Timeline+UNIV-391+Fall+2014

Rough Timeline - Activities subject to change. Please check 48 hours before class.

Sept 22, Monday: Personal Introductions, Introduction of Focus Groups. Sept 24, Wednesday: Introduction and Focus Groups (1) Kofi Annan's Astonishing Facts Kofi Annan's Astonishing Facts (2) Millennium Development Goals Report. [] Please go to reports and download the 2010 report, which is 80 pages. Please read the intro, and each heading and look at the statistics of each graph.
 * __Week 1__**

__Monday, September 29: More organization of groups__ (1) Gapminder on TED and see the Video [] if this doesn't work, try TED talk on the Gapminder website (2) Visit Gapminder [], Make one graph animation, and bring a printout to talk to your group about. (3) How Development Efforts Fail __[]__ 4)Frustrations in Ebola assistance
 * __Wk__****__2__**
 * Intro to International Development**

__Wednesday, Oct. 1:__ __Class Discussion:__ Millemium Goals, HDI Gini Coefficient New Poverty Index. (1) [|http://www.economist.com/node/16693283#footnote1] Read about the Multidimensional Poverty Index in the Economist. (2) MPI: [] Look at the graph at the beginning of this article, Find DR, Congo, and Guatemala, and glance through the Introduction and conclusion, read last paragraph of conclusion (3) USA Wealth Gap: Bill Moyers Video

Project Website to be evaluated starting Midnight, Saturday, October 4 - problem statement, group members, contact information, resources, picture of your group having fun. See websites from classes past for templates.


 * __Wk 3__** This week: Don't throw anything away - self intervention.

Midnight, Saturday, Oct. 4, initial website evaluation

__Oct. 6__ Monday: Talk by Sean Michetti, Peace Corps Recruiter. __Class Discussion__: Concept of international development __Preparation for Class__: Read Five papers: (1) //Sachs// “Can extreme poverty be eliminated?” [] (2) //Easterly,// “A Modest Proposal: Economic Possibilities for our time”: [] (3) //Bageant//, “On international development” [] (4) “To Hell with Good Intentions” [] (5) Pete's

__Oct. 8 Wednesday HW__ (Book Reports on Maya Culture), Start 1st 5 minute presentations (1) Read: – Be prepared to answer the question, "What caused the famine?" What are the take away messages of this article? (2) Advancements in Maternal Health effectiveness depending on the external environment (ie-Country) [] (3) When Good Aid Goes Bad [|http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22380448/ns/world_news-africa/t/examples-failed-aid-funded-projects-africa/#.U5cUeK1dUro]

Oct. 13, Monday (book Reports on Colonialism and Collapse of Society), More 1st Group Presentations Readings on Neocolonialism: (1) Interview with John Perkins (Audio interview can be found: [], Additionally, he has his own website at []. (2) Sorry for Syphilis: [] (3) “50 Years is Enough” Network. Please look it up on the web, and find out what they are advocating. (4) Guatemala’s 36-year war: [] (5) Politics and how important it is to train leaders rather than just put them in power __ [] __ (6) Please don't forget to read the papers of your colleagues on__ The book list __
 * __Wk 4__**

Oct. 15, (Book Reports on Neocolonialism) Wednesday – Student Readings on other Solutions, Finish 1st Presentations. Alcenat Honorat comes to second half of class to talk to anyone who wants to talk about Haiti. (1) . Pete finds this article frustratingly difficult to read, yet it has a beautiful message making the frustration worth it. Ferguson goes through different stake holders and unravels what we thing should be done by different people. This is also frustrating when we realize that it isn't easy. In the end, however, he does say that yes, there is something that you can do - see if you can find this message. (2) (3) Please don't forget to read the papers of your colleagues on __ The book list __

Oct. 20 Monday (Book Reports on Struggles of the People), more reading on smaller solutions (1) Lauren Wilcox: Designing New Technologies for a Better Life: [] (1) Empathy in Design [] -empathy in design leads to problem solving (2) Paul Polak: a) 12 Steps ([]) b) See the 12 steps video: [] c) Read the “Don’t Bother Trilogy”: [] (3) Begin Self-Intervention discussion. "I can't do that!" => "what would have to change for that to happen?" (4) Please don't forget to read the papers of your colleagues on __ The book list __
 * __Wk 5__**

Oct. 22, Wednesday – Book Reports on the people and the forest. Read: (1) Read (2) PAKSBAB Pakistan Straw Bale Homes (3) Cal Straw Bale Home Builders (4) read the papers of your colleagues on __ The book list __
 * Mark Phillips** talks about building load-bearing straw bale homes in Pakistan.

Oct. 27, Monday: Book Reports on Some Perspectives on AID (1) Pete's (2) read the papers of your colleagues on __ The book list __ (3) __ Joe Biden on developing Latin America __
 * __Wk 6__** (Interventions, AID)

Oct. 29, Wednesday: Book Reports about Development: Roger Visits Class!! (1) Please Read The CIA Fact Book on Guatemala and D.R. Congo; [] (2) Read about Working Villages and in particular read the R&D page to see their development model. (3) read the papers of your colleagues on __ The book list __ Second Project Website to be evaluated starting Midnight, Saturday, November 1 - problem statement, group members, contact information, resources, picture of your group having fun. See websites from classes past for templates.

ADDITIONALLY - please check main page, as you may be giving a presentation next Monday. If you need to change days, please contact a group from another day and see if you can trade with them.

ADDITIONALLY - before Midnight Saturday, November 1, please send Steph: steph@journeymaninternational.org an Email reporting how things are going in your group: - is everyone pulling their weight? Are there any interesting conflicts? Is it productive? Are you learning lots? This doesn't have to be a long report - it can be one or two sentences if there's nothing interesting, but all is good. The issue is that if there is any difficulty, we'd like to know so we can work on it together.

Nov. 3, Monday: Book Reports on Working with People, //Second Presentations and Discussions:// Disabilities (Blindness), family planning, maternal care, famine, Solar Cookers Some Reading: (1) [] (See both videos at the bottom of the website) YouTube of Charcoal Briquette Making. (2) Stakeholder Analysis of, S. Frayne. Distinguish Importance from Influence (3) Conduct a stakeholder's analysis of "Fuel in the Fields" using this. (4) (5) read the papers of your colleagues on __ The book list __
 * __Wk 7__**
 * Log into the ** Self Intervention Page ** Write what you plan on doing. **

Nov. 5, Book Reports on Design and Appropriate Technology, //Second Presentation:// swimming lessons, menstruation huts, sanitation, chocolate in africa, collaborative education model (1) LED lighting: Nobel Prize and Game Changer in Global South (2) (3) Homework on Stake Holders for your project such as the Bamboo Project did with their @Stake Holder Analysis (4) read the papers of your colleagues on __ The book list __ Meeting next Wednesday, Nov. 12 at the Student Experimental Farm. Please see for directions. You may want to coordinate rides with others in the class.

Nov. 10, Monday: Book reports on Micro Lending and Business Solutions. //Second Presentation:// Pacific Islands, coffee in Haiti, aquaponics in Tanzania, Haitian Deforestation and Aid Model, Natural Building, Natural disasters Some Reading: (1) (2) please see video Muhammad Yunus’s Nobel Documentary (3) read the papers of your colleagues on __ The book list __ Meeting Wednesday at the Student Experimental Farm. Please see for directions. You may want to coordinate rides with others in the class. (4) Guidelines to kickstarter video.
 * __Wk 8__**

Nov. 12, Wednesday:


 * MEET AT THE STUDENT EXPERIMENTAL FARM Wednesday, Nov.12. We will have a regular class there with one group presentation, Panel Discussion, and Quiz... and a Role Play. As I asked before - Please walk there if you have no other means. People with cars, please leave at 10 after and pick up your classmates on the way. Thanks! People with Bikes - bike! Map to SEF **

Meeting today at the Student Experimental Farm. Please see for directions. You may want to coordinate rides with others in the class. There will still be a reading quiz. Book reports on (more) Micro Lending, Wheel Chair Role-play. Some More Reading: (1) Read about wheelchairs in Zambia: (2) read the papers of your colleagues on __ The book list __

Nov. 17 (1) (2) read the papers of your colleagues on __ The book list __
 * __Wk 9__**

Nov. 19, Wednesday Book Reports on innovative design (1) read the papers of your colleagues on __ The book list __ (2) See video about Guateca

Nov. 24, Monday: Book Reports on Reinventing Ourselves (1) Please see Story of Stuff Video (2) Please see ** Permaculture at Pete's ** (3) Please read ** Article about me in the Mustang News ** (4) Please bring in your (5) Guateca, an after action review.
 * __Wk 10__**

Nov. 26, Wednesday: (Holiday)

Dec. 1, Monday: Prepare for final exam and final presentations Please see this video Summarizing what we've learned?
 * __Wk 11__**

Wednesday Dec. 3 __Final Exam, Discussions.__ __Course Evals__ __Prepare for final Potluck__

Websites will be graded after midnight, Saturday night, Dec. 13th. Please send Email to pschwart@calpoly.edu before then indicating how things in your group went.
 * __Finals Week, Wednesday Dec 10, 1:00 PM:__** Potluck Dinner, Give Final Presentations.