2 Essay : Part 1: 3 pages Part 2 : 1 page
Sources :
https://www.eater.com/21551108/boba-milk-bubble-tea-explained-how-to-order
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/taiwan-bubble-tea-origins/index.html
Part I. Analytical essay, 3 pages, double-spaced with citations and bibliography. Directions:
First, read the article “Chronicles of a Bubble Tea Addict” in the attached pdf.
Then, do research about boba focusing on its history in Asia and its global spread. Your analysis, based on the given article and your research, requires you to apply the “Four Global Competencies” of this course (below) as the frame of your paper format to analyze the article and the globalization of boba. In your “resources” list, please indicate the sources you consider qualified as an “academic” source and why.
Here are the four Global Competencies to review for Part 1 of the Final Exam Essay.
1) Describe basic cultural differences and similarities in the Asian/Pacific rim area based on distinct foodways. 2) Demonstrate the importance of trade, social class, and cultural diffusion in the region through the specific example of distinct foods or cuisines.
1) The concept ‘diffusion’ is specifically used in this course to mean the spread of a commodity along a trade route before the concept of national boundaries arose in the modern era.
2) The concept “diffusion and transformation” is used to indicate the spread of a type of food WITHIN a
specific culture and how it transforms over time, including its taste and appearance, rituals associated with it, who uses it, how it is used, etc.
3) Demonstrate an understanding regarding the process of globalization through the transculturation of Asian food. The concept ‘transcultural’ (across cultures) is used in this course to mean the introduction of a food from one culture to another across ‘national boundaries’ in the modern era. In that way it is similar to diffusion. The subsequent new transformation of an introduced food is called “neoculturation.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transculturation)
4) Demonstrate an understanding of global interconnections by describing a “food” problem that transcends national borders and the negotiations underway to solve that problem.
PART 2 Short analytical Essay
Directions: 1 page; correct essay style
Write an analysis of the online resources you used for your research in Part I of this exam to show your information literacy and technology skills’ competencies. Explain why your sources contain valid information and/or can be considered academic. Your grade on this section will be based on your success in demonstrating that you understand and have applied the research skills outlined in the following course objective:
