IPOL8643A-F12
SemPwr&Idntity/MultiCultrlWrld
The second half of the seminar will focus on the political and sociological factors that shape national, ethnic, religious and gender identities through case studies of particular interest to seminar participants. What are the structural factors that constrain and what choices do we have as we construct our identities? We will examine the nation building projects in developing countries that constructed new ‘national myths’ and new identities in tension with existing ethnic, racial, religious and other identities. How has nation building empowered particular ethnic, religious, racial groups in this process at the expense of others? Whose cultures have been privileged, others suppressed? Where is the balance between maintaining cultural diversity and group rights, at the same time creating a state which erases group privileges in order to promote individual rights and ‘citizens’ whose primary loyalty is to the ‘nation’? Has globalization brought with it even greater identification with local cultures? This seminar will attempt to explore these issues in order to provide a deeper understanding of Power and Identity in a Multicultural World as students prepare to make cultural transitions.
- Term:
- Fall 2012 - MIIS
- Location:
- Casa Fuente CF434(CFNT CF434)
- Schedule:
- 4:00pm-6:50pm on Wednesday (Aug 27, 2012 to Dec 11, 2012)
- Type:
- Seminar
- Instructors:
- Nukhet Kardam
- Subject:
- International Policy
- Department:
- International Policy
- Division:
- Intl Policy & Management
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Levels:
- MIIS Graduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 90422
- Subject Code:
- IPOL
- Course Number:
- 8643
- Section Identifier:
- A