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OSPBER 174: Sports, Culture, and Gender in Comparative Perspective

Theory and history of mass spectator sports and their role in modern societies. Comparisons with U.S., Britain, and France; the peculiarities of sports in German culture. Body and competition cultures, with emphasis on the entry of women into sports, the modification of body ideals, and the formation and negotiation of gender identities in and through sports. The relationship between sports and politics, including the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-EDP

OSPCPTWN 15: Segregation and Social Distance: The Politics of Social Separation

Compare and contrast apartheid practices of ¿separate development¿ with policies of reservation and ghettoization used in other countries and in different historical periods. Case studies range from Blacks and American Indians in the United States, to the Jews and Roma in Europe, and the Burakumin in Japan. Key question include: Which groups (or what characteristics) were targeted for policies of segregation? Do these vary over time and across countries? What role does ¿race¿ play in justifying these practices, and how do the policies, in turn, help to reproduce ideas about race and racial difference?
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI, GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-EDP

OSPCPTWN 32: Service, Citizenship and Social Change: Service Learning in the Contemporary South African Contex-

Adult learning and its role in community social action; development; service learning. Micro contexts of people's daily lives and experiences in the context of an emergent democracy; understanding possibilities of community action and mobilisation for social change. Service in a historically marginalised community near Cape Town to understand realities of everyday life in informal settlements, to engage with education in a developmental context, and to gain insight into sociopolitical factors that shape social action and learning.
Terms: Win, Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-GlobalCom, GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP
Instructors: McMillan, J. (PI)

OSPCPTWN 36: The Archaeology of Southern African Hunter Gatherers

Archaeology, history and ethnography of the aboriginal hunter gatherers of southern Africa, the San people. Formative development of early modern humans and prehistory of hunters in southern Africa before the advent of herding societies; rock paintings and engravings of the subcontinent as situated in this history. Spread of pastoralism throughout Africa. Problems facing the descendants of recent hunter gatherers and herders in southern Africa, the Khoisan people.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI

OSPCPTWN 38: Genocide: African Experiences

Genocide as a major social and historical phenomenon, contextualized within African history. Time frame ranging from the extermination of indigenous Canary Islanders in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to more recent mass killings in Rwanda and Darfur. Emphasis on southern African case studies such Cape San communities and the Herero people in Namibia. Themes include: roles of racism, colonialism and nationalism in the making of African genocides. Relevance of other social phenomena such as modernity, Social Darwinism, ethnicity, warfare and revolution. Comparative perspective to elucidate global dimensions.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-GlobalCom, GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP
Instructors: Adhikari, M. (PI)

OSPCPTWN 68: Cities in the 21st Century: Urbanization, Globalization and Security

Cities in a globalizing world. Themes: challenges posed by globalization; general and specific responses of cities to these challenges; security issues created by globalization and urbanization. Concerns related to food security, resource availability, and threat of political instability. Policies recommended by World Bank. Case study method.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI

OSPFLOR 78: The Impossible Experiment: Politics and Policies of the New European Union

Institutional design of EU, forthcoming changes, and comparison of the old and new designs. Interactions between the EU, member states, organized interests, and public opinion. Major policies of the EU that affect economics such as competition or cohesion policies, market deregulation, and single currency. Consequences of the expansion eastwards. The role of institutions as a set of constraints and opportunities for the economic actors; relationships between political developments and economic change in the context of regional integration; lessons for other parts of the world.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI
Instructors: Baracani, E. (PI)

OSPKYOTO 64: Japanese Popular Culture

Origin, history and production of genres of Japanese popular culture such as manga, anime, popular music, television drama, film and new media, and their link to current phenomena. Themed units: disaster anime; politics of shojo; otakuology; keitai studies. Analysis of media texts and how age, gender, race, ethnicity and socio-economic class are represented. Social context in which popular culture is produced and consumed. Local field trips.
Terms: Win | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP

OSPKYOTO 215X: The Political Economy of Japan

Institutions and processes in the political organization of economic activity in modern Japan. The interaction of public and private sector institutions in the growth of Japan's postwar economy. The organization and workings of key economic ministries and agencies of the government, private sector business groupings, government interaction, and public policy making. The transformation of Japanese industrial policy from the rapid growth of heavy and chemical industries to the promotion of high technology and communications industries. The international, political, and economic ramifications of the structure and importance of Japanese capitalism.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI, GER:DB-SocSci

OSPMADRD 23: Social Psychology, Intervention, and Culture

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.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors: Cohen, G. (PI)
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