Chosen technological artefact: Kinetograph/kinetoscope or any artefact related to cinematography/film
Write a scholarly historical essay that explores a specific social, political or cultural dynamic related to a technological artefact of your choice. It is not a descriptive history of the artifact, but an effort at making sense of a particular analytical problem connected to that technology. The study should stem from a careful analysis of one or more primary sources related to the chosen artifact and engage with arguments developed by two or more secondary (scholarly) sources.
Essay should do the following: Carefully analyse two or more primary sources to develop an argument that engages with at least two other scholars argument. You should present the gist of your argument early in the essay in the form of an intriguing thesis that catches the readers attention. The rest of the essay explains and supports that thesis by interpreting the primary sources and arguing with the secondary sources.
Up to 2,250 words
At least two primary and two secondary sources
Citations and bibliography should be in APA Style.
Times New Roman 12, double-spaced.
Submit .doc format.
A paper in the A range demonstrates a high degree of command in the fundamentals of academic writing: it advances an interesting, arguable thesis; establishes why the thesis is original or worthwhile; employs a logical and progressive structure; analyses well-chosen evidence (primary sources) insightfully and in depth; and engages in a substantive manner with well- chosen secondary sources (scholarly articles).
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