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Mia Siscawati
ANTH 314
Seattle Campus
Ethnographic exploration of the transformative processes of transnationalsim in relation to identity and community formation in Southeast Asia and among Southeast Asian Americans. Experiential learning format concentrates on mini-ethnographic projects, field trips, and group presentations. Prerequisite: either one 200-level ANTH course or one AAS/AES course. Offered: jointly with AAS 314.
Class description
This course provides an opportunity to explore culture, politics, history, religion, identity, gender relations and environmental issues in one of island Southeast Asian nations: Indonesia. It will also examine cultural dimensions of post-colonial social movements, particularly in relation to environmental movements, resource rights movements and emancipatory discourses on minority rights and cultural rights on the one hand, and democracy, social justice, and gender equality on the other. In doing so, this course will be using a variety of sources such as scholarly works by historians, anthropologists, sociologists, as well as literature, social movements’ activists’ accounts, and brief visual documentaries
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
The class will be organized in a form of seminar with students’ active participation. The instructor will first do a brief introduction of the weekly theme, continued by focused discussion of assigned readings. There will be some guest speakers.
Recommended preparation
All students are expected to prepare for class by reading assigned material in advance and participating actively in discussions.
Class assignments and grading
Class assignments and grading will be outlined in the course syllabus.
