GS 150: Globalization, Culture and Identity

EDP, GS, H, IL, SS- This global studies course introduces students to the dynamics of identity-formation and cultural transformation in the context of globalization. The focus will be broadly comparative and historical, enabling students to reflect on their own experiences of race, class, and gender in relation to that of people around the world and across time. In the process, they will learn about tensions between local ways of life, with their deep historical, linguistic, ethnic, and religious roots, and global pressures for acculturation. Using work drawn from the humanities, social- and natural-sciences, students assess how their local identity, including such things as gender, disability, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, and spirituality, is negotiated in the era of neocolonialism and globalization. Prerequisite(s): None.