Category Archives: Structure

Bounded by Beauty: The Influence of Photography on Perception and Approaches to Cultural Landscape Assessment

BY ALICE TAO

In a Tortoiseshell: This paper is about the impact of the huge amount of photography and photo-sharing networks available on the internet on viewers’ perception of cultural landscapes. This paper was written for Alice’s writing seminar Cultural Landscapes and responds to a prompt asking her to make an argument about the impact of photography on cultural landscape conservation. It is showcased here for its masterful approach to structure. Continue reading →

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White Consolidation and Red Panic: Cold War Racial Tensions in Southern Rhodesia

BY KELLEN HENIFORD

In a Tortoiseshell: In this passage, Kellen Heniford builds a strong introduction to South Africa’s origins and particularities — with a structure that manages at once to be straightforward and engaging. We finish intrigued, and also knowing exactly what we need to know in order to understand the rest of the paper. Continue reading →

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Promoting U.S. University-based Hybrid Centers as a New Window for Advancing Rule of Law in China

BY JEAN LEE

In a Tortoiseshell: This summary of a WWS policy paper is incredibly coherent and well-written, an example of effective structure. Jean begins the summary with a brief introduction on the increasing presence of U.S.-based hybrid centers in China, then addresses the unique benefits and advantages of these institutions in promoting legal reform, and ending with recommendations to further improve their efficiency. Continue reading →