ANTH 103 - Globalization and Peoples and Cultures of the World

Institution:

College of Marin

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Description:

(3.0 Units) (No prerequisite. Three lecture hours weekly.) This course is designed to explore what is happening to cultural groups from diverse regions around the world. The focus will be upon cultural change, impact of technology, external and regional pressures and how they impact local groups. The role of women, children, ethnic/racial/religious violence, and class conflict will be examined. Poverty, child/female trafficking, slavery, child soldiers, disease, forced migration, famine and genocide will be covered. The use of police, military, torture and death squads are common in many of these areas. The roles of the World Bank, World Trade Organization, multi-national corporations, and local and regional elites will be presented as they relate to the lives of specific ethnic groups. Theory from ethnology and ethnography will be used as a basis for analysis. (CSU/UC) AA/AS Area B, CSU Area D-1, IGETC Area 4

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.marin.edu

Phone Number:

(415) 457-8811

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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