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Week 6: Finalize topic/Find your sources

Final topic: Chinese Herbology (how to narrow?)

Goals

1. Go back to other sections and see what other information I can add to make the article even more informative
2. Try to add sources to the parts that have been flagged as not reliable
3. Write about Chinese herbology in western culture (accepted/not accepted in medicine/cuisine/etc.)
4. Chinese herbology v.s American medicine
5. Add more about the history of how Chinese medicine and how it came to be

Sources

1. https://sallychang.com/herbs-history/ (detailed history/usages)
2. https://www.sacredlotus.com/go/foundations-chinese-medicine/get/origins-history-chinese-medicine (origins)
3. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2014/251891/ (Chinese herbs in american medicine)
4. http://smallfarms.cornell.edu/2011/01/09/traditional-chinese-medicine-in-north-america-opportunities-for-small-farms/ (Chinese herbs is actually pretty big in America? They are expanding farms which means an increase in jobs and American farms are trying to keep the herbs authentic=truly respects the practice)
5. http://www.highfallsgardens.net/newsletters/Can%20Chinese%20Herbs%20Be%20Produced%20in%20North%20America.pdf (can Chinese herbs be well grown in America, advantages vs disadvantages, also explores economical aspects and future prospects...)
6. chinahighlights (focuses on Chinese herbs and medicine)
7. http://legacy.jyi.org/volumes/volume6/issue5/features/feng.html (how Chinese medicine grew in America--chinatowns)
8. https://nccih.nih.gov/health/whatiscam/chinesemed.htm (use this to showcase side effects/risks (if any), "if you are thinking about using TCM...")

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Week 5: October 15, 2017 (3-5 potential articles)

1.    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_herbology

This Wikipedia article on Chinese herbs explains more on what it is, its functions, how it’s named, etc. I want to use some knowledge in this article to write more about the history of how Chinese medicine came to be and its history.

2.    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumpling

This article talks about all types of dumplings from different countries, but I want to focus on Chinese dumplings, how it came to be, the significance within the culture and the different varieties of the Chinese dumpling.

3.    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_China

In class, we are focusing on the history of food in America and that got me curious about the history of food in China. I want to explore the timeline of how Chinese agriculture came to be and how the changes affect the country today.

4.    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_food

This Wikipedia article actually got me interested in baby food and its cultural significance. I did not realize baby food showed class or that manufactured baby formulas are preferred. I want to dig deeper into the product and also look into baby food in Chinese culture.

After considerate, the topic on Chinese herbology and agriculture in China are the two topics I'm more interested in further exploring.

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Week 4: I added a few sentences to this article: Baby food

Article Evaluation

I tried to go back and re-edit the sentences I added but I was not sure how but I copy pasted the sentences (the ones in bold) I added, here.

1. "At the beginning of the 20th century in America, most babies began eating baby food around the age of seven months. During and shortly after World War II, the age at which solid food was first introduced dropped to just six weeks. This age has since increased to four to six months.By the mid-20th century, manufactured baby food was readily used and supplemented previous infant feeding practices. Author of Inventing Baby Food, Amy Bentley argues that the excessive additives of sugar, salt, and MSG in overused manufactured baby food conditioned infants to prefer processed foods later in life. Also, it is believed that exposing infants to solid foods at an earlier age well help them get used to foods later on in life. This subsequent misuse of salt and sugar was also feared to effect issues of weight and nutrition based diseases."
2. "In the Western world until the mid-1900s, baby food was generally made at home. The industrial revolution saw the beginning of the baby food market which promoted commercial baby foods as convenience items. In developed countries, babies are now often started with commercially produced iron-fortified infant cereals, and then move on to mashed fruits and vegetables. Commercial baby foods are widely available in dry, ready-to-feed and frozen forms, often in small batches (e.g. small jars) for convenience of preparation. On the contrary, in developing countries, breastfeeding is more widely accepted and socially tolerated in public, thus creating a societal contrast. Amy Bentley, author of Inventing Baby Food, talks about how infant feeding reflects one's "position in the postwar era of the American Century" because in developed countries, families are able to purchase processed baby foods to feed their children, whereas in developing country, natural breastfeeding is more popular."

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Week 3: The article I chose to evaluate: Hunter-gatherer

The article broke down the different sections clearly, which made it easier to follow the article, as it is relatively long.

This article is strictly neutral, stating facts and taking no sides. There is a lot of factual information regarding the topic within the article but something I did notice is that many of the sources cited are other wikipedia pages or ".com" websites.

The article is relevant as the topic is one of the many we covered in class.

In the talk pages, people say that the article is a bit wordy and "chatty" or bad, which I can kind of understand why. The article includes lots of facts but like I mentioned, the sources are not 100% reliable and unnecessarily wordy.

Also, the article is more story-telling and narrative whereas in class, the information was talked about and backed up with evidence and open discussion.