SES # | TOPICS | MATERIALS | QUESTIONS |
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Introduction to course What do we mean by "globalization"? |
Chanda, Bound Together, Introduction and chapter 1. Sen, Amartya. "Globalization and Solidarity." Boston University World of Ideas. Boston, MA: WBUR, January 27, 2002. "Early Human Migrations." Map 1 in Steger, Manfred. Globalization: A Very Short Introduction. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780199552269. | (PDF) |
2 | Discuss: Chanda and Sen |
Chanda, chapter 2. Menocal, Maria Rosa. The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain. New York, NY: Back Bay Books, 2003, pp. 32-47, 72-87, 107-111, and 126-129. ISBN: 9780316168717. "Islam and the Making of Europe." On Point with Tom Ashbrook. Boston, MA: WBUR/NPR, February 4, 2008. | (PDF) |
3 | What difference does language make? Why did Latin disappear? What is "the spell of Arabic"? Who is Abd Al-Rahman and should we care? |
Maps of the Silk Road: Silk Road, The Silk Road and Arab Sea Routes, Three Silk Routes, spice trade routes. "Major World Trade Networks, 1000-1450." Map 2 in Globalization: A Very Short Introduction. Shelemay, Kay Kaufman. Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World. New York, NY: Norton, 2006, pp. 320-342 and 445-461. ISBN: 9780393925678. Islamic Architecture in SpainEl Alhambra, Granada, Spain - WikiCommons, ArchNet Mughal-British HybridsBellini, Gentile. Sultan Mehmed II. Oil on canvas, 1480. | |
4 | How and why have certain musical instruments traveled to and been adapted by cultures around the globe? |
Chanda, chapter 3. Byrne, David. "Crossing Music's Border: 'I Hate World Music'." New York Times, October 3, 1999. Garofalo, Reebee. "Whose World, What Beat: The Transnational Music Industry, Identity, and Cultural Imperialism." World of Music 32 (1993): 16-32. | (PDF) |
5 | Issues of authenticity and cultural imperialism in global pop |
Chanda, chapter 4. Tang, Patricia. "Negotiating Performance in Senegalese Popular Music: Sound, Image, and the Ethnomusicologist as Exoticized 'Other'." Journal of Popular Music Studies 17 (2005): 275-300. Visit the Group Saloum Web site for information about next week's concert. | (PDF) |
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Prepare for outing: Group Saloum Discuss: Chanda, chapters 3 & 4 | Communication Notes: "Misuses of Logic," "Seven Tips for Reader-Friendly Writing," and "The Craft of Effective Oral Presentations." | |
7 | Guest Lecture: Jane Dunphy, "The Art of Presenting Information." |
Chanda, chapter 5. Lahiri, Jhumpa. "Gogol." The New Yorker, June 16, 2003. | (PDF) |
8 | Discuss: "Gogol" and Chanda |
Grillo, Ioan. "Mexico's Emo-Bashing Problem." Time, March 27, 2008. Marshall, Wayne. "(Tight)Pantshall & Metro Cool, or 'How Mi Look?' 'Gay!'" Wayne and Wax, September 22, 2008. ———. "Follow Me Now: The Zigzagging Zunguzung Meme." Wayne and Wax, May 10, 2007. | |
9 | Guest Lecture: Wayne Marshall, Mellon Fellow. |
Chanda, chapters 6 & 7. Chamoiseau, School Days, all. Nair, Mira, and Sooni Taraporevala. Mississippi Masala. Burbank, CA: Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1992. | (PDF) |
10 | Discuss: Chamoiseau | Alvarez, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, pp. 1-164. | (PDF) |
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Guest Lecture: Mark Szarko, Humanities Librarian, "Research Tools." Discuss: finish Chamoiseau | Alvarez, pp. 164-end. | |
12 | Discuss: Alvarez |
Ang, Ien. On Not Speaking Chinese: Living Between Asia and the West. New York, NY: Routledge, 2001, chapter 1-2. ISBN: 9780415259132. Onishi, Norimitsu. "For English Studies, Koreans Say Goodbye to Dad." New York Times, June 8, 2008. | |
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Activity: examine the relationship of focus languages to English, English only movements. Discuss: finish Alvarez | Issenberg, Sasha. The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy. New York, NY: Gotham Books, 2008, pp. ix-xxiv, 92-105, and 107-129. ISBN: 9781592403639. | |
14 | Outing to Asian food court | ||
15 | Activity: compare hybrid foods in the focus cultures, American hybrid cuisine. | Condry, Ian. "Anime Creativity: Characters and Premises in the Quest for Cool Japan." Theory, Culture, and Society 26 (2009): 139-163. | |
16 | Guest Lecture: Ian Condry, "Anime." | Chanda, chapters 8 & 9. | (PDF) |
17 | Technology and education, One Laptop Per Child | Sola, Chaos and All That, all. | (PDF) |
18 | Discuss: Liu Sola | Prepare for global music in focus culture groups. | (PDF) |
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Activity: compare global music in focus cultures. Discuss: Liu Sola | Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar. "The Care Crisis in the Philippines: Children and Transnational Families in the New Global Economy." Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy. Edited by Ehrenreich, Barbara, and Arlie Russell Hochschild. New York, NY: Holt & Co., 2004, pp. 39-54. ISBN: 9780805075090. | |
20 | Discuss: Global Woman selections | Brennan, Denise. "Selling Sex for Visas: Sex Tourism as a Stepping-Stone to International Migration." | |
21 | Discuss: Global Woman selections, gender and globalization, women as sex workers |
Gray, Lorraine W. The Global Assembly Line. 1986. "The Age of AIDS." Frontline. Boston, MA: WGBH/PBS, September 30-31, 2006. | |
22 | Guest Lecture: Rachel Glennerster, Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, "Globalization and the Academy." | ||
23 | Presentations |
"Young & Restless in China." Frontline. Boston, MA: WGBH/PBS, June 17, 2008. DeParle, Jason. "Should We Globalize Labor Too?" New York Times, June 10, 2007. Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Corporate Citizenship Meets the Anti-Globalization Backlash." Supplement to "The New Corporate Responsibility." Special Coverage. Boston, MA: WBUR, January 2, 2002. Muller, Jerry Z. "Us and Them: The Enduring Power of Ethnic Nationalism." Foreign Affairs 87 (March/April 2008): Excerpt. "Major Global Environmental Treaties, 1971-2007." pp. 96 in Globalization: A Very Short Introduction. | |
24 | Presentations (cont.) | ||
25 | Overview of course/global citizenship |