Checklist for Final PaperBodies and MachinesFall 2015December 3, 2015

Is your paper clearly written? Do each of your paragraphs have clearly delineated topic sentences and transitions from one idea or topic to another?

What is the overall coherence of your paper? Does it have a theme or idea that unites your discussion and gives it an overall direction?

Is your paper clearly focused on a technobody? How focused is your discussion, throughout the paper, on the “intimate and personal interaction between an embodied human subject and technology” (Final Paper Directions 206H, p. 2)

Have you clearly and explicitly described your research in terms of who you spoke with, where you went, what you observed, what you experienced, etc?

Do you use examples from your research in the form of quotations, images, and/or observations from the field which support your discussion and analysis in a clear and convincing manner?

Have you clearly defined Phenomenology, Discourse, and Political Economy? And have you applied them to your data in a clear and convincing way?

How clearly and convincingly have you connected your particular research to broader social and cultural contexts and/or problems related to the relationship between technology and the human body?

Have you included quotes and/or references from our readings to discuss and analyze your research? Have you explained the author’s idea and/or the point that they were making in the original source and how it relates to your discussion and/or analysis? Have you done this in a way that clearly and convincingly supports your discussion and/or analysis?

Does the paper have a clearly delineated conclusion that reiterates the main points in a clear and convincing way?