BELIEF AND CERTAINTY

To begin the rather lengthy process of exploring political discourse, I began with an interesting project. This project entailed taking a piece of writing that I had previously written, and reworking it to fit a different mold. In other words, I gave new meaning to an old set of ideas that I felt were maybe a little incomplete. So with that in mind, I chose a political science paper that I had written for another class and decided to move from there.

 

This old paper, as I look back on it now, was very one-sided in its argument and seemed to lack some of the complexity that the issue really deserved. While most of this can be attributed to the fact that this was more or less what the political science assignment asked for, I was still somewhat frustrated with the nature of the work. I wanted to complicate the issues I touched upon in this paper, and I wanted to give them some of the justice I felt they deserved. Nevertheless, this original piece served as the launching point for the rest of my repurposing and remediation projects.

 

The changes that came about as a result of this work were astonishing. In many respects, it's hard to even recognize where these two papers share similarities. It was a complete, systemic transformation that arguably gave rise to the many conclusions and ideas that were yet to follow.

 

This process, while far from easy, ultimately proved highly rewarding. Even in the process of making this assignment, many different ideas and thoughts evolved as time wore on. Below I have included a link to the original political science paper from which I based my repurposing assignment, followed by my first draft of this assignment and the final repurposing assignment on the following tabs. I found it incredibly fascinating to watch these ideas and assessments take shape over the course of many revisions and much thought.