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A study of Anton Chekhov's hilarious short plays (also called vaudevilles or farces), including The Bear and The Proposal. Students will read and discuss these plays (in English). We will place them in the context of nineteenth-century Russian drama and previous staged performances. Students will also get to perform selected scenes. The course will culminate in the production of one short play in English and/or one in Russian, depending on students' language proficiency. All students will assist in the production and in the work on costumes, lighting, sets, props, programs, and publicity . LIT EUR (M. Katz)Limit on Enrollment: 12
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Anthropologists look increasingly to the production, circulation, and reception of new and indigenous media and their role in molding subjects and communities at local, national, and transnational levels. Since the events of 9/11, the uses of new media emerging specifically from within the Middle East--from al-Jazeera to al-Qa'ida recruitment videos--have come under intense global scrutiny. Drawing on recent ethnographies, blogs, novels, music videos, and film, we will examine the less sensational, but equally "dramatic" circulation of new media and pop culture in the Middle East and its transformative effects on youth, gender, the public sphere, and diasporic communitie s. SOC AA L (N. Peutz
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We live in a visual world. Thus, to understand society and culture, we must understand the images we produce and consume. This course provides a sociological lens to study the various ways we use and are used by images. We will study some key theories that analyze how visual contents (such as photographs, films, and videos) are shared with, viewed, and interpreted by various audiences. We will practice the two sides of visual sociology: picture making by researchers as data collection, and pictures social actors make in the context of everyday life. Students will learn to analyze the messages and imagery in videos and photographs to draw out their social meanings. Each student should have access to a camera to use during the course of the class. For those students who do not have their own, digital cameras are available for student check-out at the main library. ART SOC ( L. Owens)
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A landscape is time inscribed in space. In this course we will explore the interconnections between the concepts of landscape, history, and memory in anthropology and related disciplines. How do people produce landscapes, both symbolically and materially How are shared histories and memories inscribed on landscapes How do people remember landscapes of the past We will discuss a wide range of topics including the dialectic between people and landscapes through time, the symbolic construction of place, the memorialization of history, and the cultural politics of environmental management. Readings focus on ethnographic case studies and cross-cultural comparison. SOC CMP ( T. French)
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In this course students will be introduced to the art of interviewing for research purposes. In addition to instruction in interviewing, students will be taught how to transcribe and code interview data. Students will also be instructed in the many different ways of incorporating interview data into an analysis. The skills acquired in the course should be useful to students from a range of disciplines who anticipate using interviews as a source of data for their course work or theses. SOC ( P. Nelson) Limit on Enrollment: 12
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This course is a continuation of SPAN 0101. This course may not be used to fulfill the foreign language distribution requirement. (SPAN 0101) (R. Chavez, J. Ugaz)
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In this course we will focus on speaking and pronunciation at the beginning/intermediate level. We will review the vocabulary learned during the first year of Spanish, as well as use primary sources-such as magazines, newspapers, and films-to further develop our oral skills. Students will participate in daily conversations, debates, oral presentations, and a series of oral exams. (SPAN 0103, SPAN 0105, SPAN 0210, or placement into SPAN 0210 or 0220, or by approval. (M. Llanos de la Guardia)
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The subject of climate change is finding new spaces in political dialogue and public opinion. In this course we will begin by addressing the connection between nature's cycles and human impacts, to acquire a solid grounding for discussing current concerns on a global changing environment. Students will observe how human activities leading to these impacts have affected South American societies. To explore ways in which language transforms information, we will center discussions on the relationship between knowledge, perception and rhetoric. These transformations will be addressed through selected readings, translations of English text into Spanish and by engaging students in service interactions (with the Middlebury sponsored Global 350 project). (SPAN 0220 or equivalent) Lect./disc. LNG SOC AAL (M. Woolson)
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Recent significant changes in the world have caused an increase in the movement of mass populations, thus rendering migration a most complex phenomenon. Changes are so abrupt and transcendent that many critics are talking about a "new migratory era." In this course we will focus on the case of Latin America, where the migration phenomenon poses a real challenge due to the growing mobilization mainly to the U.S and Spain. We will study the considerable economic, political, social, and cultural impact on both ends: the integration of Latin American immigrants abroad, and the effect of their emigration on their respective nations. (Two Spanish courses at the 0300-level ) SOC AAL (F. Del Canto Viterale, a visiting winter term instructor)
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What is the purpose of our government and what is the role of principles, ideology, and values in government Using these established principles, how should they guide the policymaker And how can students affect policy change In this course we will aim to answer these questions and more importantly, teach students how to read, analyze, and write public policy. Students will have the opportunity to research, write, and present their own policy ideas to local legislators and organizations at the end of the term in a final "Policy Expo." (At least one class in political science is recommended but not required). (Approval Required) (S. Rodrigo, J. Pincus, advised by B. Johnson) Limit on Enrollment: 12
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