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OSPCPTWN 12: Public History After #RhodesMustFall

This course considers recent debates on public history, with an emphasis on the Cape Town area. In entering those debates we'll seek to find ways beyond the current impasse by emphasizing both a wider historical context also a broader theoretical framework encompassing collective memory and commemoration.
Last offered: Summer 2018

OSPCPTWN 13: Technological Risks

Basic concepts of risk assessment, especially when one does not have a large statistical base--or none at all--and ways to reduce the risks under uncertainty and resource constraints. Applications focus on the reliability of engineered systems, but extend to medical applications, risk in operations and risks in conflicts.
Terms: Win | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-AQR

OSPCPTWN 14: Academic Internship

Opportunity for students to pursue their specialization in an institutional setting such as a school, research institute, university, NGO, ICT4D organizations, or museums/art galleries. Engage with selection of readings relevant to the context of internship, meet weekly with the Engaged Learning Coordinator in small groups, attend group seminars, and complete assignments set by the instructors. Program culminates with a symposium, where students present their internship projects. Units determined by the number of hours per week at the internship. Prerequisite: consultation with BOSP Cape Town Engaged Learning Coordinator to develop internship that links field of study to practical experience and reflection
Terms: Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 3-5
Instructors: Africa, A. (PI)

OSPCPTWN 16: Sites of Memory

ey sites of memory in post-apartheid South Africa, in both Cape Town and Johannesburg, that are representative of a diverse range of memorialisation in contemporary South Africa. Consideration of the relevant historical context, contemporary conflicting interpretations and contemporary identity contestations. What is the historical context of the site? By whom is the site remembered and memorialised? How is the site memorialised? What are the diverse interpretations and contestations about the site in terms of contemporary identities and memorialisation in the new South Africa?
Terms: Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 4

OSPCPTWN 25: Organizing for Good

The extent to which organizations and their agents can and should "do good" in society and some of the barriers they face when trying to "do good." Topics include: corporate social responsibility; social entrepreneurship; NGO's and humanitarian organizations; and alternative forms of organization that are proving to be promising for "doing good" in a complex global world. Discussion of: role of meaning and purpose in work; responsibilities of organizations and their leaders; tradeoffs of various organizational structures and alliances; and the role of culture and cultural differences when operating globally, including in the transfer of practice from one nation to another.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: Hinds, P. (PI)

OSPCPTWN 26: Topics in Organizations and Management

Students my choose from the following topics: Culture and Cultural Differences; Global Work; Navigating Diverse Teams; Organizations and Management; The Future of Work. Weekly meetings to review progress.
Terms: Spr | Units: 1-3
Instructors: Hinds, P. (PI)

OSPCPTWN 31: Political Economy of Foreign Aid

Political economy approach to foreign aid. Context of debate on development: differences between developed and less developed countries, concept of poverty, how to measure development. History of foreign aid; main actors and characteristics of official development assistance. Theoretical and empirical impact of aid with regard to economic growth and governance. Benefits and problems associated with aid.
Terms: Sum | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-SI

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: Spr | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI, GER:EC-GlobalCom, GER:DB-SocSci

OSPCPTWN 38: Genocide: African Experiences in Comparative Perspective

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: Win | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-EDP
Instructors: Adhikari, M. (PI)

OSPCPTWN 43: Public and Community Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

Introduction to concept of public health as compared with clinical medicine. Within a public health context, the broad distribution of health problems in sub-Saharan Africa as compared with U.S. and Europe. In light of South Africa's status as a new democracy, changes that have occurred in health legislation, policy, and service arenas in past 16 years. Topics include: sector health care delivery, current distribution of infectious and chronic diseases, and issues related to sexual and reproductive health in South Africa. Site visits to public sector health services and health related NGOs.
Terms: Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-GlobalCom
Instructors: Cooper, D. (PI)
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