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3.00 Credits
Staff. This course explores academic and social debates about memory and history, highlighting the role of religion, trauma, and narrative in dividing these two modes of recollection. We will examine how the various nations of South Asia (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, primarily) remember their ownpast and their relationship with their neighbor-nations. Important historical moments such as colonialism, independence, partition, wars, subnational and secessionist movements, riots and insurgencies, will be explored through the the lenses of memory, history, and religion. Materials for the course include films, television serials, plays, novels, academic scholarship, poetry, visual culture, architecture, and the Internet.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This course considers the evolution of capitalism in Asia from 1500 to the present. Its conception of Asia includes the Middle East and African regions touching the Indian Ocean. It considers (1) the early-modern vitality of Asian commercial economies and their interactions with Europe, (2) the rise of modern industrial capitalism and its imperial expansion in Asia, (3) the emergence of national economies and their engagement with globalization. Its concentrates on interactions between social and economic change in geographical frames defined by Asian localities, regions, empires, nations, and networks of mobility. It combines lecture, discussion, short weekly writing assignments, and student research on topics of student interest.
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3.00 Credits
Frankel. This course analyzes the changing relations between social dominance and state power from the time of colonial rule. Special emphasis is placed on ways in which the historical-social context of India at Independence shaped the democratic institutions introduced, and reciprocally, how social hierarchy and preferences for group rights have been affected by egalitarian and liberal principles of governance. Within this analytical framework, religion, caste, class and ethnicity are examined as process and as social formation leading to the emergence of new identities and conflicting ideas of political community associated with them.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Ludden. This course considers hunger and poverty as features of market economies. It provides technical skills for measuring the extent, severity, and causation of nutritional deprivation amidst economic growth. It analyzes institutions and policies that seek to overcome the tendency of markets to sustain inequalities including hunger and poverty. We concentrate on empirical evidence, case studies, and quantitative analysis. Coursework stresses practical skills in gathering and using empirical data, especially statistics, and it includes making web pages and using the worldwide web as a research tool.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Ghosh. The course examines various meanings of "development" in Modern South Asia (mostly India). It will be guided by three questions: i) what is development ii) what are the "pros" and "cons" of development iii) what are the mechanisms of development (i.e., who is empowered to "enact" it) We will consider the complex and changing interrelationships between "development," on the one hand, and "civilization," "nation," "(post)colonialism," "modernization" and "globalization" on the other. An emphasis will be placed on Anthropological and theoretical approaches to these issues. Preparation for and participation in class is essential. The writing requirements will include an original research paper.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Jahan. The course will examine the process of health care planning and policy in the major South Asian societies since the 1950s. The role of central, state and local government and non-governmental agencies, as well as of international organizations in health care planning will be analyzed. Topics will include medical services and facilities, preventative and public health, training of health care professionals, and public/private financing of health care. Specialized needs of women, children, disabled, and aged will be considered. The influence of political, economic, and socio-cultural aspects of South Asian societies on health services will be identified.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Sheehan. This course will focus on birth, aging, as well as selected chronic and infectious diseases in South Asia. For each health condition/lifestyle a framework of analysis will develop incorporating the complex set of factors that come into play. Sociocultural beliefs; status markers--gender, class, caste, occupation; availability and accessibility of public and private health services; state, national, and international plans and policies will be considered. An overview of South Asian demography, health problems and services will introduce the course.
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3.00 Credits
Sharma. In South Asia, traditional medical systems (Ayurveda, Unani, and Siddha) have deep affiliation with the scientific, philosophical, religious, and cultural systems. This course will examine the historic origins and socio-cultural dimensions of these systems. Topics will include the encounter between traditional and Western medicine in the nineteenth century; twentieth century revival and professionalizing activities in the traditional systems; state a central government support for education, services, and research in traditional medicine; their role in the overall health care system; and their use by patients in urban and rural areas. The world-wide interest in complimentary and alternative medicine as it relates to the Indian medical systems will be considered.
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3.00 Credits
Ludden. This course considers historical dynamics of health environments in Asia from the nineteenth century to the present. Focusing on problems posed by infectious disease, malnutrition, pollution, natural disaster, violence, urbanism, industrialization, deforestation, and ecological disruption, it concentrates particularly on contexts of inequality defined by gender, class, and ethnicity under imperialism, capitalism, globalization, and diverse national development regimes.
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2.00 Credits
Gambhir, S. This is a two-semester course. The course aims at developing an interactive speaking ability on everyday topics. At this stage there is less emphasis on developing reading and writing skills. The target language is presented in its sociocultural context including body language. For achieving a meaningful and operational control of the language, students acquire basic rules of the language and its use, and a basic vocabulary of about 1200 words. In addition, students learn two scripts: Devanagari script for Hindi in Fall and Nastaliq script for Urdu in Spring. Authentic and simulated video materials are used to bring the South Asian culture live to the classroom. Class activities include watching videos, singing, role-playing, language games and group work.
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