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Readings/assignments
Due |
Class
activities |
| 1/23 |
Introductory Class |
Film: Life and Debt |
| 1/30 |
Robins “Encountering
Globalization” (R: Course Reader)
Tomlinson, “Globalization and Cultural Identity;” (R)
Wallerstein, “The National and the Universal…” (R)
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| 2/06 |
Cusack “African Cuisines: Recipes for Nation-Building?”
Liechty, "Carnal Economies: The Commodification of Food and Sex in Kathmandu"
[both also in pdf packet]
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Film: Japanese
Version |
| 2/13 |
SNOW DAY class cancelled
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| 2/20 |
Harvey, Spaces of Global Capitalism, Ch. 1
Wallerstein, Immanuel “After Developmentalism and Globalization, What?” Social Forces 83:3, March 2005:. 1263-78.
Smith, Jackie. “Response to Wallerstein: The Struggle for Global Society in a World System.” Social Forces. 83:3, March 2005: 1279-85. [all in pdf packet] |
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| 2/27 |
Prof Andrews Sick: No Class
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| 3/6 |
Mattelart, Networking the World, ALL
Supplementary Reading: Miller, “Hollywood and the World;” Thompson, "The Globalization of Communication."(R)
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Distribute Midterm |
| 3/13 |
No Class (Spring Break) |
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| 3/20 |
El Fisgon, How to Suceed at Globalization
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Turn in Midterm exam |
| 3/27 |
Stalker. No-Nonsense Guide to International Migration, (also available here: New Internationalist and AddAll/used) for more, here is a short, recent article on economics (and politics) of US immigration |
Final Paper prospectus due |
| 4/3 |
Davis, "Planet of Slums" (NLR 26, Mar/Apr 2004) and "Fear and Money in Dubai" (NLR 41, Sept/Oct 2006); Sassen, TBA; DeSoto "The Mystery of Capital" Also, if you have a chance, check out these two articles (1, 2) on MicroCredit |
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| 4/10 |
Raworth, Trading Away our Rights, (site, pdf)
[Recommended] Howard “Labor, History and Sweatshops in the New Global Economy,” (R)
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| 4/17 |
LaFeber, Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism
especially Preface; Chs II, IV, VI
[Recommended]
Smith, Paul, “Tommy Hilfiger in the Age of Mass Customization,”
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Optional readings:
Lynn, Barry. “Unmade in America” Harper’s Magazine, June 2002: 33-41
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| 4/24 |
Discussion on the Veil: Selections from the debate on Sight and Sound website over Multiculturalism and Islam;
To get a sense of what sparked the debate, here is
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, The Right to Offend
- a description of Ian Buruma's book Murder in Amsterdam, on the killing of Theo Van Gogh
- and Timothy Garton Ash's review of books by both
Then begin with the top article and go down:
- Pascal Bruckner, defending Hirsi Ali against Buruma and Garton Ash
- Ian Buruma's Response
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Garton Ash's response
- Comments by Kelek and Cliteur critiquing the former
- Buruma's response to them
- Gustafsson's further critique of Buruma and Ash
- Sim's defense of them
(and himself)
- Ackermann piles on a little more
- Delorme defends again, followed shortly by...
- Comments by Krzeminski, Ghorashi, and Tibi
- and an interview with Habermas
- Wrapped up with some final comments by Bruckner
I know it is a lot to take in, but try to get your bearings and see where you'd stake your claim. And, just for your convenience, all of the readings are available on the WebCT page as a PDF for you to print out or read as a single document. I'm looking forward to the discussion.
And for a bit more...
Jane Kramer, "Taking the Veil" New Yorker, Nov. 22, 2004 (clearer images from the article here)
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| 5/1 |
Conclusions; evaluations
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Final Paper due. |
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