printer friendly pageTAPS 12N: Antigone: From Ancient Democracy to Contemporary Dissent (CLASSGEN 6N)
Preference to freshmen. Tensions inherent in the democracy of ancient Athens; how the character of Antigone emerges in later drama, film, and political thought as a figure of resistance against illegitimate authority; and her relevance to contemporary struggles for women's and workers' rights and national liberation. Readings and screenings include versions of
Antigone by Sophocles, Anouilh, Brecht, Fugard/Kani/Ntshona, Paulin, Glowacki, Gurney, and von Trotta.
Terms: Win
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-ED, WAY-ER
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Rehm, R. (PI)
Rehm, R. (PI)
TAPS 160: Performance and History: Rethinking the Ballerina (DANCE 160, TAPS 260)
The ballerina occupies a unique place in popular imagination as an object of over-determined femininity as well as an emblem of extreme physical accomplishment for the female dancer. This seminar is designed as an investigation into histories of the ballerina as an iconographic symbol and cultural reference point for challenges to political and gender ideals. Through readings, videos, discussions and viewings of live performances this class investigates pivotal works, artists and eras in the global histories of ballet from its origins as a symbol of patronage and power in the 15th century through to its radical experiments as a site of cultural obedience and disobedience in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Terms: Win
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Ross, J. (PI)
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Vittori, G. (TA)
TAPS 165: Introduction to Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (ANTHRO 33, CSRE 196C, ENGLISH 172D, PSYCH 155, SOC 146)
How different disciplines approach topics and issues central to the study of ethnic and race relations in the U.S. and elsewhere. Lectures by senior faculty affiliated with CSRE. Discussions led by CSRE teaching fellows.
Terms: Win
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Brody, J. (PI)
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Fullwiley, D. (PI)
THINK 22: Who Owns the Past? Archaeology, Heritage and Global Conflicts
Who owns the past? Is cultural heritage a universal right?nnnThis course interrogates the relationship between the past and the present through archaeology. Increasingly, heritage sites are flash points in cultural, economic, and religious conflicts around the globe. Clearly history matters ¿ but how do certain histories come to matter in particular ways, and to whom? Through close study of important archaeological sites, you will learn to analyze landscapes, architecture, and objects, as well as reflect on the scholarly and public debates about history and heritage around the world. Far from being a neutral scholarly exercise, archaeology is embedded in the heated debates about heritage and present-day conflicts.
Terms: Win
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: THINK, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
THINK 31: Reimagining America: Cultural Memory and Identity Since the Civil War
How have Americans remembered the Civil War ¿ what it meant, what it accomplished, and what it failed to accomplish? How did Americans reimagine the United States as a nation after the war ¿ who belonged in the national community and who would be excluded?nnnIn 1865, the peace treaty was signed at Appomattox and the Thirteenth Amendment outlawed slavery, but the battle over memory and national identity had just begun. The questions that the Civil War addressed ¿ and failed to address ¿ continue to affect our lives today. We will focus on how Americans negotiated issues of cultural memory and national identity through a close analysis of historical texts, novels, poems, films, paintings, cartoons, photographs, and music. Our interpretations will foreground the particular themes of race and nationhood; freedom and citizenship; and changing notions of individual and collective identity. Our assumption in this course is that history is not available to us as a set of events ¿ fixed, past, and unchanging. Rather, history is known through each generation¿s interpretations of those events, and these interpretations are shaped by each generation¿s lived experience. What stories get told? Whose? And in what ways? The stories we choose to tell about the past can shape not only our understanding of the present, but also the kind of future we can imagine and strive to realize.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: THINK, WAY-ED
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
URBANST 112: The Urban Underclass (SOC 149, SOC 249)
(Graduate students register for 249.) Recent research and theory on the urban underclass, including evidence on the concentration of African Americans in urban ghettos, and the debate surrounding the causes of poverty in urban settings. Ethnic/racial conflict, residential segregation, and changes in the family structure of the urban poor.
Terms: Win
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Rosenfeld, M. (PI)
Rosenfeld, M. (PI)
URBANST 114: Urban Culture in Global Perspective (ANTHRO 126)
Core course for Urban Studies majors. We will study urban space both historically and cross-culturally. Urban Studies, by definition, is an interdisciplinary field, where the methodological approaches draw upon a diverse set of analytic tools. Disciplines that occupy a prominent place in this class are geography, cultural anthropology, sociology, history, media studies, and literature. In this context, we will discuss the importance of cities around the world to the economic, cultural, and political well-being of modern societies and examine how forces such as industrialization, decentralization, and globalization affect the structure and function of cities.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Hansen, T. (PI)
URBANST 150: History of San Francisco
This class will examine the history of San Francisco, with a focus on social and political history. Possible topics include Indians and Spanish settlers, the Gold Rush, immigration, public culture, Progressive Era reform, the earthquake and fire of 1906 and its legacy, labor and unionism, race and civil rights, sexuality and politics, and redevelopment.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 5
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UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Kahan, M. (PI)
URBANST 164: Sustainable Cities
Service-learning course that exposes students to sustainability concepts and urban planning as a tool for determining sustainable outcomes in the Bay Area. Focus will be on the relationship of land use and transportation planning to housing and employment patterns, mobility, public health, and social equity. Topics will include government initiatives to counteract urban sprawl and promote smart growth and livability, political realities of organizing and building coalitions around sustainability goals, and increasing opportunities for low-income and communities of color to achieve sustainability outcomes. Students will participate in team-based projects in collaboration with local community partners and take part in significant off-site fieldwork.
Terms: Spr
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Units: 4-5
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UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Chan, D. (PI)
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