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  1. Mar 2018
    1. The missionaries

      conversion seems to be a new parapgraph.

    2. No description available.

      include title and citation info in the description for all images.

    3. West Africa Mission

      make a custom title and use this title as a subtitle.

      I think also that the intro needs more work to set up the structure of the book or you need to do some additional set up here--who, what, where, why.

    4. neigh

      spelling? perhaps use near impossible

    1. The cultural contacts made through religion are characterized by superiority, sympathy, and an overall objective of proselytizing.

      Good start for summary. Include another paragraph in which you set forth a statement of argument--a thesis that tells the angle and purpose of your chapter and that indicates the connections between the parts.

      You might also give some insight to your readers about how to progress through your chapter.

    2. L. & G. Seeley, Hatchard & Son, and J. Nisbet & Co.

      are these authors or publishers?

    1. Here as on other pages--be sure that you are including a statement of argument for your section. Your description and detail is very thorough--read through it and set forth in writing what kinds of insights into colonial governance this detail gives you.

    2. It summarizes the state of the the natives as being in a general state of bondage. It also details the techniques and current outcomes of developing the natives.

      bondage by whom? and developing into what?

    1. in the current system.

      this phrasing needs more in-depth explanation to bring out the ideas displayed in the sections above.

    2. One author asks a lieutenant-governor, "Do you think we can have a system of peace and tranquility, and the introduction of civilization among the natives" (34)? To which the officer replies, "decidedly not...so long as this system continues" (34).

      perhaps set off these quotations to vary the form of the text.

    3. Report on South Africa

      I'd like to see your give the information on this page more purpose by setting forth a statement of argument.--What insights does this report and these categories give?

    4. The Case of the South Africa Colony

      include author name. probably needs to go at top of text box.

    1. galegroup.comScalar URLhttp://scalar.usc.edu/works/empire-book-2018/media/reading-lesson-in-the-congo (version 1)Source URLhttp://scalar.usc.edu/works/empire-book-2018/media/pci2.jpg (image/JPEG)dcterms:titleReading Lesson in the Congodcterms:descriptiongalegroup.comView asRDF-XML, RDF-JSON, or HTML

      what is the title of this image? You need sufficient information for it to be searchable

    2. I will primarily be comparing the suggested policies with what was occurring at the time, rather than analyzing them by modern standard

      what are the terms of your analysis? See previous page-in-this-path notes

    3. the natives

      perhaps rephrase as for colonized peoples or colonized Africans, Indians, Aborigines or indigenous people in British colonies.

    1. This statement is very powerful, because it states that natives are definitely considered outsiders, and thus have no governmental power over their situation- they are simply at the mercy of the British. It is up to a group of British advocates who care for their condition, and work to improve it. The Select Committee is one of the groups who is working on their behalf.

      Page has really interesting and provocative detail. I think that from these claims, you can make a compelling thesis for your section regarding the sense of unease felt by policymakers and leaders as well as this kind of discourse of victimization

    2. The current state of British interaction has led to the following consequences on the natives:-Introduced European vices-Spread dangerous diseases-Accustomed them to hard liquor-Spread the use of dangerous European weapons-Seduction and mistreatment of native females-Reduced overall population-Impeded the spread of civilization, education, commerce, and the Christian Gospel-Introduced a “calamity” upon the nativesAnd finally, they concluded that nearly all of the negative interaction was the result of European aggression (74)

      Interesting. Is this your summation or is the list included in the text? You need to cite accordingly. You might also do some additional work with page design--you could for instance show this list in a more visually leading manner.

    3. At the start of

      ^In the conclusion of . ..

    1. Intro needs more detail--this page is your readers' first introduction to your chapter. Give more of an overview (some of the contextual info of the summary might go here--who, when, where, why) You also need to set forth your chapter's argument--what thread draws the parts togehter? what angle to your take to analyze this work? What conclusions do you draw and why are they relevant?

    1. « Back to “Background Information”

      this page and others needs a route back either to the beginning of the subpath or to the table of contents.

    2. Overall, the authors maintained that peaceful relations with natives is Britain's best course of action. The authors also had a focus on 'civilizing' native people and Christianizing them. They associated successful colonies as those that adopted British culture. 

      interesting. Are peaceful relations then associated with colonized people submitting to being ruled?

    3. They

      who?

    4. This source

      include title

    1. Again--keep your focus on the book under review. You should choose a chapter or 2 that you build your analysis of adventure on.

    1. This page seems like a digression. I would suggest starting with MK's west African adventure and then make this a subpage or a link

    2. West Africa Adventure

      include your name! If you put it in the description, it will show here. Alternatively put it at the top of this section

    1. « Back to “Empires' Involvement in West Africa”

      add a path back to the table of contents or to the intro--that is don't this page be a dead end.

    2. .

      you would want to include the database here as well.

    3. Banerjee, Jacqueline . Mary Kingsley, seated. 1893

      images should be cited in the captions. When you load your media file, add a description that includes title as well as source.

    1. For the west Africans, their civilization is defined by conflicts.

      really interesting claim. Is this the thesis for your section? How does Kingsley use this knowledge of conflict to influence her presentation of African cultures?

    2. put name on all pages you authored.

      Use paragraph breaks, include a direct quotation or 2, include images. Think of ways to design your page using some of the affordances of digital space

    1. One of the most famous topic at the late nineteenth century exploration was the South Pole

      I assume this topic is your associative link? That's fine but the page is incomplete.

    2. .

      are you quoting here? If so, please indicate where you have used exact wording from another source by using quotation marks and citations. All summaries and paraphrases need to be cited.

    3. men

      women?

    4. most Europeans thought that the native Africans were just savages with no culture.

      work on bringing out some of the complexities of this cultural interaction --go beyond this general claim and use it to better set up your discussion of Kingsley

    1. include citations.

      You might also give some insight to where she travelled and how she was received back home.

    1. By Owen Yang and Fandin Kong

      you can include images in this layout. Check out the intro to "Just Colonization" to see an example

    2. You need to include in-text citations throughout this introduction--indicate where information comes from.

      See notes in annotations about setting context and clarity. Include a summary of the selected work as well as its title.

      You need to indicate your argument/thesis for this chapter. What angle will you take in your individual sections? What is the relevance of the subsequent paths? What thread draws the parts together?

    3. T

      new paragraph?

    4. overrule the exploitation of resources under the protection of religion

      protection is perhaps not the right word.

    5. he story of West Africa

      ?

    6. Both European and African cultures are refined and evolved through their conflicts o

      not sure what this means. Rephrase for clarity. Add an agent (a subject doing the action)

    7. In the 19th century, Mary H. Kingsley traveled to the West Africa despite of the common European stereotypes on the native African cultures and habits. During her journey to the West Africa, Kingsley wrote about her experience of the native African society in great details and had particular peculiar reflections on the evolution of African civilizations

      Give specific dates, introduce the title of the work you're detailing. Remember--this page is your readers' first take on your topic and your angle--you need to set up some who, what, where, when information to situate readers.

      In this first sentence, the word "despite" is off putting--what do mean to say here?

    1. k.

      This background is too brief and specialized. Give additional publication info, what the book looks like (is it a pamplhet, a bound book?) and also perhaps a brief sentence or two of the book's topic (place, historical context, purpose) and argument to set up the summary. Remember this is the first page of your chapter--think about ways to engage your reader and set up what follows

    2. Our arguments examine the criteria for just colonization and the shortcoming seen in previous attempts of other civilizations.

      rewrite with more specifics and with a clearer indication of the analytical angle you adopt

    3. Le Bas Prize

      who awards this?

    1. This page is one big block of text. In addition to some welcome paragraph breaks, use the affordances of this digital space to organize and present your text in a visually and cognitively pleasing form. Cite summaries and paraphrases and Include images.

    2. Continue to “Introduction - Miscellaneous Information”

      in making your path less linear, it would perhaps be useful to add a path back to the table of contents or to all available pages

    3. A colony must not be independent from the mother country nor be entirely dependent on it. This ensures that the colonists aren't entirely lawless but the mother country also

      is he speaking about a specific colony or in general?

    4. He then went back 

      back where?

    5. n,

      use a colon

    1. As with other pages--use paragraph breaks, images, and make use of digital space to engage your reader visually and cognitively in your text. You could even, perhaps make this page into 2 or 3 pages on a sub path of your analysis of this chapter.

    2. In general Ward sees both methods as valid ways to colonize land without the destruction of native people. With the separation method being more practical, both allow the native people to become more civilized and technologically advanced.

      it's interesting that in these examples, justice (or justness?) seems to require a variety of gentle brutality. Perhaps? I'd like to see you build a thesis that takes an analytical angle on Ward's deliberations.

    3. ust colonization

      this term, just colonization, comes up in both of your analyses. Perhaps it should be part of the projects overall thesis and you might each identify how your individual analysis explores as aspect of this larger concept.

    4. "If at the beginning the settlers come among the natives with friendly intentions, and a determination to win their way by kindness, peace between the parties is likely to be of long continuance. But if the settlers determine upon the opposite course, and endeavour to eject by force the natives from the territory which should be regarded as their inheritance, the result will be the establishment of a reign of perpetual discord" (104).

      block and indent long qtns (use the " key in the editing window perhaps)

    5. in the beginning

      delete (del)

    6.  Ward discusses techniques for successful colonization without the elimination of the aboriginal people.

      a specific people or is he speaking generally

    1. Include images and break up this long block of text with paragraph breaks. (See note on Intro page)

    2. Ward successfully creates a blueprint for the establishment of just colonies by examining the successes and setbacks of previous colonists

      I'd like to see a thesis for this page--the summary seems to be about justice and fairness from Ward's point of view.

      Your work, then, should be to analyze and comment on Ward's deliberations of just colonization. Hence a thesis statement as well as topic sentences and commentary for individual paragraphs. For instance, you might ask why Ward compares Britain to Rome and Spain--is justness a kind of international competition or alignment?

    3. allowed then

      delete

    4. s for there to me no slavery

      typo

    5. atives colon

      needs a comma

    1. This layout looks really nice! Make the section titles give more specific insight into the content of each section.

      Also in your works cited be sure to cite these images.

    1. Include title of work as a sub title (ie use a colon after the existing title

    1. Bathurst, Gambia

      Perhaps use subtitles (in the description box) so that each of these geographical locations is linked with the topic of the page.

    2. In many ways, Mary has more trouble interacting with her own countrymen, who would prefer she had stayed at home, than she does with the female kindred spirits she meets in Africa; as a lone woman on a long journey, these interactions turn out to be very valuable.

      the detail on this page is really nicely done. You do need to build a critical framework ( an argument that incorporates the various details) How, for instance, might MG's sense of white rule and her interactions with women traders be linked or show a sense of conflicted positions?

    3. Mary gains insight into the everyday lives of African women through direct involvement.

      The quotation below show's MG's attitude. I'd like also some textual illustrations of the insights she gains into this woman's life.

    4. Interactions with African Women

      I think you might make use of Scalar's affordances by making this section into a page of its own.

      Conclude the first section and include, perhaps an associative link. You can hyperlink the page and/or make a sub-path

    1. Olivia Sayre is a freshman studying Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University.

      in comparison to Eunice's bio, yours is pretty reticent.

      Maybe add images (of yourselves, your dogs, your favorite SAGES class)

    2. Works Cited

      include info in the associative link. Include info in the author's bio --if it's from an editor's introduction, that would get a separate entry.

      Images need to be cited in captions only.

    1. This looks like a good connection. I would like to see you make the connection between your presentation of MG travels and this historical era clearer. You could also potentially add hyperlinks in the text of the essay at places that might lead to this one.

      Also you need to include in-text citations

    1. Mary likely understands that some things are best left in their natural state.

      rewrite this concluding sentence to do some work! (Avoid things and stuff) and also note that dress, customs, and religion are cultural not "natural"--important distinction in thinking about differences among people.

    2. in England.

      or Australia?

    1. Her special treatment continues when she reaches the cottage, as “[her] boys found a box for [her] to sit upon” (57). 

      it's interesting that she not only connects with Freetown women but she also in this image appears to be a lady of leisure. I think some comment on this shocking image is needed!<br> Although many male European travellers are also depicted being carried in some way or another.

    2. because he isn't pompous like the others,

      perhaps you should add a hyperlink here to the page that discusses this particular MG viewpoint.

    3. n her novel

      book.

    4. is but a hase that will pass

      spelling error?

    1. «Continue to “Axim, Ghana”

      please also give the option to return to the intro page so that the option to use the map interface is always available.

    2. It seems as if she admires colonization as the path to humility and not to assimilate two cultures.

      Nice point. Put a version of it up front in this section so that your summary is framed by a critical (analytical) lens. Try doing this kind of framing on all pages.

    3. Colonization

      include author's name on each page or both names in the instance of co-written pages

    4. Views on Education and Intelligence

      make this section into its own page and make a sub-path

    5. Liberia is one of the countries where Mary has to travel by foot, and has no hammock-boys to carry her

      interesting detail--it seems out of place after the section above. Work it in more smoothly

    6. Monrovia, Liberia

      maybe add a subtitle to the page description that indicates the topic of this page in relation to Monrovia

    1. Additionally, I think you need an introduction page before this one about the author. The intro needs to introduce the book, the occasion, the central issues of your chapter (in Scalar) and the thesis. The Section at the end of this page could be part of this intro. I love the map:) You might include some instructions for your readers about how to use it.

    2. novelists

      travellers or travel writers (novelists write fiction)

    3. Photograph of Mary Gaunt

      include citation for where you retrieved the photograph

    4. You need to include in-text citations for all paraphrases and summaries--Hence throughout this page, you should identify your source.

  2. Dec 2017
    1. You have a lot going on in these two paragraphs. They need some unpacking and clearer organization.

      You focus on non-linear narrative: note that interactive and non-linear are not synonymous. Why is non linearity relevant?

    1. Try to keep your argument focused and limited. How for instance, does this moment of clarity on the ride contrast or intervene on the tangle of threads that compose this work?

    1. It would be useful to add summaries of these academic discussions. Additionally, you might set up your own discussion as another viable alternative and include a thesis that sets the reader up.

    1. Use paragraph breaks and perhaps subheadings here. I'm confused if the the actual crime was accidental or intentional.

    1. The works were published over a large range of time: "my body" was published in 1997 by Shelley Jackson, "12 Blue" was published in 1996 by Michael Joyce, and "The Brain Drawing the Bullet" was published in 2014 by Allan Trotter.

      This sentence can be concisely combined with the one above naming the 3 works.

    1. they’ll actually get the information they weren’t expecting such as the kind of books that have been inside of the author’s private parts.

      phrasing?

    1. Use paragraph breaks to break up this giant block of text!

      Also annotating this image would be a good way to demonstrate your summary of how the narrative works

    1. Independently, each of these paragraphs make great points but they seem unconnected overall. I'd like to see a clearer connection between the paragraphs on this page. How for example do your claims about identity and objects relate or connect to the examples of social pressures in paragraph 2?

    2. girl’s

      woman?

    1. ome requiring intuitive reasoning, and some focusing on explicit behavioral understanding

      these terms, as well as implicit and explicit learning, need to be defined so that they better serve your argument

    1. Love the inset at the bottom of the page--it does need a citation in the text--where is from? Who made it?

      Last sentences on page seem unconnected to theothers

  3. Nov 2017
    1. amnet, n

      ? Define This is a typo?

    2. this seems to be the end of a path. Give choice to go back to table of contents, works cited, or another path

    3. .

      This is good--extend with an example and perhaps a suggestion about how this confused identity (socially ascribed) gives us some insight into how this "disorder" or condition is integrated into everyday life

    4. So when these two distinct characteristics are combined,

      identify

    5. still page 241?

    1. that mirror neurons

      a lack of mirror neurons?

    2. all

      many

    3. Good line of discussion--you could break it up into a sub paths from "The Neurology behind it"(not required but one way to use some of Scalar's design features)

    1. Good points here. You might also include some specifics from the chapter--quotations, Sacks's analysis--to show how Stephen's Identity becomes linked with his savantism

    2. .

      needs in-text citation for summaries

    3. s.

      does this claim suggest that Stephen's identity is in the past--in recall rather than in the present moment? That's thought-provoking.

    1. Why is the screen split in two halves? How does the player interact with the two scenes? Is the game visually geared to a cell phone?

    1. ts ludic mechanics,

      not enough of an introduction to this aspect (outside of comment in previous paragraph)

    2. Both of these play styles, in essence, are searches for the truth, and in this embodies the mission of the main character as he challenges the corrupt and flawed system he works within, and tries to save his friend Edgeworth from his own crooked ways.

      nice point

    3. P

      paragraph break--make use of white space

    1. novel 

      novels are fiction. TTB is a book or a study (sort of)

      Also use paragraph breaks and white space here--explore some of the capabilities of design.

      I think a linked page bringing this mirror neuron info back to bear on Temple's case would be really key--

      Also, no one has written about her work in the livestock industry and her profound feelings of empathy for the livestock going to slaughter. As well as her imaginative engineering to design facilities to lesson the animals fear. I think you could valuably write about this topic (even briefly with another paragraph) and include some images of her design.

    1. Megan Arumpanayil

      please put your name at the top of the page.

      Also, if would be very interesting to have a linked page in which you demonstrate public confusion over autism diagnoses. Maybe an image, an excerpt from a video, a cartoon. or even a passage from Sacks.

    2. , hence the establishment of a spectrum to organize constancies between the different varieties. 

      sounds awkward--perhaps write so health practioners use a spectrum to . . . . and a semi-colon before "hence"

    1. In her discussion with Sacks, Temple discusses her childhood and how when she was in school, she desperately wanted to make friends but 

      Some of this sounds like an earlier page by Sam. I wonder if you might consider a different aspect of her identity--perhaps her high intelligence or on the social aspect, think about the hug machine--it's fascinating how she manages to invent a machine to mimic human affection. Some research explores how embrace and touch releases necessary endorphins

    1. I think it's really important here--perhaps as a thread leading from this page--to think about her incredible empathy for the livestock--this fellow feeling in key to her success as an engineer.

    1. Having a clearer argument or purposefulness here and in the chapter intro will help to make this page even more compelling.

      Include page numbers for all summaries from Sacks

    2. She had the ability live in her own world and block out any outside noises at an extreme level.

      Great summary and ideas in this paragraph--you might further consider here how Temple's symptoms give us some insight into how non-autistic people manage the world's chaos

    1. Perhaps Sacks illusion of a relationship with Stephan was just a reaction of treating Stephen as a friend.

      I think this claim is important but it's not clear what you're saying--try rephrasing.

    2. Oliver

      Sacks

    3. I don't love the double spacing. See if you can take that out in the HTML if you're familiar with it or strip the formatting in word and then re-paste it. If you cannot do this, you will not be penalized.

    1. when this path ends give us the option to go back to the table of contents, to the next subheading or to the works cited.

    2. paragraph breaks. Changes in font, bold, : play with design!

    1. Thus, while Stephen’s outstanding artistic talent can be acknowledged, his inability to communicate with language and establish emotional connections ultimately shape and limit his personal and social identity and the path of his future.

      Might you argue that his art becomes a way of communication or of connection with others?

    1. utistic Savan

      Include title and description in the caption. Description should indicate source. You do this citing in the media file page when you upload or import the image. Then it shows up on the page.

    2. s,

      needs citation

    1. Within this chapter, there will be a keen focus on the case of Franco Magnani, a man who is sometimes referred to as the “Memory Artist”, but also a man who is believed to be suffering from temporal lobe epilepsy.

      You need a much more thorough summary of the chapter and a set up for what your group focuses on in your Scalar chapter

    2. Intro: Psychic Seizures and The Memory Artist

      put this page on the first one along with the contents of this chapter--otherwise readers have no guide for how to navigate those chapters

      You might also eplain how readers can navigate the chapters that follow and what they'll find

    1. B

      number these so they're more distinct or use html to insert hanging indents on the second lines.

    1. l).

      You might valuably include another paragraph on meaningfulness-- how do we define this term? Are these artists' works meaningful for others? Do they give others a unique or novel way of seeing a place or a context? Build on this idea and make this good start do more work.

    1. re.

      what are his current surroundings? What does he remember?

      Also need an image and an option to path back to the intro.

    2. Frank Jackson

      who is he?

    3. goes describing

      typo

    1. She found them repetitive in nature, which then focused later on her identity, and how that is perceived as the bigger picture.

      This connection between hallucinations and identity is interesting but undeveloped. What is at issue here?

    2. This follows in connection to Franco Magnani’s repetitive nature of painting Pontito and obsessing over Pontito, this elaborates on his true identity that the seizures brought out within him.  

      Include a more detailed example from the Sacks' chapter

    1. .

      I'm not sure what you're getting at in this paragraph. Rework it so that the first sentence indicate the topic and purpose in a straightforward way. You might also include a vivid example (quotation, summary, paraphrase) from the chapter to demonstrate what you're getting at here.

    2. .

      this is interesting! But you need evidence from the case study to show Franco's feelings of CD.

    3. is in a clear state of

      ^feels

    4. this

      what does this refer to? Include a noun.

    1. al Lobe and Plasticity

      page just returns to the last page--give an option to return to the table of contents or to go a new path.

    2. It would make sense if Magnani suffered from this type of epilepsy, for it fits with how was able to see three-dimensional models of Pontito when these areas of his brain became overactive.

      include textual detail. What about Franco's case supports this diagnosis? Include some evidence

    3. (Kuzniecky, et al).

      use page numbers with all in -text citations. You might also use lead ins for smoother presentation.

    4. Use parapgraph breaks, images, subheadings. If you can take out the double space, that would be good--if not it's ok.

    1. ature of TLE allows for these connections to be continuously restrengthened due to the plasticity of the brain.

      make this long block of a paragraph into two or three and guide your reader through it -- you seem to want to focus on memory so make that clear

    2. and produce

      which produces? or which can produce?

    1. This introduction is great!

    2. The links below are placeholder for your chapters! You can edit them by changing the titles and turning them into splash pages!

      Hey Professors! Write a better introduction, please.

    1. nil Nayak, Dominic Barandica, and Jeanne Lee

      post bios in about the authors page. You can hyperlink each of your names to take you to that page

    1. Too much text and not enough white space or images. Try to use the features of the platform to organize and present your ideas.

      Perhaps break this page up into a sub path --dividing it up in to discrete topics/sections At the end of the path you can have it return to the main path of the chapter.

      (Tags also work like paths although they're not numbered)

    1. His peers in the temple, however, believed that Greg had reached an astonishing degree of spiritual enlightenment, going so far as to aspire to achieve a similar attitude and detachment from the material world (44).

      This would be a great place to add a digression about connections between spiritual enlightenment and brain disorders or alternatively about the temple where Greg worshiped. (Maybe a hyperlink to another scalar page?)

  4. Apr 2017
    1. note that Mary Sheldon (an analysis of her book is included in our Scalar book) specifically details how during her travels, she was able to get to know women and children in East Africa

    2. looked down upon from a pedestal

      actually, they were placed on a pedestal and looked up to.

    1. Instead of working to educate the natives, provide them with resources, and free them from slavery, the missionaries work to ‘civilize’ the natives.

      interesting distinction!

    1. This lends some credence to the idea of natives as being "savage," as even their children's first reaction to a problem is violence. I

      I'm not so convinced by this claim. Many people who are being abused seek to retaliate regardless of their race.

    1. he introduction of Christianity to these native people was good, as it allowed them to move toward being a more civilized society.

      thesis?

    2. contained natives

      Phrasing sounds very awkward. Perhaps encountered peoples living in these lands? It might even be more effective to leave out these general sentences at the beginning and instead begin specifically with your text.

    1. Interesting play you set up here between reshaping Guyanese culture by changing the physical structure of their dwellings and their routines.