TSD 8223 - Global Diversity and Creativity:Self and Society in a Planetary Context

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California Institute of Integral Studies

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Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote that we all wake up in the morning and are "in the red" to people all over the world by the time we've had breakfastThis course is about uncovering this debt: becoming aware of our global interdependence, our "planetary citizenship"; understanding it as theresult of historical global interaction and creativity; and exploring the implications for who we are, how we relate to others, and what we can do to see our global pluralism as an opportunity for tremendous creativity. Students are asked to follow Dr. King's suggestion and take a day in their own life to excavate their own global interdependence, studying the roots of what they take for granted in everyday life-their clothes, food, ideas, housing, and cultural roots-and explore how the whole world is "inside them." This course develops an understanding of the social ancultural dimensions of creativity in a global context. It also examines diversity as a naturally occurring phenomenon in all systems and explores the dynamics (interpersonal, structural, social) of diversity within the framework of scientific discoveries. Students study creative interaction in different times and places, and develop a new perspective on issues of diversity and identity from a knowledge base drawn on multidisciplinary research on creativity, global history, globalization, and hybridity. The final project is a publishable research paper illustrating one case study of global creativity related to the student's own area of interest.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ciis.edu

Phone Number:

(415) 575-6100

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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