グローバル教養科目（Invisible Connections）

When we talk about issues from the global perspective, we often use abstract terms and metaphors that obscure the concrete reality and lived experience of billions of beings on our planet. It's a cliché to say that everything's connected; it's much harder to understand the complex systems with their unique networks of dependencies and hierarchies. In this course, we will draw from fields as diverse as biology, economics, data science, sociology, psychology, and literature to gain insights into the ways that humans and other life forms depend on each other. We will also interrogate how abstract thinking can lead to inequality and exploitation by hiding connections and contributions, which results in rewarding the few. The course is exploratory in its approach and doesn't require any previous knowledge. Students will be expected to reflect on the readings, present ideas in class, and choose a topic for their final project (an academic essay or a creative piece) related to one of the themes covered in class.