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Documentary: “Why We Fight” FIELD ASSIGNMENTS (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, October 25-31): Students may choose one (or more) of the following assignments: Apply what they have learned about colonialism to the history of Vietnam. Investigate the concepts of socialism and, most recently, state-controlled capitalism in the context of recent Vietnamese history and contemporary conditions. Document the visible legacies of U.S. invasion and occupation of Vietnam. [FDP: FRÖLANDER-ULF] HCM19 FORMER UPI PHOTOGRAPHER AND THE MUSEUM OF WAR REMNANTS – GROUP A (1300-1730) Minimum 11/Maximum 25 (PRICE: $42) This FDP is highly recommended for this course [FDP: FRÖLANDER-ULF & GREEN] HCM28 CU CHI TUNNELS AND CAO DAI TEMPLE – GROUP A (0800-1900) Minimum 16/Maximum 80 (PRICE: $59) Other recommended in-port programs: HCM11 CLIMATE CHANGE & ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN VIET NAM & THE MEKONG DELTA (0930-1800) Minimum 20/Maximum 20 (PRICE: $29 +OOPEX) [FDP: SPENCER] HCM12 BEN THANH MARKET AND MUSEUM OF WAR REMNANTS (WITH LUNCH) (1000-1530) Minimum 20/Maximum 30 (PRICE: $42 + OOPEX) [FDP: RUX] HCM27 MEKONG DELTA DAY TRIP - GROUP A (0800-1630) Minimum 16/Maximum 80 (PRICE: $46) [FDP: AULETTE] OCTOBER 31 READING DAY NOVEMBER 1 (A15) GLOBAL FINANCE AND TRADE. The impact of transnational corporations and international organizations, such as the IMF, World Bank and WTO on economic relationships, political power, and culture. How are „we‟ AND „they‟ affected? Reading assignments: Karen Ho (2005) “Situating global capitalisms: A view from Wall Street investment banks,” pp. 137-164, in Jonathan Xavir Inda and Renato Rosaldo, The Anthropology of Globalization: A Reader. Peter Kragelund (2009) “Knocking on a wide open door: Chinese investments in Africa.” Review of African Political Economy Vol.36 No.122 (December 2009), pp. 479-517 Han, Anna M. (2000) “Holding Up More Than Half the Sky: Marketization and the Status of Women in China” in Wing, Adrien Katherine, ed. (2000) Global Critical Race Feminism: An International Reader. Documentary: “China Blue” (if available) FIELD ASSIGNMENTS (Hong Kong & Shanghai, China, November 3-8): Students may choose one (or more) of the following assignments: Students are asked to: Observe and take note of which corporate entities are prominently present in both cities and investigate the degree to which these influence national policies. Analyze the nature of consumer culture in both cities: What are the similarities and differences in their own and the locally observed consumption patterns? Analyze the effects of transnational corporations on subsistence and work patterns in Hong Kong and Shanghai, respectively. Recommended in-port programs: HKG03 LABOR & ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN CHINESE FACTORY ZONES (0830–1830) Minimum 20/Maximum 20 (PRICE: $62) [FDP: SPENCER] HKG11 CONCEPTIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA (1300-1500 On Ship) Minimum 18/Maximum 50 (PRICE: $13) [FDP: FOWLER & BUNCK] SHA70 GLOBALIZATION IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA: A PERSONAL VIEW (1400-1600, On Ship) Minimum 12/No Maximum (PRICE: $10) [FDP: HUNT] NOVEMBER 9 (A16) CHALLENGES TO GLOBALIZATION. Small is beautiful? Reading assignments: Manfred Steger, Revisit Ch. 7 “Ideologies of Globalization…” [Focus on resistance.] Vandana Shiva, Soil, Not Oil, Ch. 4 “Soil, Not Oil” pp. 95-132. E. F. Schumacher, “Buddhist Economics,” http://www.smallisbeautiful.org/buddhist_economics/english.html
CIA Fact Book: Japan Mari Yamamoto, “Japan's Grassroots Pacifism,” Japan Focus, February 24, 2005 pp.1-6 [http://www.japanfocus.org/- David-McNeill/2102] FIELD ASSIGNMENTS (Kobe & Yokohama, November 11-15): Students may choose one (or more) of the following assignments: Pick any one of previously assigned field research topics to gather comparative data from Kobe and/or Yokohama. Investigate Japanese attitudes toward nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. Investigate the history and contemporary beliefs and practices of Japanese peace movements. [FDP FRÖLANDER-ULF] KOB28 POPOKI’S PORT ISLAND COMMUNITY PEACE MAP (0930-1700) Minimum 8/Maximum 13 (PRICE: $20 + OOPEX) Other recommended in-port programs: KOB14 HIROSHIMA BY BULLET TRAIN (1300-2245) Minimum 35/Maximum 70 (PRICE: $444) KOB12 OSAKA CASTLE & INTERNATIONAL PEACE CENTER (1300-1800) Minimum 15/Maximum 20 (PRICE: $60 +OOPEX) [FDP: HUFFMAN] NOVEMBER 16, 18 (A17 & A18) HUMAN AGENCY AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTS. These course segments focus on a broad range of resistance movements and strategies, including military resistance, revitalization movements, workers‟ and farmers‟ organizations, liberation theology, political and cultural nationalism, peace movements, and environmentalism. Reading assignments: Richard Robbins, Part 3. Ch. 10 “Peasant Protest, Rebellion and Resistance” pp. 261-289, Ch. 11 “Anti-Systemic Protest” pp. 290-310, Ch. 12 “Religion and Anti-Systemic Protest‟ pp. 311- 333. Terry Boswell & Christopher Chase-Dunn “Transnational social movements and democratic socialist parties in the semiperiphery: On to global democracy,” pp. 317-335 in Chase-Dunn, Christopher and Salvatore J. Babones, eds. (2006) Global Social Change: Historical and Comparative Perspectives. NOVEMBER 19 READING DAY NOVEMBER 20 & 22 (A19 & A20) THE UNITED STATES: A COLONIAL POWER? Are American Indian nations and Hawai‟i “Domestic colonies” of the United States? What are indigenous peoples in North America and Hawai‟i thinking and doing about the issue of sovereignty and self-determination? DUE DATE: Reading Reflection Assignment #3 Reading assignments: Haunani-Kay,Trask, “Ho‟okupu aKa Lahui Hawai‟i: The Master Plan 1995” pp. 211- 236 in Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai‟i Documentaries: “Hawai‟i‟s Last Queen” & “Spirits for Sale” FIELD ASSIGNMENTS (Hilo, Hawai’i, November 24): Students may choose one (or more) of the following assignments: Observe and take notes on the impact of the tourism industry on Hawai‟ian culture Learn about contemporary efforts by indigenous Hawai‟ians to gain greater autonomy from U.S. economic, political, and cultural domination. Investigate the importance of Hawai‟i for U.S. strategic military interests. NOVEMBER 25 & 27 (A21 & A22) GLOBAL TO LOCAL: LOCAL TO GLOBAL. These two class periods give us the opportunity to pull together the wealth of information that we have been given and gathered ourselves on the journey. We reflect on the nature of our relationships to each other across the planet in class discussions and group presentations. Reading assignments: Manfred Steger, Ch. 8 “Assessing the Future of Globalization” pp. 129-135. Otero, Gerardo (2004). “Global Economy, Local Politics: Indigenous Struggles, Civil Society and Democracy.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 37(2):325-346. Barry Bearak, “For Some Bushmen, a Homeland Worth the Fight,” New York Times, Nov 5, 2010. Vandana Shiva, Soil, Not Oil, “Conclusion. Unleashing Shakti: Our Power to Transform,” pp. 133-144.
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