printer friendly pageHISTORY 203: Premodern Economic Cultures (HISTORY 303)
Modern economists have made a science of studying the aggregate effects of individual choices. This science is based on the realities of personal freedom and individual choice. Prior to the modern era, however, different realities comprised very different economic cultures: moral economies in which greed was evil and generosity benefitted the patron's soul; familial collectives operating within historical conditioned diasporas; economies of obligation that threatened to collapse under their own weight as economic structures shifted. In this course we will be reading cross-culturally to develop an understanding of the shared and distinct elements of premodern economic cultures.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Stokes, L. (PI)
HISTORY 203B: East Asia Discovers the World: Cartographic Encounters from the Mongols to Meiji (HUMCORE 124)
Before the modern era, how did curious people in China, Korea, and Japan learn about the world? How did geographical information reach them, and how did they interpret it? This class will probe the history of cartographic exchange from the Mongols to Meiji from an East Asian perspective. Every Tuesday, we will examine East Asian maps; Thursday readings will introduce broader comparative perspectives. This course is part of the Humanities Core, a collaborative humanities seminar cluster. On Tuesdays we meet in our own course, while on Thursdays we will gather with two other HumCore classes for joint Plenary Sessions.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors:
Wigen, K. (PI)
HISTORY 203C: History of Ignorance
Scholars pay a lot of attention to knowledge but tend to ignore ignorance, even though ignorance defines many parts of our world. Think climate denial, anti-vaxxers, filter bubble myopia, etc. Here we explore the history of ignorance through case studies, focusing on how cigarette makers created the template for climate change denial and how can science can be used to produce ignorance. We¿ll look at rhetorical strategies to produce dis- and misinformation, and how these can be overcome. Students will produce a research paper tracing the origins and impact of a particular form of ignorance.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Proctor, R. (PI)
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