Evaluation Title: Discourse Communities

Before starting research project it is imperative to recognize your discourse community. This will lead you to suitable places to conduct your research and will assist you in communicating with your audience in a language that they recognize and relate to.

To complete this assessment, consider the discourse communities or groups of people with whom you share common interests. Consider the individuals that discuss topics important to the group.

· List all learning and social discourse communities that you are member of.

Respond to the questions below in an essay that provides an analysis of your discourse communities.

· What topics of discussion, issues, problems, or concerns keep these communities together? What constitutes new knowledge for your group? Is it created experimentally, through discussion, or through a combination of these two and other methods?

· How would you characterize the kinds of language which each of these communities use? Is it formal, informal, complex, simple, and so on? How are the community’s reasons for existence you listed in the first question reflected in their language?

· When you entered into the community, did you have to change your discourse, both oral and written, in any way, to be accepted and to participate in the discussions of the community?

· Does your community or group produce any written documents? These may include books, professional journals, newsletters, and other documents. What is the purpose of those documents, their intended audience, and the language that they use? How different are these documents from one community to the next?

· How often does a community you belong to come into contact with other intellectual and discourse groups? What kinds of conversations take place? How are conflicts and disagreements negotiated and resolved? How does each group adjust its discourse to hear the other side and be heard by it?

Validate your statements and opinions with supporting evidence (citations and references) in APA form.

The health of individuals plays an integral role in the effectiveness of health systems. Many countries spend a substantial portion of their national income on their health system, yet still have major gaps in effectiveness and efficiency.After reading this week’s chapters and reviewing the PowerPoints and websites provided, please respond to the following (700-900 words, citation and reference in APA format):

• What is a health system and what are the main functions of a health system?
• Provide at least two examples of a health system.
• What are the main features of universal health care and what measures can low- and lower middle-income countries take to achieve universal healthcare over time?

What is culturally-responsive design?

In this discussion post, we will respond to the two readings on Culturally-Responsive Design (CRD).

This week’s reading includes two chapters from designer Senongo Akpem’s Cross-Cultural Design (Links to an external site.) . (Links to an external site.) In chapter 2, Akpem defines 5 principles of Culturally Responsive Design for us to consider. In chapter 5, “Culturally-Responsive Experiences,” Akpem provides a suite of material design elements to consider, when designing for cultural flexibility.

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To develop a shared understanding of Akpem’s Culturally-Responsive Design, read chapters 2 and 5 and respond to the following prompts:

1) What are Akpem’s 5 principles of CRD? How do you see them intersecting with prior frameworks or concepts?

The five principles of CRD according to Senongo Akpem is embracing cultural immersion, researching creative communities, working with experts, questioning assumptions, and prioritizing flexibility. (Akpem et al. 2020) Akpem states that cultural immersion and researching creative communities can be achieved by immersing yourself with the culture that you are designing for, which can be done by reading the literature of the target culture, attending local events, media consumption of cultural depictions, visiting cultural centers and neighborhoods where target audiences live and work. Thirdly, working with experts will be necessary to provide the knowledge that’s necessary to act as a buffer between the audience and your content. Along with cultural immersion can come biases, stereotypes and assumptions of cultures and ideas so it’s important to strategically document them, state your biases out loud for discussion, and turn the assumptions into questions. Lastly, Akpem explains that prioritizing yourself with a “flexible, shareable artifact that can be tested, discussed and iterated” (Akpem et al. 2020) is imperative.

Akpem, S., & Small, C. (2020). Chapter 2. Principles of Cross-Cultural Design. In Cross-cultural design. essay, Jeffrey Zeldman.

1. Which core design system elements surprised you? Write about some things you personally learned from this chapter.

2. Find a culturally-responsive design, and

I. Write about what about this design makes it culturally responsive. Cite extensive examples, screen shots, language, etc

II. How do you think it could be improved based on any prior concepts or frameworks we have learned so far?

Please provide citations/page numbers for your sources of evidence.

General a short informal report in which you respond to these prompts