Results for OSPMADRD

Architecture and the city, with a focus on recent currents in the progress of both, such as sustainability, environmentalism and the relationship with nature. Topics underpinned by discussion of theory, and illustrated by a study of the city of Madrid: an example of a hybrid architectural/planning experiential environment that looks to the future with an ambition for modernization.

Culture and society in Spain as viewed through the lens of the fashion industry. Social changes, trends, and the evolution of life styles. Industrial, commercial and media involvement in the internationalization of the industry.

Unique aspects of Spanish art music. Participation in concert outings and field trips for live performances of studied repertoire. No previous knowledge of music required.

Stages of the empirical research process in social psychology. Concrete experience in hypothesis generation, experimental design, and scientific writing. Devise research study to explore how social psychological and motivational concepts map onto a culture or social or educational problem. Key objective: formalize students' curiosity about a culture or problem through translation into scientifically testable research hypotheses. Provides opportunity to supplement OSPMADRD 23, Social Psychology, Social Change and Culture.

Intensive sequence integrating language, culture, and geo/sociopolitics of Spain. Emphasis is on achieving advanced proficiency in oral and written discourse, including formal and informal situations, presentational language, and appropriate forms in academic and professional contexts. Prerequisite: one year of college Spanish or 11 or 21B more than two quarters (six months) prior to arriving in Madrid.

Intensive sequence integrating language, culture, and geo/sociopolitics of Spain. Emphasis is on achieving advanced proficiency in oral and written discourse, including formal and informal situations, presentational language, and appropriate forms in academic and professional contexts. Prerequisite: 11 or 21B within two quarters (six months) of arriving in Madrid or 12 or 22B.

Required for Madrid students. Spain's historical, physical, and socioculutural diversity. Includes a weekend study trip and other cultural encounters. Linguistic skills and cultural knowledge through museum visits, readings, and writing a paper in Spanish. Study trips: Autumn Quarter to Cantabria-Léon and Basque country; Winter Quarter to Andalusia and Extremadura; Spring Quarter to Catalonia and Galacia.

Practical instruction. The rhythms and styles of flamenco and the expression of feelings proper to this art form which synthesizes song, music, and dance. Zapateado (footwork), braceo (arm positions and movement technique), and choreographies, including Rumba flamenca and Sevillanas. Enrollment limited. May be repeated for credit.

Major ideas, theories, and findings of social psychology and their relevance to social problems, ethnicity, and culture. Special attention to historical issues, classic studies, seminal theories, and the methodological traditions of experimental social psychology. Contemporary research also discussed. Focus on the three major intellectual contributions of social psychology¿emphasis on situational rather than dispositional causes of behavior; recognition of the role of subjective construal in human affairs; appreciation of the complexity in social systems¿and their importance in understanding human behavior, groups, culture, and inequality.

Exploration of the category of "culture" as an arena of political debate and social imaginary across history in the Iberian Peninsula. Use of history of this part of the world, where the Mediterranean and Atlantic worlds have historically converged, to better understand and deal with contemporary debates of multiculturalism. Multidisciplinary approach, bringing political philosophy, history, anthropology and comparative cultural studies into a dialog. Continuities and major changes in the Iberian ethnoscapes. Debate on European contemporary backlash against multiculturalism.

May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: three years of Spanish at Stanford or placement.

Tradition, transformation, experimentation, rupture, renovation, and innovation in the theater in Spain as a reflection of the artistic, social and historical commotion that led to the Spanish Civil War, Franco, and the present democratic monarchy. Ortega y Gasset, Benavente, Grau, Valle-Inclán, García Lorca, Buero Vallejo, Sastre, Arrabal, Fernán Gómez, Paloma Pedrero, Yolanda Pallín or other playwrights who may be staged in Madrid theaters.

Current Spanish political system, its main judicial and political institutions, outstanding actors' and the political process of the last decade. Historic antecedents; immediate precedents; and the current political system and life. Relation between the elements that constitute a political system; results of the process of democratization; integration to the EU.

The Saint James' Way as a tool to understand historic dynamics from a global perspective. Its effect on the structures that form a political and institutional system, and its society, economy, and ideology.

Viewing the collections at the Prado Museum through study and analysis of the representations of women. Contemporary literary texts and images that situate paintings in the historical, social, and political conditions that produced the works.

Approaches, techniques, and processes in drawing. Visits to Madrid museums to study paintings and drawings by Goya, Velázquez, Picasso, and Dalí and to explore the experience of drawing. Subject matter: the figure, still life, interiors, landscape, and non-representational drawing. No previous experience required. Enrollment limited.

Dimensions of recent migratory phenomena in Spain. Changes in past decades from a country of emigration to one of immigration, and vice versa. North Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe on the one side and the rest of Europe on the other. Social concern and public debate resulting from these changes.

Literary theory and critical analysis of peninsular and Latin American texts. Emphasis is on the origins and development of self-conscious fiction (metafiction). Works by Cervantes, Velázquez, Unamuno, Borges, Fuentes, Torrente Ballester, and Almodóvar. Attendance at music, art, cinema, and Spanish novelist events. In Spanish.

Introduction to statistical ideas and thinking through examples. Heuristics and biases that can lead to inaccurate conclusions. Examples (drawn from Kahneman¿s Thinking Fast and Slow): the law of small numbers, availability biases, representativeness, base rates and Bayes¿ rule, regression to the mean. Also, a not-too-technical treatment of some important statistical ideas in medicine, public health and social statistics such as: trials of life (randomization), Simpson¿s paradox and hidden confounders. Some examples taken from the Spanish media as appropriate.

Concepts and methods for analysis of a country's economy with focus on Spain and the EU. Spain's growth and structural change; evolution of Spain's production sectors, agriculture, industry, and services; institutional factors such as the labor market and public sector; Spain's economic international relations, in particular, development of the EU, institutional framework, economic and monetary union, policies related to the European economic integration process, and U.S.-EU relationship.

History of health care and evolution of the concept of universal health care based on need not wealth. Contrast with system in U.S. Is there a right to health care and if so, what does it encompass? The Spanish health care system; its major successes and shortcomings. Issues and challenges from an interdisciplinary perspective combining scientific facts with moral, political, and legal philosophy.

Engagement with the real world of Madrid through public service work with NGOs and public service professions such as teaching. Depending on availability, topics relevant to present-day Spain may include: the national health plan, educational system, immigration, prostitution, refugees, youth, and fair trade. Fieldwork, lectures, and research paper. Limited enrollment. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: two years of college level Spanish or equivalent.

Complexity of socio-cultural change in Spain during the last three decades. Topics include: cultural diversity in Iberian world; social structure; family in Mediterranean cultures; ages and generations; political parties and ideologies; communication and consumption; religion; and leisure activities.

Spanish exploration and colonization of California from the 16th century to the end of the Spanish colonial period in 1821. Themes include: geographical explorations in the context of European colonial expansion; demographic evolution of Native American inhabitants and immigrant population; general social and economic development of the colony; controversies surrounding the mission system; role of the Pacific coasts of North America in the Spanish enlightenment and in strategies for imperial defense and development in the revolutionary era of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Understanding the sociocultural diversity of communication in Spain with the help of theoretical and practical tools. How communication happens through language and other means; significance of images in today's world; vision of the world produced by media; problems of social communication from perspective of reception. Offered at the Universidad Complutense with an additional tutorial for Stanford students.

Ethical dilemmas concerning the autonomy and dignity of human beings and other living creatures; principles of justice that rule different realms of private and public life. Interdisciplinary approach to assessing these challenges, combining scientific facts, health care issues, and moral philosophy. Sources include landmark bioethics papers.

Primary problems and conflicts in the contemporary Islamic world and its relations with the West, as well as the relationship between Spain and Islam throughout history. Special attention to the history of al-Andalus, an Islamic state in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages, evaluating the importance of its legacy in Europe and in contemporary Spain. Spain's leading role in relations between Europe and the Mediterranean Islamic states from the Modern Era to the present day.

Advanced. Writing as craft and process, emphasizing brainstorming, planning, outlining, drafting, revising, style, diction, and editing. Students choose topics related to their studies. Prerequisite: 13, 23B, or equivalent placement.

In-depth exploration of two towering figures of modern art, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746 1828) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), considering their work in relation to Spanish politics and history from the rise of Los Ilustrados (associates of the Spanish Enlightenment) and the Napoleonic Wars to the Spanish Civil War and the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. Close and repeated examination of major works by both artists in the collections of the Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo Reina Sofia, and Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Comparison of the relationship between art and war in their respective practices.

Pivotal figures and movements of artistic production in Europe and the United States from 1945 to the present organized around the major socio-political themes of the period, from the artistic response to the catastrophe of WWII; the Cold War; the emergence of the European Union; to recent debates on "austerity" measures in the wake of the global recession. Political and aesthetic status of the avant-garde in the present with emphasis on contemporary Europe. Topics: rise of mass media after the war; ethics of historical memory and commemoration; debate over engaged or committed art; art and the "Culture Industry"; art of 1968; reactions to American hegemony; globalization and contemporary art.