Conceptual Application Paper

Section 1 (Lesson 9)
Concepts: Define Symbolic Convergence, Dramatizing Message, Fantasy Chain, Fantasy, Rhetorical Vision.
Example: Share a time when you were part of a group when symbolic convergence occurred (be sure to include when it was not working well together and then how group consciousness emerged).
Section 2 (Lesson 10)
Concepts: Define Samovar, Porter, and McDaniel’s definition of culture (found in the podcast) AND Collegial Stories.
Example: Share a collegial story that you heard from a place that you work, or have worked. If you have not yet worked anywhere then you can share a collegial story you heard from someone else about where they work. Set the sharing of the collegial story up in your example by including where you were when you heard the story (location, time of day, your relationship with the person telling the story, and what lead to the person telling you the story). Then, after the sharing of the collegial story, share what you made of the story. What it meant to you not just on the surface level of the story, but what was being communicated about the organization through the story..
Section 3 (Lesson 11)
Concepts: Define Sign, Signifier, and Signified.
Example: Share a sign system in your life. In your sharing, tell the story behind the sign system. Be sure it make the minimum word count – to do this you should tell the full story, fill the example with details.
Section 4 (Lesson 12)
Concepts: Define Convergence or Divergence.
Example: Share a time in your life when you converged OR diverged. Be sure to share all of the details of the interaction (who, when, and what was being discussed).
Section 5 (Lesson 13)
Concepts: Define Standpoint Theory.
Example: Share one specific time when you were are not in a position of power in your life and a truth, or truths, that you saw that maybe others may not have seen because they were in a position of power at that specific time. Be very specific about this one time. Share when it was, who was there, what was being done or said, etc. The focus of this sharing is not to bash those who are in positions of power in areas where we are not, but rather to share the truths that we might see because we are not in the power position that those who are cannot see because, as the lesson readings and lecture suggest, there is a less false view of the world from those who are not in a position of power. In order for the reader to fully understand the truth, or truths, that you saw from your perceptive, we really need to understand what was playing out at the time of the event. This is why details are so important.