Topic: Living Across Cultures
Appropriate for First Year students.
| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2:00pm-5:00pm | W | Ignatius Few Building_131 | Bruce Knauft. | FSEM. | 4 | 2547 | TBA. |
January 13, 2010- April 26, 2010
Catalog Description: Seminar on various anthropological topics. Satisfies general education requirement I.C.1.
Semester Details: This freshmen seminar explores what it is like to live in alternative cultural environments, including in foreign countries, amid the cultural diversity of the U.S., and in the experience of migrant or diasporic communities here and abroad. The course combines reading and classroom exposure to different cultural experiences with independent projects through which students experience some of the international diversity of the metropolitan Atlanta area and on campus. Following a general overview concerning cultural diversity and contemporary social change, the course considers the following issues and themes: (a) cultural diversity in Western and non-Western societies; (b) migration and diasporic experience; (c) the international world of Atlanta; (d) the future of global experience; (e) the life of contemporary peoples and cultures in: (i) the South Pacific; (ii) Africa; (iii) Asia; (iv) Latin America
Particulars: Freshmen only. Evaluation based on reading quizzes, reflection papers, participation and either a final exam or research project.
Particulars: Freshmen only. Evaluation based on reading quizzes, reflection papers, participation and either a final exam or research project.
Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources
- 1991. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.
- 2009. The Gebusi, Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World.
- 1998. The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker.
- 2002. Money Has No Smell.
Recommended Textbooks, Articles, and Resources
- What is the What.
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