History of Transnational Markets and Civil Society II

We will be reading academic articles to gain a solid theoretical understanding of cultural representations and also to discuss concrete issues. The class is discussion-based and active participation is required in every class session.

Students are expected to do all the readings and come prepared to engage in discussions every week. (This is not an appropriate class for those whose preference is to listen to lectures.) Students are asked to visit museums during the semester to contextualize the theoretical readings we do in class in actual practice.

Attendance, participation, a small project and a final paper. Details will be give on the first day of class.

A detailed syllabus will be provided on the first day (October 2). All the reading materials will be available electronically through our library system.

TBA

This will be an online class. The first day of class is October 2 at 1300. Note there will be a number of weeks where there will be no classes and you will be asked to visit museums on your own. To make up for the lack of sessions, there will be in-person sessions held in a day at the end of the semester (the date will be discussed in class). For museum visits, the students are expected to bear the cost of transportation and admission fee. Although the contents of the class are similar to the previous year, the students who wish to repeat the class may do so, provided they will be going to different museums on their own.

Those who completed this course last year are welcome to join, as the reading materials and discussion topics will be different. However, the overall theme will be the same.