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3.00 Credits
Witchcraft and the ritualistic use of magic for shaping the future and controlling the present have been a part of human development from the earliest times. The advent of science and technology has only modified or altered the role and significance of witchcraft in contemporary societies, as witchcraft and magic services and their providers have gone online. Anthropological studies on witchcraft in contemporary societies have pointed out the relationship between the development of witchcraft and the prevailing economy, politics, public health, culture and the environment. This course will explore the role and evolution of witchcraft in modern societies of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Through assigned readings, in-class discussions, movies, documentaries, and ethnographic projects, we will seek to understand why witchcraft and magic and associated beliefs are universal phenomena in human societies and how these practices themselves adapt to the changing world.
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3.00 Credits
Economic, political and cultural interactions between geographically distant groups have been intensifying over the past century and the 21st century is being seen as the Global century. In this rapidly changing world, it is becoming increasingly important to understand the role of cultural (religious, ethnic and political/socio-economic) factors in determining and shaping interactions. In this course, we will use an ethnographic focused approach to explore the impact of cultural variations on many issues that have arisen or will potentially arise in the course of contemporary global economic interactions. These include the relationships between reciprocity, redistribution and market behaviors, cultural differences in business strategies, relationship building and formation of partnerships, marketing techniques, consumer behavior, and political and environmental situations. We will also look at the impact of business interaction on regional and local economies in Asia (India), Africa (Kenya and the Sudan) and Latin America (Mexico and Guatemala). Course work will include discussions based on readings, documentaries, an individual ethnographic project and report, and a final paper on the application of cultural factors for global interactions.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers a broad introduction to the sociology of wars, terror, and communal violence, including their causes, conduct, and consequences. We will consider the basic social forces which impel people to kill and to risk death in the name of their societies, including the relationship of violence to "human nature." We will survey the manifold characteristics of societies that contribute to and are affected by war and terror: politics; economics; religion; culture; demographics; the environment; gender; race, ethnicity, and nationalism; social movements; and social psychology. We will survey the scope of war and terror throughout social history and pre-history, but will give special attention to the security dilemmas confronting American society. And we will consider alternatives to war and terror and the prospects for transcending the communal violence that has been so much a part of social life for millennia. The format of the course combines lectures, presentations, and discussions. We will draw on both written and visual materials of several kinds. Grades will be based on examinations, brief written work, and participation. (This course requires no background in sociology. It is open to students in any major who are concerned about the occurrence of armed conflict in social life. This course can be counted as a Sociology elective.)
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the sociology of the Latino experience in the United States, including the historical, cultural and political foundations of Latino life. We will approach these topics comparatively, thus attention will be given to the various experiences of a multiplicity of Latino groups in the US.
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2.00 Credits
Working with Dr. Richard Pierce in the Department of Africana Studies, this course offers students the opportunity to reasearch and study the language of Uganda. At the University of Notre Dame, the Department of Africana Studies stands at the center of the study of the African American experience, Africa, and the African Diaspora-the global dispersion of peoples of African descent.
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1.00 Credits
This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to a range of historical, literary, religious, and social science topics important to the understanding of the experiences of Latino and African-American people in American society. The mini-course will focus, among other topics, on human rights, race relations, mestizaje, racism, ethnicity, social justice, and media images. Mandatory lecture series/seminar (six to seven dates). Participation is required. In addition, students will write a short paper. Students interested in this course must attend a short organizational meeting at the beginning of the semester.
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2.00 Credits
Taught as LUGA 1002 as 'Beginning Luganda I' at host institution. Emphasis on beginning speaking and comprehension skills through classroom and field instruction. Classes are taught three to four hours daily in Kampala. Language practice during the homestay augments formal instruction. Major Course Objectives: 1) To acquire insight into Uganda life and culture through language. 2) To gain basic proficiency in spoken Luganda. 3) To develop basic listening and comprehension skills. 4) To obtain basic competence and confidence in every day usage of the language.
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6.00 Credits
Taught as PRAC 3000 "Development Practicum" at host institution. The Development Practicum offers students a hands-on opportunity to learn about development in the field. Each student selects a development organization with which to complete a six-week Development Practicum. The practicum can be completed in Kampala or other areas of Uganda with organizations engaged in a broad spectrum of development projects. Students directly apply the concepts and skills of field-based learning discussed in the Field Study Seminar, the language capabilities developed through both formal instruction and informal practice, and the important area-studies background conveyed in the Development Studies Seminar. In addition, students have occasion to hone their skills in dealing with and learning from the unexpected as well as accomplishing a major learning task in a challenging new environment. MAJOR COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1) To provide the opportunity for hands-on experience with a development organization; 2) To select, design, and implement an individual study that investigates a dimension of development in Uganda; 3) To learn and utilize effectively a field-study report format.
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2.00 Credits
Working with Dr. Richard Pierce in the Department of Africana Studies, this course offers students the opportunity to reasearch and study the language of Uganda. At the University of Notre Dame, the Department of Africana Studies stands at the center of the study of the African American experience, Africa, and the African Diaspora-the global dispersion of peoples of African descent.
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3.00 Credits
This course will trace the struggle for equal rights undertaken by various marginalized groups in the twentieth-century United States, focusing particularly on the experience of African Americans. We will examine in detail the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, considering its contesting visions for African American liberation and the meaning of American freedom and democracy. This will be put in context of the "long" struggle, going back to early efforts to fight Jim Crow and moving forward to current debates over issues such as affirmative action and reparations, with a consideration of conservative white backlash. We will also look briefly at other traditionally marginalized groups' struggles to achieve a full measure of constitutional rights and cultural acceptance. All of this will provide opportunities to discuss normative questions such as the nature of a just society and the means by which violence and injustice should be confronted. With so many powerful voices available to us from participants in these struggles, much of our study will be done through the reading and analysis of primary sources.
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