Course Details
Country:
Japan
Institution:
Waseda University
Course Title:
Introduction to Race and Ethnic Relations
Course Number:
INTA261L
Course Description:
In an age of intensified globalization and IT revolution, we are witnessing growing importance and power of political struggles organized around identities (whether by race, ethnicity, sexuality or gender). The erosion of the territorial state and national identities is counterbalanced by the even stronger return of defensive exclusions and a new cultural practice which constructs unity through difference. This course will reconceptualize race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality as a politics of location, as a configuration of where one places oneself. We will, first, employ world-system perspectives in order to acquire a better understanding of the present condition of the world in which non-state actors, including transnational NGOs and networks exert significant influence on world politics, e.g., diverse digital activism ranging from #BlackLivesMatter to #BringBackOurGirls to #MeToo.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 319, GOVT 329
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