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4.00 Credits
This course investigates the cultural expressions derived from the interactions among people on both sides of the Mexico-U.S. border. The goal is to understand the different ways in which immigration, drug smuggling and transnational industries affect the everyday lives of borderlanders through historical and critical approaches to the cultural expressions (music, images or other forms of discourse) that have served as mechanisms to mediate the contradictions arising out of the border. Also offered through Caribbean and Latin American Studies, Native American Studies and U.S. Cultural and Ethnic Studies.
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4.00 Credits
This introductory course introduces students to key themes in the study of popular media and to debates about the role of media in contemporary societies. It also introduces methodologies used to study culture and asks students to apply them to case studies from music, sports, comics, fashion, television, cyberculture, film or advertising. Emphasis is on various cultural expressions of ethnic subcultures in the United States and their complex negotiations with the dominant culture and their co-resisters in a global/local struggle over meaning. Also offered through Caribbean and Latin American Studies.
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4.00 Credits
Students acquire a global perspective on the nature of migration movements, why they take place and how they affect migrating peoples, as well as the societies receiving them. Themes include a) transnationalism and new approaches to national identity and citizenship; b) migration as a social network-driven process; c) gendered migration; d) migration and the formation of ethnic minorities. The course analyzes ways in which transnational movements of people, goods and services affect and transform the relationships between cities and nations and explores the political meaning of contemporary nationalism and the possibilities of new forms of citizenship. Emphasis is on the (trans)formations of Latino identities in the U.S. Also offered through Caribbean and Latin American Studies and Native American Studies.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to research approaches that take into account the economic and political context of the production of culture, textual analysis and people's perceptions. Objectives are to examine the philosophy and epistemology of qualitative methods, to understand various approaches to qualitative research, to develop the skills to design a qualitative research project, to gather and analyze qualitative data, and to present the preliminary findings. For their final project, students produce a research design for their SYE and apply learned research strategies to their own research questions. The course emphasizes the importance of critical awareness of the practical, social and ethical issues that arise in doing cultural and social analysis and research in everyday settings.
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4.00 Credits
This course explores the complex relationship between states and economies at the global level. Its primary purpose is to provide a critical understanding of the major theoretical and analytical issues that constitute the crucial challenge to the study of global political economy today. It moves beyond the traditional agenda of international political economy, namely trade and investment, to address a wide range of alternative theories, concepts and themes, including the origins, functions and impacts of transnational corporations, international financial institutions, regional and global trade organizations and non-governmental organizations involved in social movements. Prerequisite: Global Studies 101.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the growing field of cultural studies through an examination of its major theoretical paradigms, particularly as these bear on the question of unequal global power relations. These may include Marxism, critical theory, post-structuralism, feminist theory and emerging work in postmodernism and post-colonial studies. Students explore strategies for "reading" cultural practices andtexts not simply as reflections of reality, but as political interventions, expressions of desire, attempts to persuade and producers of power. Through a combination of theoretical criticism and analysis of specific materials, students will prepare to undertake independent research in global studies with an informed understanding of how cultural studies challenge and enrich traditional social science and humanities approaches. Prerequisite: Global Studies 101 or 102. Also offered through Native American Studies.
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4.00 Credits
Critical analysis of nationalist movements and national identities throughout the world. Readings are in relevant theoretical and conceptual work and the history and contemporary dynamics of nationalism in a given geographical context (e.g., Algeria, Israel/Palestine) or in a comparative context (e.g., the United States and South Africa). Key themes may include the construction of national histories; the role of anti-colonial movements and other forms of collective struggle in producing national identities; the relationship between cultural production and national consciousness; and the relationship between "official"and "popular" forms of nationalism.
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4.00 Credits
This research seminar is designed to address, from a philosophical perspective, some of the difficult ethical questions arising from the global organization of the world. Readings include classical, non-western and alternative theories of justice and peace. The course interrogates the discourses surrounding patriotism and cosmopolitanism, peace and violence, terrorism and war, justice and retribution, and the debates surrounding relativism versus universalism, especially with regard to the claims for human rights. Students undertake research projects dealing with the ways these issues are being negotiated in countries where they studied abroad, and develop ethical positions on their own responsibilities toward global citizenship. Also offered as Philosophy 333.
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4.00 Credits
This research seminar will draw on students' experiences in off-campus programs to undertake comparative analysis of a series of regional case studies, initially drawn from the Caribbean and North America, then moving outward to include the areas students have studied and lived in. The course will pay particular attention to the interrelations between gender and race in different regions, especially as this is revealed through attitudes toward miscegenation and mixed-race identities. Also offered through U.S. Cultural and Ethnic Studies.
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4.00 Credits
The goal of this course is to develop the tools necessary to be critical readers and viewers of the news, examining the production and reception of mainstream U.S. coverage of global news events, paying special attention to coverage of political violence. We also compare U.S. coverage with English-language news coverage produced elsewhere, exploring deeper issues concerning discourse, ideology and the representation of "other" cultures;the relationship between media power, corporate power and state power; and the role of institutions in defining the bounds of "legitimate" knowledge.
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