ASIA 270 - Deep Asia

What does “taking Asia seriously” mean? Coursework focuses on the area that is generally known as Asia, not by providing a broad survey of the region, but by showing how it can challenge our intellectual norms and practices when we try to understand their everyday lives, aspirations, and struggles in their own terms. To that end, students critically examine such taken-for-granted ideas in the English-speaking world as nature, justice, democracy, or civil society when analyzing and working in places with distinct historical experiences. Empirically, students focus on how households and communities in contemporary Asia cope with various crises and opportunities (e.g., natural disasters, financial crises, developmental projects, and demographic changes) in locally specific and ingenious ways in order to sustain their lives and livelihoods. Course materials are drawn widely from various parts of East, South, and Southeast Asia, with specific emphasis on Japan.

Credits: 1.0
Crosslisted:

GEOG 270

Corequisite: None
Prerequisites: None
Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: None
Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
Core Component: None

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