Schedule

Week 1

Introductions
Q. What does it mean to articulate "global" together with "Asia"?

T 04/01

Introductions to course
Student introductions mapping exercise

HANDOUT: SHORT REFLECTION PAPER #1
Boundary Displacement
Q. How do different disciplines define their areas of study? How can we learn from each other's disciplinary expertise?

Th 04/03

Shinji Yamashita, Joseph Bosco, and J.S. Eades, "Asian Anthropologies: Foreign, Native and Indigenous." R
Bruce Cumings, "Boundary Displacement: The State, the Foundations, and International and Area Studies during and after the Cold War." R
Chandra Talpade Mohanty, "‘Under Western Eyes' Revisited: Feminist Solidarity through Anticapitalist Struggles." R

Week 2

Worldings
Q. What different imaginaries or narratives have been used for understanding the world, the globe, or the global situation? Where does Asia fit into the picture?

T 04/08

Edward Said, "Knowing the Oriental" and "Imaginative Geography and Its Representations." R
Shinji Yamashita, "Constructing Selves and Others in Japanese Anthropology: The Case of Micronesia and Southeast Asian Studies." R
Arjun Appadurai, "Global Ethnoscapes: Notes and Queries for a Transnational Anthropology." R

DUE: SHORT REFLECTION PAPER #1

Q. What is globalization? How do we imagine, understand, or study it?

Th 04/10

Mauro F. Guillén, "Is Globalization Civilizing, Destructive or Feeble? A Critique of Five Key Debates in the Social Science Literature." R
Anna Tsing, "The Global Situation." R

HANDOUT: SHORT REFLECTION PAPER #2

Week 3

Colonial Circulations/Circuits
Q. How has Asia been imagined and represented through colonial encounters and related practices of looting and collecting? How does nineteenth-century "globe-trotting" serve as a foundation to contemporary ideas of cross-cultural travel, self & other, and cultural authenticity?

T 04/15

James Hevia, "Looting Peking: 1860, 1900." R
Christine Guth, Longfellow's Tattoos: Tourism, Collecting, and Japan, Introduction & Chapter 1.
Globalization Redux/Tourism slides

Th 04/17

Longfellow's Tattoos, Chapters 2-3.

DUE: SHORT REFLECTION PAPER #2

Week 4

T 04/21

Longfellow's Tattoos, Chapters 4-5.

Third World Circulations/Circuits
Q. What intra-Asia and/or Third World connections have been imagined and forged in response to the East-West colonial dynamic? What is the legacy of these anti-colonial movements in the contemporary era of neoliberal globalization?

Th 04/24

Rebecca Karl, "Recognizing Colonialism: The Philippines and Revolution." R
Excerpts from Asia-Africa Speaks from Bandung. R
Hee-Yeon Cho and Kuang-Hsing Chen, "Bandung/Third Worldism." R
Partha Chatterjee, "Empire and Nation Revisited: 50 Years after Bandung." R

HANDOUT: MIDTERM PAPER QUESTIONS

Week 5

T 04/29

Hee-Yeon Cho, "‘Second Death' or Revival of the ‘Third World' in the Context of Neoliberal Globalization." R
Chen Yingzhen, "What the ‘Third World' Means to Me." R
Gillian Hart, "Taiwanese Networks in Newcastle: The Projection of Knitwear and of Difference." R

Global Work
Q. How is labor (in the factory and the home) organized, managed, and disciplined in a global chain of production? In globalizing labor markets, what race, class, and gender boundaries are transgressed or reinforced?

Th 05/01

Pun Ngai, Made In China: Women Factory Workers in a Global Workplace, Introduction & Chapter 1.

DUE: MIDTERM PAPER
HANDOUT: KEYWORD ASSIGNMENT

Week 6

T 05/06

Made In China, Chapters 2-4.

Th 05/08

Made In China, Chapters 5-7.

DUE: KEYWORD ENTRY (DRAFT)

Week 7

T 05/13

Pei-Chia Lan, Introduction and "Cinderella with a Mobile Phone." R

Intimate Economies
Q. How has capitalist modernity transformed the intersection of market economies and everyday life? And how have intimate identities and relationships—gender, ethnicity, and sexuality—been centrally involved in the operations of modernizing markets?

Th 05/15

Ara Wilson, The Intimate Economies of Bangkok: Tomboys, Tycoons, and Avon Ladies in the Global City, Introduction & Chapter 1.

IN-CLASS WORK: KEYWORD FEEDBACK & CROSS-REFERENCING

Week 8

T 05/20

The Intimate Economies of Bangkok, Chapters 2-3.

Th 05/22

The Intimate Economies of Bangkok, Chapters 4-5 & Conclusion.

DUE: KEYWORD ENTRY (REVISION)

Week 9

Global Popular Culture
Q. What is the interrelationship between the global and local in the realm of popular culture? What methods can we use to understand how the forces driving new, globalizing cultural styles—such as hip-hop and rap—emerge from interactions and connections forged among diverse social actors?

T 05/27

Ian Condry, Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization, Introduction & Chapters 1-2.

Th 05/29

Hip-Hop Japan, Chapters 3-5.

Week 10

T 06/03

Hip-Hop Japan, Chapters 6-7 & Conclusion.

Wrap-Up

Th 06/05

Keyword → final paper presentations

Finals Week

T 06/10: FINAL PAPER DUE

Your final paper is due by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10. Please put it in my box in the Anthropology Department office on the mezzanine level of Denny Hall. If you would like me to return the paper with comments to you, please attache a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage.

Schedule

Home Syllabus Schedule Assignments Compendium Links	Global Asia ANTH 442 / SISA 442 / WOMEN 446, Spring 2008 Schedule & Readings Week 1 Introductions Q. What does it mean to articulate "global" together with "Asia"? T 04/01 Introductions to course Student introductions mapping exercise HANDOUT: SHORT REFLECTION PAPER #1 Boundary Displacement Q. How do different disciplines define their areas of study? How can we learn from each other's disciplinary expertise? Th 04/03 Shinji Yamashita, Joseph Bosco, and J.S. Eades, "Asian Anthropologies: Foreign, Native and Indigenous." R Bruce Cumings, "Boundary Displacement: The State, the Foundations, and International and Area Studies during and after the Cold War." R Chandra Talpade Mohanty, "‘Under Western Eyes' Revisited: Feminist Solidarity through Anticapitalist Struggles." R Week 2 Worldings Q. What different imaginaries or narratives have been used for understanding the world, the globe, or the global situation? Where does Asia fit into the picture? T 04/08 Edward Said, "Knowing the Oriental" and "Imaginative Geography and Its Representations." R Shinji Yamashita, "Constructing Selves and Others in Japanese Anthropology: The Case of Micronesia and Southeast Asian Studies." R Arjun Appadurai, "Global Ethnoscapes: Notes and Queries for a Transnational Anthropology." R DUE: SHORT REFLECTION PAPER #1 Q. What is globalization? How do we imagine, understand, or study it? Th 04/10 Mauro F. Guillén, "Is Globalization Civilizing, Destructive or Feeble? A Critique of Five Key Debates in the Social Science Literature." R Anna Tsing, "The Global Situation." R HANDOUT: SHORT REFLECTION PAPER #2 Week 3 Colonial Circulations/Circuits Q. How has Asia been imagined and represented through colonial encounters and related practices of looting and collecting? How does nineteenth-century "globe-trotting" serve as a foundation to contemporary ideas of cross-cultural travel, self & other, and cultural authenticity? T 04/15 James Hevia, "Looting Peking: 1860, 1900." R Christine Guth, Longfellow's Tattoos: Tourism, Collecting, and Japan, Introduction & Chapter 1. Globalization Redux/Tourism slides Th 04/17 Longfellow's Tattoos, Chapters 2-3. DUE: SHORT REFLECTION PAPER #2 Week 4 T 04/21 Longfellow's Tattoos, Chapters 4-5. Third World Circulations/Circuits Q. What intra-Asia and/or Third World connections have been imagined and forged in response to the East-West colonial dynamic? What is the legacy of these anti-colonial movements in the contemporary era of neoliberal globalization? Th 04/24 Rebecca Karl, "Recognizing Colonialism: The Philippines and Revolution." R Excerpts from Asia-Africa Speaks from Bandung. R Hee-Yeon Cho and Kuang-Hsing Chen, "Bandung/Third Worldism." R Partha Chatterjee, "Empire and Nation Revisited: 50 Years after Bandung." R HANDOUT: MIDTERM PAPER QUESTIONS Week 5 T 04/29 Hee-Yeon Cho, "‘Second Death' or Revival of the ‘Third World' in the Context of Neoliberal Globalization." R Chen Yingzhen, "What the ‘Third World' Means to Me." R Gillian Hart, "Taiwanese Networks in Newcastle: The Projection of Knitwear and of Difference." R Global Work Q. How is labor (in the factory and the home) organized, managed, and disciplined in a global chain of production? In globalizing labor markets, what race, class, and gender boundaries are transgressed or reinforced? Th 05/01 Pun Ngai, Made In China: Women Factory Workers in a Global Workplace, Introduction & Chapter 1. DUE: MIDTERM PAPER HANDOUT: KEYWORD ASSIGNMENT Week 6 T 05/06 Made In China, Chapters 2-4. Th 05/08 Made In China, Chapters 5-7. DUE: KEYWORD ENTRY (DRAFT) Week 7 T 05/13 Pei-Chia Lan, Introduction and "Cinderella with a Mobile Phone." R Intimate Economies Q. How has capitalist modernity transformed the intersection of market economies and everyday life? And how have intimate identities and relationships—gender, ethnicity, and sexuality—been centrally involved in the operations of modernizing markets? Th 05/15 Ara Wilson, The Intimate Economies of Bangkok: Tomboys, Tycoons, and Avon Ladies in the Global City, Introduction & Chapter 1. IN-CLASS WORK: KEYWORD FEEDBACK & CROSS-REFERENCING Week 8 T 05/20 The Intimate Economies of Bangkok, Chapters 2-3. Th 05/22 The Intimate Economies of Bangkok, Chapters 4-5 & Conclusion. DUE: KEYWORD ENTRY (REVISION) Week 9 Global Popular Culture Q. What is the interrelationship between the global and local in the realm of popular culture? What methods can we use to understand how the forces driving new, globalizing cultural styles—such as hip-hop and rap—emerge from interactions and connections forged among diverse social actors? T 05/27 Ian Condry, Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization, Introduction & Chapters 1-2. Th 05/29 Hip-Hop Japan, Chapters 3-5. Week 10 T 06/03 Hip-Hop Japan, Chapters 6-7 & Conclusion. Wrap-Up Th 06/05 Keyword → final paper presentations Finals Week T 06/10: FINAL PAPER DUE Your final paper is due by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10. Please put it in my box in the Anthropology Department office on the mezzanine level of Denny Hall. If you would like me to return the paper with comments to you, please attache a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage.
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