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Academic Year 2002/2003


Global Developments
CHUM 339 FA

Crosslistings:
ANTH 339

This course provides anthropological and historical look at the intersections of globalization, modernity and (capitalist) development. We will focus on theoretical and ethnographic analyses of specific modalities of globalization--including development discourse, environment/ecology discourse, capitalist production and trade, and migrations (labor/immigrant/refugee). These are particular circuits through which certain ideas and practices of modernity travel and are contested; they are thus also webs of power. In analyzing these circuits, we will pay careful attention to ideas of modernity (anti- or nonmodern, versus Alternative or other modernities), culture, tradition, nationalism and transnationalism, local/global, power, resistance, etc. We will also look at issues of identity, and the various modes of belonging (including class, race, gender, and nation/citizenship) within the context of globalization.

MAJOR READINGS

Suggested Readings: Arturo Escobar, Eric Wolf, James Ferguson, James Scott, Gustavo Esteva, Ashis Nandy, Vandana Shiva, Akhil Gupta, James Brow, Sidney Mintz, David Harvey, Anna Tsing, Taina Murray Li, Stacey Pigg, Arun Agarwal, Arjun Appadurai, Tim Mitchell, Saskia Sassen, Amitav Shosh, Akhil Gupta, Aihwa Ong, Liisa Malkki, Lisa Rofel, Roger Rouse, and Caren Kaplan.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Seveal short papers - no exams.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Some background in Anthropology or Women's Studies.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ANTH    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Sharma,Aradhana   
Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM;     Location: ANTH6
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 15)
SR. major: 4   Jr. major: 4
SR. non-major: 4   Jr. non-major: 3   SO: X   FR: X

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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003


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