Intersections, Exchanges, Encounters in the HumanitiesIntersections, Exchanges, Encounters in the Humanities CoursesIEEB01H3 Human, Inhuman, and Non-Human This course examines how the definition of the human is related to science and technology. The topics include the development of media and communication technology, and the intersection of popular culture with new social media and gaming. This course focuses on how sensual responses acquire and shape meaning and considers the body, sexuality, visuality, taste, purity/pollution, and aurality. Case studies may include food, music, consumption and material culture, or arts. Assignments involve experiential learning. Required for IEE majors. This course explores key questions about the stories we tell. It examines perceptions of time and space, chronology and geography, truth and myth, narrative genres. Cases may include: translation, travel, epic, song, theatre, and mapping. Assignments include experiential learning. Required for IEE majors. This course introduces students to key themes, texts, and critical methodologies in the study of society and culture, such as phenomenology, ethnography, deconstruction, Marxist theory, feminism, semiotics, queer theory, post modernism and post colonialism. The course will focus on methods employed by scholars across the humanities. An examination of the places of animals in global history. The course examines on-going interactions between humans and animals through hunting, zoos, breeding, and pets and the historical way the divide between humans and animals has been measured. Through animals, people have often thought about what it means to be human. How does language shape the way groups and individuals understand art, literature, music, conversation, and everyday action? Combining readings from several fields this course explores the sociocultural practices which language helps to structure. Assignments include experiential learning. Topics will vary with instructor. How does language shape the way groups and individuals understand art, literature, music, conversation, and everyday action? Combining readings from a variety of fields this course explores the sociocultural practices which language helps to structure. Topics will vary with instructor. This course introduces students to media industries and commercial popular cultural forms in East and Southeast Asia. Topics include reality TV, TV dramas, anime and manga, as well as issues such as regional culture flows, global impact of Asian popular culture, and the localization of global media in Asia. What does globalization mean? And how can we study it by looking at phenomena such as consumption, mass media, transnational migration, and representations of home and abroad? This course explores this through case studies. Assignments include experiential learning. Topics vary with instructor. This course provides an advanced introduction to feminist scholarship on science, health, and technology. It examines a history and culture of modern scientific research, health practice, and technologies in western and non-western societies. This course examines how gender issues influence the history and contemporary development of science and technology in East Asian societies, including China, Japan, and Korea. Students will gain a critical perspective on the role of gender in shaping scientific knowledge and technological advancements in the context of East Asia. This course examines how individuals and groups engage in translation, conversion, and the representation of cultural difference. Through case studies it explores how and why boundaries between religions, cultures, languages, and societies have been drawn. Assignments include experiential learning. Topics vary with instructor. An exploration of how medieval and early modern societies encountered foreigners and accounted for foreignness, as well as for religious, linguistic, and cultural difference more broadly. Topics include: monsters, relics, pilgrimage, the rise of the university, merchant companies, mercenaries, piracy, captivity and slavery, tourism, and the birth of resident embassies. This course provides a review of the environmental, social and economic features of Egypt from 332 BC to 642 AD. This course investigates the relationship between art forms from the perspective of performance. Topics may include the social role of performance, the body in performance, performing identities, virtual performance, and the impact of technology on the performing body. Assignments include experiential learning. Topics will vary with instructor. An examination of issues in the study of western and non-western popular music and their intersection with other fields of humanistic inquiry. It will explore models of critical analysis and questions surrounding ideology, performance, reception, technology and the relationship of popular music to other media including cyberspace, film and television. This course is the capstone course for IEE majors. Though topics will vary from year-to-year, the course will connect the themes, perspectives, and exchanges introduced throughout the program. Students will be expected to complete a lengthy research paper. This course is intended for IEE students in their final year. This course is the experiential learning course for IEE majors. Students will meet with the instructor to define a program of experiential learning appropriate to their interests and future goals. Projects might include research collaboration with faculty or community work. All students will complete a paper related to their program. This course is intended for IEE students in their final year. |
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