First Part of the Project 3

Project Three Analysis Handout
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1. Describe the visual and textual elements which reflect issues from your Project Two exploration.
Film: Shot Through the Heart
It is actually about the Bosnian war, which is of course different. However, there are many similarities between the Bosnia conflict (although it was much larger than the Georgian one) and the Georgia one. One being is that they were mostly ethnic is nature.

Picture:
The picture is of the peace palace in The Hague. This conflict has gone on for decades, and is not being decided in the peace palace, in front of the International Court of Justice.

Book.
Beyond Westphalia?: National Sovereignty and International Intervention
This book is about national sovereignty, which is one of the issues at stake here. Georgia felt that its territorial integrity is threatened and that Russia was interfering with it by supporting Abkhazia’s independence assertion.

Music:
Not exactly sure yet.


2. List the overall argument and purpose of the image/film/song/text? (one sentence)


Film: Shot Through the Heart,
I picked this film simply because it is about an ethnic conflict. The main story is about two friends that are on opposite sides of the conflict. Although, the Abkhaz conflict was not nearly the scale or seriousness of the Bosnian one, it still is an ethnic conflict at its heart. The film kind of shows some of the horrible things that occur in ethnic conflict.

Image: The Peace Palace, I chose the peace palace as the image because it is where the International Court of Justice. At this point the Court is where the conflict is being fought. So far, I would assert that it has not resolved this conflict, however it will be interesting as to what its judgment turns out to be. It could have important implications for Georgia, Abkhazia and how Racial Discrimination is interpreted.

Book: Beyond Westphalia?: National Sovereignty and International Intervention, One of the largest issues in this conflict is regarding territorial integrity. The Georgian government is obviously concerned about its terrirorial integrity. In other words it does not want to be smaller. Arguably, this seems to be a concern for the regular Georgian citizenry as they are currently protesting and calling for the resignation of their president because his actions seems to have resulted in Abkhazia and South Ossetia being successful in gaining their independence.


3. Describe the specific audience for the presentation. (Age, gender, education, etc.)

The specific audience would be college students at Eckerd because that is what the presentation seems to be intended for. More specifically probably those that study political science or IR, because this is a matter that is fairly field specific.