. Besides, capacity to synthesize arguments is a necessary skill one must develop in our fast pacing world.
All questions must be answered.

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Assignment

You must watch the 1st episode of the series “Sweatshop”. Bellow is the link to access it:

It is also possible to access it through your BBL, on the link “Videos of Interest” on the left of your control panel (5th link from top down).
Now, answer the following questions:

1 Quickly define Bauman’s concepts of “tourists” and “vagabonds”. Use your own words!
2 How can these metaphors shed light on the unlikely encounter between the Norwegian fashion bloggers (Anniken, Frida and Ludvig) and the workers of sweatshops? Is it likely that these people would meet anywhere else in the world?
3 Do you believe that the integration of sweatshops’ operations into the global economy and the everyday life in these sweatshops could be better explained by using other theories or concepts discussed in class? Which one(s)? Justify your answer.
4 After reading the introduction and the first chapter of “Made in Madagascar”, who amongst the various social actors and groups Andrew Welsh interviewed/observed could be seen as a “tourist” or as a “vagabond”? Justify your answer.
How do you see the author (Andrew Welsh)? What about yourself? As “tourist” or as a “vagabond”? Justify your answer.