Type of Credit: Elective
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Number of Students
This seminar focuses on the role of globalization and, specifically, of transnationalism, defined as the variety of cultural inter-connections and trans-border movements and networks which have intensified under conditions of late capitalism in the global society. We shall proceed from the discussion of media and urban globalization, through the topic of diaspora, to the final study of multiculturalism. The purpose of this class, in short, is to sensitize you to the intricate and intertwining relationships BETWEEN the overall process of globalization AND its manifestation in both the action and the imagination of people’s cross-border migration, and thus to help you with the relevant literature in which you may pinpoint your interest and develop it into your MA thesis.
***In case of THE LEVEL 3 PANDEMIC SITUATION our class will go on-line. Every Wednesday before the class, please, first, go to your e-mail address at NCCU to get the password I’ll give you. Then, key in the password in the Google mode and you will be at Google Meet to attend the class.
能力項目說明
The objective is to help you familiarize with the literature of globalization and transnationalism. Therefore, after the semester, I expect you to become a sort of walking literature in this regard.
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1 09/15
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Intro |
Intro |
Read next-week readings |
3.0
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4.5
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2 09/22
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Globalization |
Watching film: Piony Sunday [2009, 100 min.，何蔚庭導演]. |
Read next-time readings; 2 oral reports |
3.0
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7.0
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3 09/29
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Globalization |
S. Sassen 2007 A Sociology of Globalization. New York: W. W. Norton. Chs. 1-2 C. Sparks 2007 Globalization, Development and the Mass Media. London: Sage. Chs. 7-8 |
Read next-time readings; 2 oral reports |
3.0
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7.0
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4 10/06
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Globalization |
F. Webster 2014 Theories of the Information Society, 4th ed. New York: Routledge. Chs. 9 & 11. |
Read next-week readings; 2 oral reports |
3.0
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7.0
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5 10/13
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Globalization |
M. Castells 1996 The Rise of the Network Society. Oxford, UK. Chs. 5-6. A. Appaduari 1996 Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization. Minneapolis, Minn.: U. of Minnesota. Pp. 27-65. |
Read next-time readings; 2 oral reports |
3.0
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7.0
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6 10/20
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Diaspora and Transnationalists
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watching film: Detours to Paradise [2008, 124 min.歧路天堂，李奇導演].
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Read next-time readings; 2 oral reports |
3.0
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7.0
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7 10/27
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Diaspora and Transnationalists
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2 oral reports next week |
3.0
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3.0
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8 11/03
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Diaspora and Transnationalists
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Read next-week readings; 2 oral reports |
3.0
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7.0
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9 11/10
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Diaspora and Transnationalists
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Political science’s approach to diaspora J. M. Brinkerhoff 2009 Digital Diasporas: Identity and Transnational Engagement. New York: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 29-148.
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Read next-week readings; 2 oral reports |
3.0
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7.0
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10 11/17
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Mid-term exam |
A one-page proposal for your term paper due |
Read next-week readings; 2 oral reports |
3.0
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7.0
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11 11/24
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Diaspora and Transnationalists
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Watching film: After Spring, the Tamaki Family…(2016，131 min. 海的彼端，黃胤毓導演) |
Read next-week readings; 2 oral reports |
3.0
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7.0
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12 12/01 |
Diaspora and Transnationalists
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Watching film: From Border to Border [2013, 102 min. 邊界移動兩百年，鍾適芳導演] |
2 oral reports next week |
3.0
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3.0
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13 12/08
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Diaspora and Transnationalists
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Christou and E. Mavroudi eds., 2015 Dismantling Diasporas: Rethinking the Geographies of Diasporic Identity, Connection and Development. Farnham, Surrey, UK : Ashgate. Chs. 4 & 10. S. Dave, L. Nishime, and T. Oren eds., Global Asian American Popular Cultures. New York: New York University Press. Chs. 1 & 9. |
Read next-week readings; 2 oral reports |
3.0
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7.0
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14 12/15
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Diaspora and Transnationalists
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psychology's approach to diaspora R. Furman, G. Lamphear, and D. Epps eds., 2016 The Immigrant Other: Lived Experiences in a Transnational World. New York: Columbia University Press. Chs. 1, 7, 10, 17. |
Read next-week readings; 2 oral reports |
3.0
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7.0
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15 12/22
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Chinese Diaspora |
Dehart, M. 2015 “Costa Rica’s Chinatown: The Art of Being Global in the Age of China,” City and Society 27(2): 183-207. Siu, L. C. D. 2007 “The Queen of the Chinese Colony: Contesting Nationalism, Engendering Diaspora,” in R. S. Parrenas and L. C. D. Siu eds., Asian Diasporas: New Formation, New Conceptions. Stanford, CA: Stanford UP. Pp. 105-139. |
Read next-week readings; 2 oral reports |
3.0
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7.0
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16 12/29
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Chinese Diaspora |
Liu, J. A 2010 “Making Taiwanese (Stem Cells): Identity, Genetics, and Hybridity,” in A. H. Ong and N. N. Chen eds., Asian Biotech: Ethics and Communities of Fate. Durham, NC: Duke UP. Pp. 239-262. Sung, W. C. 2010 “Chinese DNA: Genomics and Bionation,” in A. H. Ong and N. N. Chen eds., Asian Biotech: Ethics and Communities of Fate. Durham, NC: Duke UP. Pp. 263-292. |
Review |
3.0
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4.5
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17 01/05
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Review |
Review the readings of this semester |
Review |
3.0
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7.0
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18 01/12
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Final exam |
Review the readings of this semester |
Review |
3.0
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7.0
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Rotated oral presentation with one-page outline is a must (50%). A one-page proposal for your term paper is due in the mid-term exam week (10%). And a term paper of maximum 10 double-spaced pagesis due on or before January 20, 2022 (40%). NO LATE PAPER WILL BE ACCEPTED.