Diasporas, Transnationalism, and Globalization
COL 294
Spring 2012
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 294, SOC 294, ENGL 294 |
| Certificates: Social, Cultural and Critical Theory, International Relations |
Until the late 1960s, there were three classical diasporas: Jewish, Armenian, and Greek. The first was considered the paradigmatic case. In the past three decades, many dispersed peoples and communities, once known as minorities, ethnicities, migrants, exiles, etc., have been renamed diasporas by some of their own artists, intellectual and political leaders, or by scholars. This phenomenon must be understood in the context of ever-increasing transnationalism and globalization. This course will introduce students to the past and present of the concepts diaspora, transnationalism, and, to a lesser extent, globalization. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Effective Citizenship, Intercultural Literacy
Intercultural literacy:
The course is titled Diasporas, Transnationalism, and Globalization, and the emphasis in the empirical section of the course (as well as the theoretical) is on communication, first, between homelands, hostlands, and diasporas (that's 3 cultures) as well as within the various communities of the diaspora - thus, the Brazilian and US and Caribbean "African"
diasporas are not identical in their culture, nor are those of Jews in Israel, France, and the US. The course emphasizes both the shared cultural traits that link the many transnational communities of a diaspora and the numerous differences that make keeping them linked hard work.
Effective Citizenship:
Diasporas create the sort of diversity whose effective management includes social, cultural and political skills that foster a new understanding of citizenship and belonging.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(SOC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
| Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
| Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course fulfills the English major requirements of Literatures of Difference and Theory; contributes to Concentration Requirements of Race & Ethnicity and Theory and Literary Forms. |
| Instructor(s): Tölölyan,Khachig Times: ...W... 07:00PM-09:50PM; Location: SQU110; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 16 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 10 | | |
| Seats Available: -4 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 14 | 1st Ranked: 3 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 10 |
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