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Cross-cultural examination of issues in human development from an Asian perspective, especially from modern day Japan. Issues such as parenting, cognitive and social development, education, family, and aging will be evaluated from the perspectives of Japan and other cultures in Asia including China and Korea, and contrasted to American perspectives. Instructor: Mazuka
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The politics and process of globalization in light of the responses, ideologies, and practices of the anti-globalization movement. Focus on the interrelationship between the analysis of globalization and policy formulation on such topics as social justice, labor, migration, poverty, natural resource management, and citizenship. Case studies from the United States, Latin America, South and East Asia, Africa, and Europe. Instructor: Litzinger
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Dance and dance-theatre forms in relation to religious beliefs, concepts, and mystic practices within Asian and African cultures. How religion shapes the way the body is perceived, and how spiritual power and energy is symbolically transmitted to the dancer through religious practices. Impact of colonialism and globalization on traditional religious performances. Instructors: Shah and Vinesett
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Comparative study of representative contemporary fiction from Africa, India, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, Latin American, and the Caribbean. All readings in English. Satisfies the Area III requirement for English majors. Instructor: Staff
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Comparative study of war as a social institution in different times and cultures. Topics include the origins of war and war in ancient China, classical Greece, the Middle Ages, early modern Europe, colonial America, nineteenth-century Japan, the cold war, and Vietnam. The impact of technological developments on war and the way in which the tools of war shaped conflict between societies. Instructor: Roland
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The major languages of the world viewed in the context of the communicative and significate functions of language as parameters that shape and define society. The role of language in defining and structuring culturally-based relationships from a semiotic point of view. The structure, writing systems, phonology, morphology, and lexicon of languages from the following groups: Indo-European, Semitic, Turkic, Finno-Ugric, Caucasian, Afroasiatic, Sino-Tibetan, Niger-Kordofanian, Dravidian, and Native American languages. Instructor: Andrews or Tetel
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Analytical examination of bases for belief in God and possibility of afterlife, relation between faith and reason, and interrelated issues concerning justification for/content of religious belief. Considers similarities and differences on these issues among Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Open only to students in the Duke in Turkey summer program. Instructor: Guzeldere
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1.00 Credits
Review of recent theories of mind in cognitive science as they pertain to the nature of belief in God, religious practices, and moral attitudes. Arguments in ethics and philosophy of religion as they apply to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Offered only in the Duke in Istanbul semester study abroad programs. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Guzeldere
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1.00 Credits
Theoretical approaches to the question of the interrelationship of gender and language including neurobiology, psychology, semiotics, feminist critical theory, philosophy of language, discourse analysis, and linguistic theory. Taught in English. Instructor: Andrews
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1.00 Credits
For students enrolled in the Duke in Los Angeles program. To explore Los Angeles as the model for a new global (visual) culture. Approaches include visual studies, art (installation, video, sculpture, murals, performance, theater, and music), ethnic studies, urbanism, environmental studies, public policy, history of social movements, border studies, immigration, and language acquisition. Class discussions, field trips, and independent research involved. Final project in lieu of final exam. Instructor: Gabara
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