Identity and Difference

keywords:
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
Gender Studies
Social Anthropology
Ethnography
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course explores how identities, whether of individuals or groups, are produced, maintained, and transformed. Students will be introduced to various theoretical perspectives that deal with identity formation, including constructions of "the normal." We will explore the utility of these perspectives for understanding identity components such as gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, language, social class, and bodily difference. By semester's end students will understand better how an individual can be at once cause and consequence of society, a unique agent of social action as well as a social product.

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Law and Society

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

addressCountry: US

addressLocality: Cambridge

addressRegion: Massachusetts

type: Organization

Susan S. Silbey

honorificPrefix: Prof.

type: Person

keywords:
Humanities
Social Science
Sociology
Anthropology
Philosophy
Legal Studies
Social Justice
Political Philosophy

de: Soziologie

uk: Соціологія

en: Sociology

de: Anthropologie (Humanbiologie)

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

en: Anthropology (Human Biology)

de: Philosophie

uk: Філософія

en: Philosophy

de: Sozialwissenschaften/Soziologie

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

en: Social Sciences/Sociology

de: Geisteswissenschaften

uk: Гуманітарні науки

en: Humanities

de: Mathematik, Naturwissenschaften

uk: Математика, природничі науки

en: Mathematics, Natural Sciences

de: Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

en: Law, Economics and Social Sciences

de: Biologie

uk: Біологія

en: Biology

description:
Law is a common and yet distinct aspect of everyday life in modern societies. This course examines the central features of law as a social institution and as a feature of popular culture. We will explore the nature of law as a set of social systems, central actors in the systems, legal reasoning, and the relationship of the legal form and reasoning to social change. The course emphasizes the relationship between the internal logic of legal devices and economic, political and social processes. Emphasis is placed upon developing a perspective which views law as a practical resource, a mechanism for handling the widest range of unspecified social issues, problems, and conflicts, and at the same time, as a set of shared representations and aspirations.

We will explore the range of experiences of law for its ministers (lawyers, judges, law enforcement agents and administrators) as well as for its supplicants (citizens, plaintiffs, defendants). We will examine how law is mobilized and deployed by professionals and ordinary citizens. We cannot cover all aspects of the legal system, nor focus on all the different actors. A set of topics has been selected to develop understanding of the situational and systemic demands within which actors in the legal system operate and perform their roles; at the same time, we will try to discover systematic patterns in the uses and consequences of law. Throughout the course there is concern for understanding what we mean by legality and the rule of law.

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cs: Kurz

de: Kurs

fi: Kurssi

uk: Курс

en: Course

fr: Cours

da: Kursus

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Ethnic and National Identity

keywords:
Social Science
Anthropology
Ethnography
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: An introduction to the cross-cultural study of ethnic and national identity. We examine the concept of social identity, and consider the ways in which gendered, linguistic, religious, and ethno-racial identity components interact. We explore the history of nationalism, including the emergence of the idea of the nation-state, as well as ethnic conflict, globalization, identity politics, and human rights.

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Gender, Sexuality, and Society

keywords:
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
Gender Studies
Women's Studies
Social Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course seeks to examine how people experience gender - what it means to be a man or a woman - and sexuality in a variety of historical and cultural contexts. We will explore how gender and sexuality relate to other categories of social identity and difference, such as race and ethnicity, economic and social standing, urban or rural life, etc. One goal of the class is to learn how to critically assess media and other popular representations of gender roles and stereotypes. Another is to gain a greater sense of the diversity of human social practices and beliefs in the United States and around the world.

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Race and Science

keywords:
Social Science
Sociology
Anthropology
Social Justice
Ethnography
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course examines one of the most enduring and influential forms of identity and experience in the Americas and Europe, and in particular the ways race and racism have been created, justified, or contested in scientific practice and discourse. Drawing on classical and contemporary readings from Du Bois to Gould to Gilroy, we ask whether the logic of race might be changing in the world of genomics and informatics, and with that changed logic, how we can respond today to new configurations of race, science, technology, and inequality. Considered are the rise of evolutionary racism; debates about eugenics in the early twentieth century; Nazi notions of "racial hygiene"; nation-building projects and race in Latin America; and the movement in modern biology from race to populations to genes and genomes.

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keywords:
Humanities
Social Science
Business
Sociology
Organizational Behavior
Anthropology
Philosophy
Social Anthropology
Political Philosophy

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

de: Betriebswirtschaftslehre

uk: Бізнес-адміністрування

en: Business Administration

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

de: Wirtschaftswissenschaften

uk: Бізнес та економіка

en: Business and Economics

description: Using examples from anthropology and sociology alongside classical and contemporary social theory, this course explores the nature of dominant and subordinate relationships, types of legitimate authority, and practices of resistance. The course also examines how we are influenced in subtle ways by the people around us, who makes controlling decisions in the family, how people get ahead at work, and whether democracies, in fact, reflect the "will of the people."

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name: Power: Interpersonal, Organizational and Global Dimensions


Culture, Embodiment and the Senses

keywords:
Humanities
Social Science
Anthropology
Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Cultural Anthropology
Psychology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: Culture, Embodiment, and the Senses will provide an historical and cross-cultural analysis of the politics of sensory experience. The subject will address western philosophical debates about mind, brain, emotion, and the body and the historical value placed upon sight, reason, and rationality, versus smell, taste, and touch as acceptable modes of knowing and knowledge production. We will assess cultural traditions that challenge scientific interpretations of experience arising from western philosophical and physiological models. The class will examine how sensory experience lies beyond the realm of individual physiological or psychological responses and occurs within a culturally elaborated field of social relations. Finally, we will debate how discourse about the senses is a product of particular modes of knowledge production that are themselves contested fields of power relations.

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keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Social Science
Anthropology
Social Anthropology
Fiction
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This class examines how anthropology and speculative fiction (SF) each explore ideas about culture and society, technology, morality, and life in "other" worlds. We investigate this convergence of interest through analysis of SF in print, film, and other media. Concepts include traditional and contemporary anthropological topics, including first contact; gift exchange; gender, marriage, and kinship; law, morality, and cultural relativism; religion; race and embodiment; politics, violence, and war; medicine, healing, and consciousness; technology and environment. Thematic questions addressed in the class include: what is an alien? What is "the human"? Could SF be possible without anthropology?

uk: вхід без авторизації

name: Anthropology Through Speculative Fiction


keywords:
Humanities
Ethics
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
Philosophy
Gender Studies
African American Studies

de: Ethik

uk: Етика

en: Ethics

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course is an introduction to the cross-cultural study of biomedical ethics, examining moral foundations of the science and practice of Western biomedicine through case studies of abortion, contraception, cloning, organ transplantation and other issues. It evaluates challenges that new medical technologies pose to the practice and availability of medical services around the globe, and to cross-cultural ideas of kinship and personhood. Also discussed are critiques of the biomedical tradition from anthropological, feminist, legal, religious, and cross-cultural theorists.

uk: вхід без авторизації

name: Dilemmas in Bio-Medical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?


Anthropology of Biology

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Anthropology
History of Science and Technology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Geschichte

uk: Історія

en: History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course applies the tools of anthropology to examine biology in the age of genomics, biotechnological enterprise, biodiversity conservation, pharmaceutical bioprospecting, and synthetic biology. It examines such social concerns such as bioterrorism, genetic modification, and cloning. It offers an anthropological inquiry into how the substances and explanations of biology—ecological, organismic, cellular, molecular, genetic, informatic—are changing. It examines such artifacts as cell lines, biodiversity databases, and artificial life models, and using primary sources in biology, social studies of the life sciences, and literary and cinematic materials, and asks how we might answer Erwin Schrodinger's 1944 question, "What Is Life?" today.

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The Anthropology of Biology

keywords:
Social Science
Anthropology
Biological Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course applies the tools of anthropology to examine biology in the age of genomics, biotechnological enterprise, biodiversity conservation, pharmaceutical bioprospecting, and synthetic biology. It examines such social concerns such as bioterrorism, genetic modification, and cloning. It offers an anthropological inquiry into how the substances and explanations of biology — ecological, organismic, cellular, molecular, genetic, informatic — are changing. The course also examines such artifacts as cell lines, biodiversity databases, and artificial life models, and using primary sources in biology, social studies of the life sciences, and literary and cinematic materials, asks how we might answer Erwin Schrödinger's 1944 question, "What Is Life?", today.

uk: вхід без авторизації


keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Business
Globalization
Anthropology
Social Anthropology
World History
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Бізнес-адміністрування

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Бізнес та економіка

description: Everyday we are bombarded with the word "global" and encouraged to see globalization as the quintessential transformation of our age. But what exactly does "globalization" mean? How is it affecting the lives of people around the world, not only in economic, but social and cultural terms? How do contemporary changes compare with those from other historical periods? Are such changes positive, negative or simply inevitable? And, finally, how does the concept of the "global" itself shape our perceptions in ways that both help us understand the contemporary world and potentially distort it? This course begins by offering a brief overview of historical "world systems," including those centered in Asia as well as Europe. It explores the nature of contemporary transformations, including those in economics, media & information technologies, population flows, and consumer habits, not through abstractions but by focusing on the daily lives of people in various parts of the world. This course considers such topics as the day-to-day impact of computers in Silicon Valley and among Tibetan refugees; the dilemmas of factory workers in the US and rural Java; the attractions of Bombay cinema in Nigeria, the making of rap music in Japan, and the cultural complexities of immigrant life in France. This course seeks not only to understand the various forms globalization takes, but to understand its very different impacts world-wide.

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name: Marketing, Microchips and McDonalds: Debating Globalization


keywords:
Humanities
Economics
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
Philosophy
Gender Studies
Global Poverty
Political Philosophy
International Development

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Volkswirtschaftslehre

uk: Економіка

en: Economics

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Бізнес та економіка

description: After decades of efforts to promote development, why is there so much poverty in the world? What are some of the root causes of inequality world-wide and why do poverty, economic transformations and development policies often have different consequences for women and men? This course explores these issues while also examining the history of development itself, its underlying assumptions, and its range of supporters and critics. It considers the various meanings given to development by women and men, primarily as residents of particular regions, but also as aid workers, policy makers and government officials. In considering how development projects and policies are experienced in daily life in urban and rural areas in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Melanesia, this course asks what are the underlying political, economic, social, and gender dynamics that make "development" an ongoing problem world-wide.

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name: Gender, Power, and International Development


Environmental Struggles

keywords:
Humanities
Social Science
Public Administration
Anthropology
Philosophy
Ethnography
Political Philosophy
Cultural Anthropology
Environmental Policy

de: Verwaltungswissenschaften

uk: Управління та адміністрування

en: Administrative Sciences

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This class explores the interrelationship between humans and natural environments. It does so by focusing on conflict over access to and use of the environment as well as ideas about "nature" in various parts of the world.

uk: вхід без авторизації


Photography and Truth

keywords:
Social Science
Visual Arts
Fine Arts
Anthropology
Ethnography
Cultural Anthropology
Photography

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Bildende Kunst

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

en: Fine Arts

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

de: Kunst, Kunstwissenschaft

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

en: Art, Art Theory

description: Still photography, a practice and form of expression that has worked its way into every facet of social life and every culture in the world, is considered here from the perspectives of history and social science. We will discuss the uses and functions of pictures; how they are to be understood and interpreted; whether they have clear-cut content and meanings; how they shape and are shaped by politics, economics, and social life.

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Cultures of Computing

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Anthropology
Philosophy
History of Science and Technology
Cultural Anthropology
Modern History

de: Anthropologie (Humanbiologie)

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

en: Anthropology (Human Biology)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course examines computers anthropologically, as artifacts revealing the social orders and cultural practices that create them. Students read classic texts in computer science along with cultural analyses of computing history and contemporary configurations. It explores the history of automata, automation and capitalist manufacturing; cybernetics and WWII operations research; artificial intelligence and gendered subjectivity; robots, cyborgs, and artificial life; creation and commoditization of the personal computer; the growth of the Internet as a military, academic, and commercial project; hackers and gamers; technobodies and virtual sociality. Emphasis is placed on how ideas about gender and other social differences shape labor practices, models of cognition, hacking culture, and social media.

uk: вхід без авторизації


The Anthropology of Sound

keywords:
Music
Social Science
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Music Theory

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Musik, Musikwissenschaft

uk: Музика, музикознавство

en: Music, Musicology

de: Medienwissenschaft

uk: Медіазнавство

en: Media Science

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This class examines the ways humans experience the realm of sound and how perceptions and technologies of sound emerge from cultural, economic, and historical worlds. In addition to learning about how environmental, linguistic, and musical sounds are construed cross-culturally, students learn about the rise of telephony, architectural acoustics, and sound recording, as well as about the globalized travel of these technologies. Questions of ownership, property, authorship, and copyright in the age of digital file sharing are also addressed. A major concern will be with how the sound/noise boundary has been imagined, created, and modeled across diverse sociocultural and scientific contexts. Auditory examples — sound art, environmental recordings, music — will be provided and invited throughout the term.

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Environmental Conflict

keywords:
Science
Social Science
Earth Science
Sociology
Anthropology
Biology
Ethnography
Environmental Science
Ecology

de: Soziologie

en: Sociology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

de: Sozialwissenschaften/Soziologie

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

en: Social Sciences/Sociology

de: Geowissenschaften (ohne Geographie)

uk: Науки про Землю(крім географії)

en: Geosciences (excl. Geography)

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course explores the complex interrelationships among humans and natural environments, focusing on non-western parts of the world in addition to Europe and the United States. It uses environmental conflict to draw attention to competing understandings and uses of "nature" as well as the local, national and transnational power relationships in which environmental interactions are embedded. In addition to utilizing a range of theoretical perspectives, this subject draws upon a series of ethnographic case studies of environmental conflicts in various parts of the world.

uk: вхід без авторизації


The Conquest of America

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
American History
Cultural Anthropology
Indigenous Studies

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Geisteswissenschaften

uk: Гуманітарні науки

en: Humanities

de: Mathematik, Naturwissenschaften

uk: Математика, природничі науки

en: Mathematics, Natural Sciences

de: Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

en: Law, Economics and Social Sciences

de: Biologie

en: Biology

description: In this course the conquest and colonization of the Americas is considered, with special attention to the struggles of native peoples in Guatemala, Canada, Brazil, Panama, and colonial New England. In two segments of the course-one devoted to the Jesuit missionization of the Huron in the 1630s, the other to struggles between the government of Panama and the Kuna between 1900 and 1925-students examine primary documents such as letters, reports, and court records, to draw their own conclusions. Attention focuses on how we know about and represent past eras and other peoples, as well as on the history of struggles between native Americans and Europeans.

uk: вхід без авторизації


Violence, Human Rights, and Justice

keywords:
Humanities
Social Science
Sociology
Anthropology
Philosophy
Social Justice
Political Philosophy
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

de: Philosophie

en: Philosophy

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course examines the problem of mass violence and oppression in the contemporary world, and the concept of human rights as a defense against such abuse. It explores questions of cultural relativism, race, gender and ethnicity. It examines case studies from war crimes tribunals, truth commissions, anti-terrorist policies and other judicial attempts to redress state-sponsored wrongs. It also considers whether the human rights framework effectively promotes the rule of law in modern societies. Students debate moral positions and address ideas of moral relativism.

de: keine Anmeldung erforderlich

uk: вхід без авторизації

en: no login required

de: Kurs

en: Course


keywords:
Economics
Social Science
Political Science
Society
Sociology
Anthropology
Gender Studies
Global Poverty
Social Justice
International Relations
Social Anthropology
Labor Economics
Ethnography

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Volkswirtschaftslehre

en: Economics

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

de: Wirtschaftswissenschaften

uk: Бізнес та економіка

en: Business and Economics

description: This course explores the issue of human trafficking for forced labour and sexual slavery, focusing on its representation in recent scholarly accounts and advocacy as well as in other media. Ethnographic and fictional readings along with media analysis help to develop a contextualized and comparative understanding of the phenomena in both past and present contexts. It examines the wide range of factors and agents that enable these practices, such as technology, cultural practices, social and economic conditions, and the role of governments and international organizations. The course also discusses the analytical, moral and methodological questions of researching, writing, and representing trafficking and slavery.

uk: вхід без авторизації

name: Slavery and Human Trafficking in the 21st Century


Anthropology of the Middle East

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
History
Social Science
Fine Arts
Society
Anthropology
Performance Arts
International Literature
Cultural Anthropology
Middle Eastern History
Middle Eastern Studies

de: Bildende Kunst

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

en: Fine Arts

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Geschichte

en: History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description:
This course examines traditional performances of the Arabic-speaking populations of the Middle East and North Africa. Starting with the history of the ways in which the West has discovered, translated and written about the Orient, we will consider how power and politics play roles in the production of culture, narrative and performance. This approach assumes that performance, verbal art, and oral literature lend themselves to spontaneous adaptation and to oblique expression of ideas and opinions whose utterance would otherwise be censorable or disruptive. In particular we will be concerned with the way traditional performance practices are affected by and respond to the consequences of modernization.

Topics include oral epic performance, sacred narrative, Koranic chant performance, the folktale, solo performance, cultural production and resistance.

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keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Health and Medicine
The Developing World
Society
Public Health
Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Religion
African History

de: Anthropologie (Humanbiologie)

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

en: Anthropology (Human Biology)

de: Religionswissenschaft

uk: Релігієзнавство

en: Religious Studies

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Humanmedizin/Gesundheitswissenschaften

uk: Медицина / Науки про здоров'я

en: Human Medicine / Health Sciences

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course provides an exploration of colonial and postcolonial clashes between theories of healing and embodiment in the African world and those of western bio-medicine. It examines how Afro-Atlantic religious traditions have challenged western conceptions of illness, healing, and the body and have also offered alternative notions of morality, rationality, kinship, gender, and sexuality. It also analyzes whether contemporary western bio-medical interventions reinforce colonial or imperial power in the effort to promote global health in Africa and the African diaspora.

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name: Medicine, Religion and Politics in Africa and the African Diaspora


What is Capitalism?

keywords:
Social Science
Anthropology
Social Anthropology
Ethnography
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: As we live in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2008, there are renewed questions about the nature of the economic system—capitalism—within which we live. What are its benefits and drawbacks? Why does it garner both so much opposition and support? What are its moral, economic, social and political implications? Is it even a "system"? How has capitalism played out in different historical moments and regions of the world? This class addresses the question "what is capitalism?" from a social scientific point of view, rather than a classical economic one.

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uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course introduces academic debates on the nature of capitalism, drawing upon the ideas of scholars as diverse as Adam Smith and Karl Marx. It examines anthropological studies of how contemporary capitalism plays out in people's daily lives in a range of geographic and social settings, and implications for how we understand capitalism today. Settings range from Wall Street investment banks to auto assembly plants, from family businesses to consumer shopping malls.

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keywords:
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
Asian Studies
Gender Studies
Women's Studies
Ethnography
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course explores stereotypes associated with Asian women in colonial, nationalist, state-authoritarian, and global/diasporic narratives about gender and power. Students will read ethnography, cultural studies, and history, and view films to examine the politics and circumstances that create and perpetuate the representation of Asian women as dragon ladies, lotus blossoms, despotic tyrants, desexualized servants, and docile subordinates. Students are introduced to the debates about Orientalism, gender, and power.

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name: Gender and Representation of Asian Women


Technology and Culture

keywords:
Social Science
Public Administration
Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Science and Technology Policy

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Verwaltungswissenschaften

uk: Управління та адміністрування

en: Administrative Sciences

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This subject examines relationships among technology, culture, and politics in a range of social and historical settings. The class is organized around two topics: Identity and infrastructure, and will combine interactive lectures, film screenings, readings, and discussion.

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Art, Craft, Science

keywords:
Economics
Social Science
Fine Arts
Anthropology
Industrial Organization
Cultural Anthropology
International Development

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

de: Sozialwissenschaften/Soziologie

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

en: Social Sciences/Sociology

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Бізнес та економіка

de: Kunst, Kunstwissenschaft

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

en: Art, Art Theory

description: This course examines how people learn, practice, and evaluate traditional and contemporary craft techniques. Social science theories of design, embodiment, apprenticeship learning, skill, labor, expertise, and tacit knowledge are used to explore distinctions and connections among art, craft, and science. We will also discuss the commoditization of craft into market goods, collectible art, and tourism industries. Ethnographic and historical case studies include textiles, glassblowing, quilting, cheese making, industrial design, home cooking, factory and laboratory work, CAD-CAM. In-class demonstrations and hands-on craft projects will be included.

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The Anthropology of Sound

keywords:
Social Science
Anthropology
Social Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course examines the ways humans experience sound and how perceptions and technologies of sound emerge from cultural, economic, and historical worlds. It considers how the sound/noise/music boundaries have been imagined, created, and modeled across sociocultural and historical contexts. Students will learn how environmental, linguistic, and musical sounds are construed cross-culturally as well as the rise of telephony, architectural acoustics, sound recording, multi-channel and spatial mix performance, and the globalized travel of these technologies. Questions of sound ownership, property, authorship, remix, and copyright in the digital age are also addressed.

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Xenia Cherkaev

honorificPrefix: Dr.

keywords:
Social Science
Political Science
Anthropology
Ethnography
American Politics

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course introduces the ethnographic study of politics, i.e., what anthropologists understand to be "political" in various social and economic systems, from small-scale societies to liberal democratic states. It examines politics across three contemporary contexts: electoral politics, public spheres, bureaucracies and humanitarian governance. Students consider and analyze how questions of authority, coercion, and violence have been theorized to relate to the political, and how some aspects of social life are regimented in explicitly non-political ways.

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name: The Anthropology of Politics: Persuasion and Power


uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course examines the birth and international expansion of an American industry of political marketing. It focuses attention on the cultural processes, sociopolitical contexts and moral utopias that shape the practice of political marketing in the U.S. and in different countries. By looking at the debates and expert practices at the core of the business of politics, the course explores how the "universal" concept of democracy is interpreted and reworked through space and time, while examining how different cultural groups experimenting with political marketing understand the role of citizens in a democracy.

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name: The Anthropology of Politics: U.S. Presidential Election Edition


keywords:
Social Science
Political Science
Society
Anthropology
Latin and Caribbean Studies
Social Anthropology
American Politics

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This class looks at the birth and international expansion of an American industry of political marketing, with a special emphasis on Latin America. We will focus our attention on the cultural processes, sociopolitical contexts and moral utopias that shape the practice of political marketing in the U.S. and in different Latin American countries. By looking at the debates and expert practices at the core of the business of politics, we will explore how the "universal" concept of democracy is interpreted and reworked as it travels through space and time. Specifically, we will study how different groups experimenting with political marketing in different cultural contexts understand the role of citizens in a democracy.

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name: The Business of Politics: A View of Latin America


Magic, Science, and Religion

keywords:
Social Science
Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course explores the origins of magic, science, and religion as forms of belief within and across cultures. It addresses the place of rationality and belief in competing sociocultural theories, with a focus on analyzing modern perspectives. It also examines how cases of overlap between magic, science, and religion raise new questions about modernity and human nature.

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keywords:
Engineering
Science
Social Science
Visual Arts
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Anthropology
Film and Video

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

cs: Technické vědy

de: Ingenieurwissenschaften

fi: tekniikka

uk: Інженерія

en: Engineering Sciences

fr: Ingénierie

da: Ingeniørvidenskab

es: Ingeniería

nl: Engineering

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Medienwissenschaft

uk: Медіазнавство

en: Media Science

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Медіазнавство

de: Geisteswissenschaften

uk: Гуманітарні науки

en: Humanities

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This course is an introductory exploration of documentary film theory and production, focusing on documentaries about science, engineering, and related fields. Students engage in digital video production as well as social and media analysis of science documentaries. Readings are drawn from social studies of science as well as from documentary film theory. The courses uses documentary video making as a tool to explore the worlds of science and engineering, as well as a tool for thinking analytically about media itself and the social worlds in which science is embedded. The course includes a hands-on lab component devoted to digital video production, in addition to classroom lectures and in-class film screenings.

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name: DV Lab: Documenting Science Through Video and New Media


Social Theory and Analysis

keywords:
Humanities
History
Economics
Social Science
Sociology
Anthropology
Ethnography
Political Economy
Cultural Anthropology
Intellectual History

de: Soziologie

en: Sociology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

de: Mathematik, Naturwissenschaften

uk: Математика, природничі науки

en: Mathematics, Natural Sciences

de: Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

en: Law, Economics and Social Sciences

de: Biologie

en: Biology

uk: Бізнес та економіка

description: This course covers major theorists and theoretical schools since the late 19th century. Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Bourdieu, Levi-Strauss, Geertz, Foucault, Gramsci, and others.

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keywords:
Social Science
Anthropology
Ethnography
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course enhances cross-cultural understanding through the discussion of practical, ethical, and epistemological issues in conducting social science and applied research in foreign countries or unfamiliar communities. It includes a research practicum to help students develop interviewing, participant-observation, and other qualitative research skills, as well as critical discussion of case studies. The course is open to all interested students, but intended particularly for those planning to undertake exploratory research or applied work abroad. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.

de: keine Anmeldung erforderlich

uk: вхід без авторизації

en: no login required

name: Cross-Cultural Investigations: Technology and Development

de: Kurs

en: Course


The Anthropology of Cybercultures

keywords:
Social Science
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Anthropology
Ethnography
Digital Media
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Bildende Kunst

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

en: Fine Arts

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This course explores a range of contemporary scholarship oriented to the study of 'cybercultures,' with a focus on research inspired by ethnographic and more broadly anthropological perspectives. Taking anthropology as a resource for cultural critique, the course will be organized through a set of readings chosen to illustrate central topics concerning the cultural and material practices that comprise digital technologies. We'll examine social histories of automata and automation; the trope of the 'cyber' and its origins in the emergence of cybernetics during the last century; cybergeographies and politics; robots, agents and humanlike machines; bioinformatics and artificial life; online sociality and the cyborg imaginary; ubiquitous and mobile computing; ethnographies of research and development; and geeks, gamers and hacktivists. We'll close by considering the implications for all of these topics of emerging reconceptualizations of sociomaterial relations, informed by feminist science and technology studies.

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Social Theory and Analysis

keywords:
Humanities
History
Economics
Social Science
Sociology
Anthropology
Social Justice
Ethnography
Political Economy
Cultural Anthropology
Intellectual History

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Volkswirtschaftslehre

en: Economics

de: Geschichte

en: History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

de: Wirtschaftswissenschaften

uk: Бізнес та економіка

en: Business and Economics

description: This subject presents a survey of social theory from the 17th century to the present. It focuses on the historical contexts out of which theory arises, the utility and limitations of older theories for present conditions, and the creation of new theory out of contemporary circumstances.

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keywords:
Engineering
Humanities
Social Science
Urban Studies
Anthropology
Environmental Engineering

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Anthropologie (Humanbiologie)

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

en: Anthropology (Human Biology)

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course examines and experiments with pathways to decarbonization at the million-person scale. Our field site is Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia—the coldest capital on Earth and one of the world’s most polluted cities, largely as a result of coal combustion. We will explore the design and implementation of a molten salt heat bank to be used as an alternative to coal for household heating. Our approach is holistic and interdisciplinary: to prototype a locally specific, culturally acceptable, and socio-economically viable reusable energy source, we combine anthropology and engineering to understand and address the complex social, environmental, material, economic, and political conditions that shape energy and sustainability dilemmas in Ulaanbaatar. In doing so, we will move back and forth between prototyping the heat bank and considering practical constraints specific to the place and people.

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name: Anthro-Engineering: Decarbonization at the Million-Person Scale


keywords:
Social Science
Anthropology
Social Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This class brings anthropological concepts to bear on contemporary movements for justice for harms committed during European colonization in Africa. Over the course of the semester, we use critical readings on topics such as violence, human rights discourse, narrating and measuring harm, memory, and group identity formation to reflect on and contribute to the work of two groups of practitioners currently engaged in claims for justice and reparations for European colonialism in Africa: in Algeria (France), and in the Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda respectively (Belgium).

uk: вхід без авторизації

name: Reparations for Slavery and Colonization: Contemporary Movements for Justice


keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Fiction
International Literature

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This subject serves as a broad introduction to the field of European and Latin American fiction. It is taught in an historical manner—beginning with the first picaresque novel, _Lazarillo de Tormes_, and ending with contemporary European fiction. It is designed to help students acquire a general understanding of major fictional modes-from 18th century epistolary fiction, _Liaisons dangereuses_, to 20th century avant-garde fiction: _Cosmicomicsi_ and _Aura_. Attention is paid not only to the literary movements these works represent, but also to the subtle interplay of history, geography, language and cultural norms that gave rise to specific literary forms. While the reading load is heavy, the books are compelling.

uk: вхід без авторизації

name: Introduction to European and Latin American Fiction


keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Social Science
Visual Arts
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Society
Anthropology
Asian Studies
Film and Video
International Literature
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This course aims to provide an overview of Indian popular culture over the last two decades, through a variety of material such as popular fiction, music, television and Bombay cinema. The class will explore major themes and their representations in relation to current social and political issues. In particular, students will examine the elements of the formulaic "masala movie", music and melodrama, the ideas of nostalgia and incumbent change in youth culture, as well as shifting questions of gender and sexuality in popular fiction. During the course, students will look at some journalistic writing, advertising clips and political cartoons to understand the relation between the popular culture and the social imagery of a nation. This course is taught in English.

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name: Topics in Indian Popular Culture: Spectacle, Masala, and Genre


keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Social Science
Sociology
Anthropology
International Literature
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: Within twenty-four hours of the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 politicians, artists, and cultural critics had begun to ask how to memorialize the deaths of thousands of people. This question persists today, but it can also be countered with another: is building a monument the best way to commemorate that moment in history? What might other discourses, media, and art forms offer in such a project of collective memory? How can these cultural formations help us to assess the immediate reaction to the attack? To approach these issues, "Out of Ground Zero" looks back to earlier sites of catastrophe in Germany and Japan.

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name: Out of Ground Zero: Catastrophe and Memory


Germany and its European Context

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Society
European and Russian Studies
Criticism
International Literature

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course focuses on main currents in contemporary German literary and visual culture. Taking Nietzsche's thought as a point of departure, students will survey the dialectics of tradition and modernity in both Germany and other European countries, particularly the UK, France, Denmark, and Poland. Primary works are drawn from literature, cinema, art, and performance, including works by Peter Sloterdijk, Thomas Vinterberg, and Michel Houellebecq.

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Communicating Across Cultures

keywords:
Communication
Social Science
Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description:
It has become commonplace knowledge that globalization is one of the major forces shaping our world. If we look at the spread of information, ideas, capital, media, cultural artifacts - or for that matter, people - we can see the boundaries and borders that have historically separated one country or one group from another are becoming more and more permeable. For proof of this close to home, you need only to look at the composition of the MIT student body: 8 percent of the undergraduates and 37 percent of the graduate students are from 109 different countries.

"Communicating Across Cultures" is designed to help you meet the challenges of living in a world in which, increasingly, you will be asked to interact with people who may not be like you in fundamental ways. Its primary goals are to help you become more sensitive to intercultural communication differences, and to provide you with the knowledge and skills that will help you interact successfully with people from cultures other than your own. We hope the course will accomplish those goals by exposing you to some of the best writers and scholars on the subject of intercultural communication, and by giving you a variety of opportunities to practice intercultural communication yourself. As you read the syllabus for this course, we hope you get a sense of our commitment to making this course a rewarding experience for you.

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International Women's Voices

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Society
Women's Studies
International Literature
Comparative Literature

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: International Women’s Voices has several objectives. It introduces students to a variety of works by contemporary women writers from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and North America. The emphasis is on non-western writers. The readings are chosen to encourage students to think about how each author’s work reflects a distinct cultural heritage and to what extent, if any, we can identify a female voice that transcends national cultures. In lectures and readings distributed in class, students learn about the history and culture of each of the countries these authors represent. The way in which colonialism, religion, nation formation and language influence each writer is a major concern of this course. In addition, students examine the patterns of socialization of women in patriarchal cultures, and how, in the imaginary world, authors resolve or understand the relationship of the characters to love, work, identity, sex roles, marriage, and politics.

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Africa and the Politics of Knowledge

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Political Science
Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Comparative Politics
African History

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course considers how, despite its immense diversity, Africa continues to hold purchase as both a geographical entity and meaningful knowledge category. It examines the relationship between articulations of "Africa" and projects like European imperialism, developments in the biological sciences, African de-colonization and state-building, and the imagining of the planet's future. Readings in anthropology and history are organized around five themes: space and place, race, representation, self-determination, and time.

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Global Africa: Creative Cultures

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
History
Music
Social Science
Visual Arts
Fine Arts
Anthropology
Film and Video
International Literature
Cultural Anthropology
Music Performance
African History

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Musik, Musikwissenschaft

uk: Музика, музикознавство

en: Music, Musicology

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This course examines contemporary and historical cultural production on and from Africa across a range of registers, including literary, musical and visual arts, material culture, and science and technology. It employs key theoretical concepts from anthropology and social theory to analyze these forms and phenomena. It also uses case studies to consider how Africa articulates its place in, and relationship to, the world through creative practices. Discussion topics are largely drawn from Francophone and sub-Saharan Africa, but also from throughout the continent and the African diaspora.

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keywords:
Humanities
History
Visual Arts
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Digital Media
World History
Asian History
Modern History

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description:
We will explore images that pertain to the emergence of Japan as a modern state. We will focus on images that depict Japan as it comes into contact with the rest of the world after its long and deep isolation during the feudal period. We will also cover city planning of Tokyo that took place after WWII, and such topics as the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

A unique feature of this offering is that we will run it concurrently with the edX MOOC and two University of Tokyo MOOCs, Visualizing Postwar Tokyo and Four Faces of Contemporary Japanese Architecture, for much of the remainder of the class.

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name: Asia in the Modern World: Images & Representations


East Asian Culture: From Zen to K-Pop

keywords:
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
Asian Studies
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

de: Sozialwissenschaften/Soziologie

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

en: Social Sciences/Sociology

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description:
This subject is an introduction to various forms of culture in East Asia (focusing on China, Japan and Korea), including both traditional and contemporary examples. Critically examines the shared cultural elements that are widely considered to constitute "East Asian culture," and also the diversity within East Asia, historically and today. Examples include religious and philosophical beliefs (Confucianism and Buddhism), literature, art, food, architecture, and popular culture. The study of gender will be an integral part of this subject. The influence and presence of Asian cultural expressions in the U.S. are also considered.

This class is suitable for students of all levels, and requires no Asian language background. Students who wish to fulfill the MISTI-Singapore requirement may do the final project on Singapore. Taught in English.

The course includes field trips to the Museum of Fine Arts and the Peabody Essex Museum.

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keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Social Science
Visual Arts
Fine Arts
Anthropology
Art History
Film and Video
Comparative Literature
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

de: Kunst, Kunstwissenschaft

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

en: Art, Art Theory

description:
21G.031 examines the terms "avant garde" and "Kulturindustrie" in French and German culture of the early twentieth century. Considering the origins of these concepts in surrealist and dadaist literature, art, and cinema, the course then expands to engage parallel formations across Europe, particularly in the former Soviet Union. Emphasis on the specific historical conditions that enabled these interventions. Guiding questions are these: What was original about the historical avant-garde? What connections between art and revolution did avant-garde writers and artists imagine? What strategies did they deploy to meet their modernist imperatives? To what extent did their projects maintain a critical stance towards the culture industry?

Surveying key interventions in the fields of poetry, painting, sculpture, photography, film, and music, the readings also include signal moments in critical thought of the last century. Figures to be considered are: Adorno, Aragon, Bataille, Beckett, Brecht, Breton, Bürger, Duchamp, Eisenstein, Ernst, Jünger, Greenberg, Kandinsky, Malevich, Mayakovsky, and Tzara. Taught in English, but students are encouraged to consult original sources when possible.

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name: Topics in the Avant-Garde in Literature and Cinema


Media Education and the Marketplace

keywords:
Communication
Humanities
Language
Social Science
Teaching and Education
Media Studies
Educational Technology
Fine Arts
The Developing World
Society
Business
Information Technology
Digital Media
English as a Second Language

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

de: Betriebswirtschaftslehre

uk: Бізнес-адміністрування

en: Business Administration

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Erziehungswissenschaften

uk: Педагогічні науки

en: Educational Sciences

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Бізнес та економіка

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description:
This instance of "Media, Education, and the Marketplace" focuses on the rise of information and communications technologies (ICTs) during the age of globalization, specifically examining its effect and potential in developing nations across the world. In particular, the class will focus on the following three components:

*   "Media" – ICTs, specifically the dramatic rise in use of the Internet over the past twenty years, have "globalized" the world and created opportunities where very few have been available in the past. We are entering a phase where an individual can significantly improve his or her own economical, political, and social circumstances with just a computer and Internet connection. This course investigate these profound developments through current research and case studies.
*   "Education" – With projects such as MIT's OpenCourseWare, the major players in the world are beginning to understand the true power of ICTs in development. Throughout this class, we examine projects that harness the benefits of ICTs to create positive social change around the world.
*   "Marketplace" – The focus is on the developing regions of the world. Specifically, the term "digital divide" is tossed around in everyday language, but what does it really mean? Is there an international digital divide, a national digital divide, or both? Should we try to bridge this divide, and how have past attempts succeeded and (for the most part) failed? Why? These are all questions that are asked throughout this course.

This course has a very unique pedagogy, which is discussed in more detail in the [syllabus](/courses/21g-034-media-education-and-the-marketplace-fall-2005/pages/syllabus) section.

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Topics in Culture and Globalization

keywords:
Social Science
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Business
Globalization
Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Бізнес-адміністрування

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Medienwissenschaft

uk: Медіазнавство

en: Media Science

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Медіазнавство

de: Geisteswissenschaften

uk: Гуманітарні науки

en: Humanities

uk: Бізнес та економіка

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: The concept of globalization fosters the understanding of the interconnectedness of cultures and societies geographically wide apart; America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Subject scans existing debates over globalization around the world. This course explores how globalization impacts everyday life in the First and Third World; how globalization leads to a common cosmopolitan culture; the emergence of a global youth culture; and religious, social, and political movements that challenge globalization. Materials examined include pop music, advertisements, film posters, and political cartoons.

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keywords:
Music
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Society
Business
Globalization
Latin and Caribbean Studies
Music History

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Бізнес-адміністрування

de: Musikwissenschaft/-geschichte

uk: Музикознавство/Історія музики

en: Musicology/History of Music

uk: Музика, музикознавство

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

uk: Бізнес та економіка

description: This course considers reggae, or Jamaican popular music more generally—in its various forms (ska, rocksteady, roots, dancehall)—as constituted by international movements and exchanges and as a product that circulates globally in complex ways. By reading across the reggae literature, as well as considering reggae texts themselves (songs, films, videos, and images), students will scrutinize the different interpretations of reggae's significance and the implications of different interpretations of the story of Jamaica and its music. Beginning with a consideration of how Jamaica's popular music industry emerged out of transnational exchanges, the course will proceed to focus on reggae's circulation outside of Jamaica via diasporic networks and commercial mediascapes. Among other sites, we will consider reggae's resonance and impact elsewhere in the Anglo Caribbean (e.g., Trinidad, Barbados), the United Kingdom (including British reggae styles but also such progeny as jungle, grime, and dubstep), the United States (both as reggae per se and in hip-hop), Panama and Puerto Rico and other Latin American locales (e.g., Brazil), Japan and Australia, as well as West, South, and East Africa (Côte d'Ivoire, Tanzania, Uganda).

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name: Topics in Culture and Globalization: Reggae as Transnational Culture


Gender and Japanese Popular Culture

keywords:
Humanities
Language
Social Science
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Society
Anthropology
Asian Studies
Gender Studies
Cultural Anthropology
Japanese

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

de: Mathematik, Naturwissenschaften

uk: Математика, природничі науки

en: Mathematics, Natural Sciences

de: Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

en: Law, Economics and Social Sciences

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This course examines relationships between identity and participation in Japanese popular culture as a way of understanding the changing character of media, capitalism, fan communities, and culture. It emphasizes contemporary popular culture and theories of gender, sexuality, race, and the workings of power and value in global culture industries. Topics include manga (comic books), hip-hop and other popular music, anime and feature films, video games, contemporary literature, and online communication. Students present analyses and develop a final project based on a particular aspect of gender and popular culture.

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keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Social Science
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Society
Anthropology
Asian Studies
International Literature
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Медіазнавство

de: Biologie

en: Biology

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This course is an introduction to modern Indian culture and society through films, documentaries, short stories, novels, poems, and journalistic writing. The principal focus is on the study of major cultural developments and social debates in the last sixty five years of history through the reading of literature and viewing of film clips. The focus will be on the transformations of gender and class issues, representation of nationhood, the idea of regional identities and the place of the city in individual and communal lives. The cultural and historical background will be provided in class lectures. The idea is to explore the "other Indias" that lurk behind our constructed notion of a homogeneous national culture.

de: keine Anmeldung erforderlich

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en: no login required

name: A Passage to India: Introduction to Modern Indian Culture and Society


de: Bildende Kunst

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

en: Fine Arts

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This subject aims to provide an overview of contemporary texts in regional languages in South Asian Literature and Cinema. We will cover major authors and film makers, writing from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Within India, we will look at authors and directors working in different regional languages and as we examine their different socio-cultural, political and historical contexts we will attempt to understand what it means to study them under the all-unifying category of "South Asian Literature and Culture". Some of the major issues we shall explore include caste, gender, globalization and social change. We will end with exploring some of the newer, younger writers and directors and try to analyze some of the thematic and formal shifts in their work. Authors include Ashapurna Devi, Manto, Vijayan, Premchand, Mohanty, and Nasreen and film makers will include Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal, Aparna Sen and Rituporno Ghosh.

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name: Topics in South Asian Literature and Culture

de: Kurs

en: Course


keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
Asian Studies
Asian History
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Geschichte

en: History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course provides an overview of Asian American history and its relevance for contemporary issues. It covers the first wave of Asian immigration in the 19th century, the rise of anti-Asian movements, the experiences of Asian Americans during WWII, the emergence of the Asian American movement in the 1960s, and the new wave of post–1965 Asian immigration. The class examines the role these experiences played in the formation of Asian American ethnicity. The course addresses key societal issues such as racial stereotyping, media racism, affirmative action, the glass ceiling, the "model minority" syndrome, and anti-Asian harassment or violence. The course is taught in English.

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name: Introduction to Asian American Studies: Literature, Culture, and Historical Experience


Classics of Chinese Literature

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Classics
International Literature
Poetry

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course is an introduction to three of the major genres of traditional Chinese literature—poetry, fiction and drama, with a focus on vernacular fiction. We will read translations of a number of the "masterworks" of Chinese literature. We will also examine the intertextuality between these genres — how poetry blends into narrative, how fiction becomes drama, and drama inspires fiction. Through reading these selected works of traditional Chinese literature, we will examine some of the major features of traditional Chinese society: religious and philosophical beliefs, the imperial system and dynastic change, gender relations, notions of class and ethnicity, family, romance and sexuality. All works are read in translation; no language background is necessary.

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French Photography

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Visual Arts
Fine Arts
Criticism
Photography
French

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This course introduces students to the world of French photography from its invention in the 1820s to the present. It provides exposure to major photographers and images of the French tradition, and encourages students to explore the social and cultural roles and meanings of photographs. Designed to help students navigate their own photo-saturated worlds, it also provides opportunity to gain practical experience in photography. Taught in English.

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French Film Classics

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Visual Arts
Fine Arts
Film and Video
International Literature
French

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description:
This course covers the history and aesthetics of French cinema from the advent of sound to present-day. It treats films in the context of technical processes, the art of narration, directorial style, role of the scriptwriter, the development of schools and movements, the impact of political events and ideologies, and the relation between French and other national cinemas.

Taught in English, the films are screened with English subtitles. Students may complete written assignments in French.

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keywords:
Social Science
Political Science
Society
Sociology
European and Russian Studies
Social Justice

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

de: Soziologie

en: Sociology

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description:
This course examines the changes in contemporary French society through the study of political debates, reforms and institutions since 1958, and analyzes the deep influence of politics on cultural and social life, despite a decline in political participation. Public controversies and political cleavages, from the Algerian war to postcolonial issues, from the birth of the European Union to the recent financial crisis, and from the moral "revolution" of the seventies to the recognition of new families are revisited.

This course is taught in English.

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name: Understanding Contemporary French Politics


keywords:
Humanities
History
Visual Arts
Fine Arts
Society
European and Russian Studies
Film and Video
European History

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This course is an invitation to German film-making since the end of the Second World War. We investigate how German cinema captured the atmosphere of the immediate post-war years and discuss extensively major works of the "New German Cinema" of the Sixties and Seventies. We also look at examples of East Germany's film production and finally observe the very different roads German cinema has been taking from the 1990's into the present.

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name: Visual  Histories: German Cinema 1945 to Present


European Thought and Culture

keywords:
Humanities
History
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
Philosophy
European and Russian Studies
European History
Political Philosophy
Cultural Anthropology

de: Anthropologie (Humanbiologie)

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

en: Anthropology (Human Biology)

de: Philosophie

en: Philosophy

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This subject surveys main currents of European cultural and intellectual history in the modern period. Such a foundation course is central to the humanities in Europe. The curriculum introduces a set of ideas and arguments that have played a formative role in European cultural history, and acquaints them with some exemplars of critical thought. Among the topics to be considered: the critique of religion, the promise of independence, the advance of capitalism, the temptations of Marxism, the origins of totalitarianism, and the dialects of enlightenment. In addition to texts, we will also discuss pieces of art, incl. paintings and film.

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keywords:
Humanities
Literature
History
Social Science
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Society
Anthropology
European and Russian Studies
European History
International Literature
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

de: Sozialwissenschaften/Soziologie

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

en: Social Sciences/Sociology

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This interdisciplinary course surveys modern European culture to disclose the alignment of literature, opposition, and revolution. Reaching back to the foundational representations of anarchism in nineteenth-century Europe (Kleist, Conrad) the curriculum extends through the literary and media representations of militant organizations in the 1970s and 80s (Italy's Red Brigade, Germany's Red Army Faction, and the Real Irish Republican Army). In the middle of the term students will have the opportunity to hear a lecture by Margarethe von Trotta, one of the most important filmmakers who has worked on terrorism. The course concludes with a critical examination of the ways that certain segments of European popular media have returned to the "radical chic" that many perceive to have exhausted itself more than two decades ago.

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name: Advanced Topics: Plotting Terror in European Culture


Intro to Japanese Culture

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course examines the major aesthetic, social, and political elements which have shaped modern Japanese culture and society. There are readings on contemporary Japan and historical evolution of the culture are coordinated with study of literary texts, film, and art, along with an analysis of everyday life and leisure activities.

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Japanese Literature and Cinema

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Social Science
Visual Arts
Fine Arts
Anthropology
Film and Video
International Literature
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

de: Kunst, Kunstwissenschaft

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

en: Art, Art Theory

description: This course surveys both cinematic and literary representations of diverse eras and aspects of Japanese culture such as the classical era, the samurai age, wartime Japan and the atomic bombings, social change in the postwar period, and the appropriation of foreign cultural themes, with an emphasis on the modern period. Directors include Akira Kurosawa and Hiroshi Teshigahara. Authors include Kobo Abe and Yukio Mishima. Films shown have subtitles in English. Taught in English.

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Cultural Performances of Asia

keywords:
Social Science
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Society
Anthropology
Asian Studies
Performance Arts
Cultural Anthropology

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: This course examines cultural performances of Asia, including both traditional and contemporary forms, in a variety of genres. Students will explore the communicative power of performances with attention to the ways performers, media, cultural settings, and audiences interact. The representation of cultural difference is considered and how it is altered through processes of globalization. Performances are viewed live when possible, but the course also relies on video, audio, and online materials as necessary. There are no prerequisites for this course and it is taught in English.

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keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Comparative Literature
French

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: In the decades following the Second World War, a cluster of extraordinary French thinkers were widely translated and read in American universities. Their works were soon labeled as "French Theory." Why would sharing the same nationality make authors such as Lacan, Cixous, Derrida, Foucault or Debord, ambassadors of a specifically "French" theory? The course will explore the maze of transatlantic intellectual debates since 1945 and the heyday of French existentialism. We will study the debates on communism, decolonization, neo‐liberalism, gender, youth culture and mass media. This course is taught in English.

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name: The Invention of French Theory: A History of Transatlantic Intellectual Life since 1945


Introduction to Latin American Studies

keywords:
Humanities
Social Science
Political Science
The Developing World
Society
Philosophy
Latin and Caribbean Studies
Political Philosophy

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course is designed as an introduction to Latin American politics and society for undergraduates at MIT. No background on the region is required. Overall workload (reading, writing, class participation, and examinations) is similar to that of other HASS-D courses. Many of the themes raised here are covered in greater detail in other courses: 21G.020J (New World Literature), 21G.716 (Introduction to Contemporary Hispanic Literature), 21G.730 (Twentieth and Twentyfirst-Century Spanish American Literaturere), 21G.735 (Advanced Topics in Hispanic Literature and Film), 21A.220 (The Conquest of America), 21H.802 (Modern Latin America), 3.982 (The Ancient Andean World), 3.983 (Ancient Mesoamerican Civilization), 17.507 (Democratization and Democratic Collapse), and 17.554 (Political Economy of Latin America).F

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Last year’s final exam

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: Final exam on Latin American studies.

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cs: Cvičení

de: Übung

fi: Harjoitus

uk: Практика

en: Drill and Practice

fr: Apprentissage par Répétition

da: Øvelse

nl: Oefenen

es: Práctica


Items for the Map Test

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: A list of items to be identified on the final exam of the course.

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Pop quiz

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: Pop quiz on Latin American studies.

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Chinese I (Regular)

keywords: Humanities Language Chinese

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This subject is the first semester of four that forms an introduction to modern standard Chinese, commonly called Mandarin, the language with the largest number of native speakers in the world. It is the official language of Mainland China and Taiwan, and one of the official languages of Singapore. The course presupposes no prior background in the language. Course objectives are to master Mandarin pronunciation, including the recognition and writing of Pinyin romanization, basic reading and writing skills (around 150 characters in the traditional character set or the simplified set), and to develop the ability to participate in simple, practical conversations on everyday topics. The relationship between Chinese language and culture and the sociolinguistically appropriate use of language will be stressed throughout. Typical class format will include performance of memorized basic conversations, drills, questions and discussion, and various types of communicative exercises.

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Chinese II (Regular)

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This subject is the second semester of four that forms an introduction to modern standard Chinese, commonly called Mandarin. The emphasis is on further developing students' abilities to participate in simple, practical conversations on everyday topics as well as enhancing their abilities on reading and writing. The relationship between Chinese language and culture and the sociolinguistically appropriate use of language will be stressed throughout. A typical class includes performance of memorized basic conversations, drills, questions and discussion, and various types of communicative exercises. At the end of this course, students are expected to develop an understanding of the language learning process so that they will be able to continue studying effectively on their own.

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Chinese III (Regular)

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course forms the intermediate level of what constitutes a four-term foundation in Mandarin. Upon completion of Chinese III and IV, students should be able to speak Chinese with fluency on everyday topics, reach a literacy level of 700 characters (approximately 2000 common words written in both traditional and simplified characters), read materials in simple standard written Chinese, and produce both orally and in writing short compositions on everyday topics. Throughout the course we will address issues of how cultural differences inform and are informed by different linguistic contexts and practices.

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Chinese IV (Regular)

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: Together with [21G.103 Chinese III](/courses/21g-103-chinese-iii-regular-fall-2018/), this course forms the intermediate level of what constitutes a four-term foundation in Mandarin. Upon completion of Chinese III and IV, students should be able to speak Chinese with fluency on everyday topics, reach a literacy level of 750 characters (approximately 1200 common words written in both traditional and simplified characters), read materials written in simple standard written Chinese, and produce both orally and in writing short compositions on everyday topics. Throughout the course we will address issues of how cultural differences inform and are informed by different linguistic contexts and practices.

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keywords:
Humanities
Language
Society
Asian Studies
Chinese

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course is the continuation of 21G.104/108. It is designed to further help students develop sophisticated conversational, reading and writing skills by combining traditional textbook material with their own explorations of Chinese speaking societies, using the human, literary, and electronic resources available at in the Boston area. Some of special features of Chinese society, its culture, its customs and habits, its history, and the psychology of its people are be introduced. The class consists of reading, discussion, composition, network exploration, and conversational practice. The course is conducted in Mandarin.

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name: Chinese V (Regular): Chinese Cultures & Society


uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course is the continuation of [21G.105](/courses/21g-105-chinese-v-regular-chinese-cultures-society-fall-2003/). It is designed to further help students develop sophisticated conversational, reading and writing skills by combining traditional textbook material with their own explorations of Chinese speaking societies, using the human, literary, and electronic resources available at MIT and in the Boston area. Some special features of Chinese society, its culture, its customs and habits, its history, and the psychology of its people are introduced. The class consists of reading, discussion, composition, network exploration, and conversational practice. The course is conducted in Mandarin.

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name: Chinese VI (Regular): Discovering Chinese Cultures and Societies


Chinese I (Streamlined)

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course, along with [21G.108 / 158](/courses/21g-108-chinese-ii-streamlined-spring-2015/) offered in the spring, form the elementary level of the streamlined sequence, which is for students who have some basic conversational skills gained, typically, from growing up in a Chinese speaking environment, but lack a corresponding level of literacy. The focus of the course is on learning standard everyday usage, on reading in both full and simplified characters, and on writing. This course, along with [21G.108 / 158](/courses/21g-108-chinese-ii-streamlined-spring-2015/) offered in the spring, are conducted entirely in Chinese.

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Chinese II (Streamlined)

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description:
This course, along with [_21G.107 / 157 Chinese I (Streamlined)_](/courses/21g-107-chinese-i-streamlined-fall-2014/) offered in the previous fall, form the elementary level of the streamlined sequence, which is intended for students who, when they began the sequence at beginning level, had basic conversational skills (gained, typically, from growing up in a Chinese speaking environment), but lacked a corresponding level of literacy. The focus of the course is on standard usage, on reading in both traditional and simplified characters, and on writing. The course is conducted entirely in Chinese.

Streamlined I and II—each section is limited to 16 students for pedagogical purposes. Pre-registered students have priority. Continuing students get first priority, followed, in order, by students in 21G.076, declared concentrators and minors, sophomores, freshmen, juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Pre-registered students who did not show up for the first two days of class without warning will be eliminated. Students beginning their studies of Chinese language at MIT above the elementary level must contact the Chinese instructors for a placement test. No auditors allowed.

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Chinese III (Streamlined)

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course is the intermediate level of the streamlined curriculum, which is intended for students who, when they began streamlined I, had some background in the language, whether it be comprehension with limited speaking ability or quite fluent speaking ability. The focus of the course is on standard pronunciation and usage, on reading in both complex and simplified characters, and on writing. It is presupposed that students in Chinese III have already learned the pinyin system of representing pronunciation sufficiently well to be able to read texts in pinyin accurately. (If not, there are pinyin tutorials to assist you to learn the system.)

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《中国现代文学选读》

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This file contains information regarding 《中国现代文学选读》.

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Chinese IV (Streamlined)

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This is the second semester of the intermediate level sequence intended for students whose conversational ability exceeds their reading and writing skills. Focus is on reading and writing, as well as broadening conversational skills and control of standard pronunciation, for students with background in conversational Chinese. Lab work is required. On completing this course, students should be able to speak the language with standard pronunciation, to converse with some fluency on everyday topics, as well as on some specialized topics, to read edited, as well as authentic texts, in simplified or traditional characters with suitable fluency, and to be able to write composition on certain topics. The class consists of a combination of practice, reading, discussion, dictation, composition and feedback, net exploration via the web, and presentation. This course is conducted in Mandarin.

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Chinese VI (Streamlined)

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course is a sequel to 21G.113 Chinese V (Streamlined). It is designed to further help students develop sophisticated conversational, reading and writing skills by combining authentic reading and audio-visual material with their own explorations of Chinese speaking societies, using the human, literary, and electronic resources available at MIT, in the Boston area and on the web. Some special features of Chinese societies, cultures and customs will be introduced. The class consists of readings, discussion, student presentations and network exploration. The course is conducted in Mandarin.

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keywords:
Communication
Humanities
Literature
Social Science
Media Studies
Fine Arts
Academic Writing

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Образотворче мистецтво

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

uk: Медіазнавство

uk: Мистецтво, мистецтвознавство

description: The goal of this course is to review grammar and develop vocabulary building strategies to refine oral and written expression. Speaking and writing assignments are designed to expand communicative competence. Assignments are based on models and materials drawn from contemporary media (newspapers and magazines, television, Web). The models, materials, topics and assignments vary from semester to semester.

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Communicating in American Culture(s)

keywords:
Communication
Humanities
Language
Social Science
Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
English as a Second Language

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: In _Communicating in American Culture(s)_, bilingual students examine how various aspects of American culture—history, geography, institutions, traditions, values—have shaped dominant Anglo-American communication norms and responses to critical events in the world. In addition, you can expect to practice and strengthen your analytical and communication skills in a carefully scaffolded manner, starting with frequent short writing and speaking tasks and progressing to longer, more formal tasks.

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keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Nonfiction Prose
Academic Writing
English as a Second Language

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: The purpose of this course is to develop your writing skills so that you can feel confident writing the essays, term papers, reports, and exams you will have to produce during your career here at MIT. We will read and analyze samples of expository writing, do some work on vocabulary development, and concentrate on developing your ability to write clear, accurate, sophisticated prose. We will also deal with the grammar and mechanical problems you may have trouble with.

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name: Expository Writing for Bilingual Students


Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation

keywords:
Humanities
Language
English as a Second Language

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course is designed for high-intermediate ESL students who need to develop better listening comprehension and oral skills, which will primarily be achieved by detailed instructions on pronunciation. Our focus will be on (1) producing accurate and intelligible English, (2) becoming more comfortable listening to rapidly spoken English, and (3) learning common expressions, gambits, and idioms used in both formal and informal contexts.

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keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Nonfiction Prose
Academic Writing
Technical Writing
English as a Second Language

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course offers analysis and practice of various forms of scientific and technical writing, from memos to journal articles, in addition to strategies for conveying technical information to specialist and non-specialist audiences. Comparable to [*21W.780 Communicating in Technical Organizations*](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/21w-780-communicating-in-technical-organizations-fall-2001/), but methods in this course are designed to deal with special problems of advanced ELS or bilingual students. The goal of the workshop is to develop effective writing skills for academic and professional contexts. Models, materials, topics and assignments vary from term to term.

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name: Advanced Workshop in Writing for Science and Engineering (ELS)


keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Academic Writing
English as a Second Language

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This workshop is designed to help you write clearly, accurately and effectively in both an academic and a professional environment. In class, we analyze various forms of writing and address problems common to advanced speakers of English. We will often read one another's work.

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name: Advanced Workshop in Writing for Social Sciences and Architecture (ELS)


uk: Гуманітарні науки

description: This course is for advanced students who wish to build confidence and skills in spoken English. It focuses on the appropriate oral presentation of material in a variety of professional contexts: group discussions, classroom explanations and interactions, and theses/research proposals. It is valuable for those who intend to teach or lecture in English and includes language laboratory assignments. The goal of the workshop is to develop effective speaking and listening skills for academic and professional contexts.

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name: Advanced Speaking and Critical Listening Skills (ELS)


French I

keywords: Humanities Language French

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description:
21G.301/351 offers an introduction to the French language and culture with an emphasis on the acquisition of vocabulary and grammatical concepts through active communication. The course is conducted entirely in French, and students interact in French with their classmates from the very beginning. They also receive exposure to the language via a variety of authentic sources such as the Internet, audio, video and printed materials which help them develop cultural awareness as well as linguistic proficiency. There is a coordinated language lab program.

This course is taught in rotation by the following instructors: Laura Ceia-Minjares, Cathy Culot, Gilberte Furstenberg, and Johann Sadock.

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French II

uk: Гуманітарні науки

description:
21G.302/352 is the second part of an introductory course to the French language and culture with an emphasis on the acquisition of vocabulary and grammatical concepts through active communication. The course is conducted entirely in French and students interact in French with their classmates from the very beginning. They also receive exposure to the language via a variety of authentic sources such as the Internet, audio, video and printed materials which help them develop cultural awareness as well as linguistic proficiency. There is a coordinated language lab program.

This course is taught in rotation by the following instructors: Laura Ceia-Minjares, Cathy Culot, Gilberte Furstenberg, and Johann Sadock.

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Introduction to French Culture

keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Social Science
Society
Anthropology
European and Russian Studies
International Literature
Cultural Anthropology
French

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course examines major social and political trends, events, debates and personalities which help place aspects of contemporary French culture in their historical perspective through fiction, films, essays, newspaper articles, and television. Topics include the heritage of the French Revolution, the growth and consequences of colonialism, the role of intellectuals in public debates, the impact of the Occupation, the modernization of the economy and of social structures. The sources and meanings of national symbols, monuments, myths and manifestoes are also studied. Recommended for students planning to study abroad. Taught in French.

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keywords:
Humanities
Literature
Language
Social Science
Anthropology
International Literature
Cultural Anthropology
French

uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: Childhood is a source of fascination in most Western cultures. It is both a major inspiration for artistic creation and a political ideal, which aims at protecting future generations. Which role does it play in French society and in other francophone areas? Why is the French national anthem ("La Marseillaise") addressed to its "children"? This course will study the transformation of childhood since the 18th century and the development of sentimentality within the family. We will examine various representations of childhood in literature (e.g. Pagnol, Proust, Sarraute, Laye, Morgièvre), movies (e.g. Truffaut), and songs (e.g. Brel, Barbara). Course taught in French.

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name: Basic Themes in French Literature and Culture


uk: Антропологія (Біологія людини)

uk: Суспільні науки та соціологія

uk: Гуманітарні науки

uk: Математика, природничі науки

uk: Право, економіка та суспільні науки

description: This course is an intermediate subject designed to help students gradually build an in-depth understanding of France. The course focuses on French attitudes and values regarding education, work, family and institutions, and deals with the differing notions that underlie interpersonal interactions and communication styles, such as politeness, friendship and formality. Using a Web comparative, cross-cultural approach, students explore a variety of French and American materials, then analyze and compare them using questionnaires, opinion polls, news reports (in different media), as well as a variety of historical, anthropological and literary texts. Throughout the course, attention is given to the development of relevant linguistics skills. This course is recommended for students planning to study and work in France and is taught in French.

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name: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Contemporary French Society