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Course Info for INTS - 115 - 01, Spring 2022
Class number: 2831 Title: Philippines: Postcolon Futures Department: International Studies
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 14 Available seats: 5
Start date: Monday, January 31, 2022 End date: Monday, May 16, 2022 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM, LSC - 135 Instructor(s): Bauer, Janet
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences and Global Requirements
Course Description:
Focusing on the Philippines, the former US colony which provides a window on the postcolonial world and shifting US policy in Asia, this course provides an introduction to the intersectionality of area studies from an anthropological point of view. It explores the contributions of Philippine ethnography to theories of gender and development, tourism, domestic work and migrant economies, political (and religious) mobilization, and indigenous cultural studies.