ANTH 388 - Anthropology of Globalization

Institution:

Westminster College (Salt Lake City)

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

Students learn about global stratification and how power relations and population pressures affect the movement of people, information, symbols and commodities under different circumstances, in different parts of the world. They become aware of the meanings of culture and how it creates identity by providing various populations a way to build on nationalism, ethnicity, and/or to develop and maintain transnational groups. Social categories, such as ethnicity, class, sexuality, gender and religion are discussed, and how they affect the experience of migration and globalization, along with the politics of rebellion, warfare, and peace. Students work in groups to research various policies that have been implemented to address concerns resulting from globalization. They then work individually on a research project focusing on one region where they look at the impacts of globalization. These studies might consist of an analysis of the interrelationship of changing patterns of subsistence and consumption, migration, and socio-politico organization and identity. They then create policy for the region to reduce systemic impacts. No prerequisites. Open to all students in all majors.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.westminstercollege.edu

Phone Number:

(801) 484-7651

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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