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Fall 2017 | GLOS 5900 Section 001: Topics in Global Studies -- Human Rights Beyond States (35790)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 609
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Proseminar. Selected issues in global studies. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- FFI - http://classinfo.umn.edu/?shakyeme+GLOS5900+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- What would the discourse of human rights look like if we move beyond considering nation-states as either paternal protectorates or the sole violators of individual rights and freedoms? What political, ethical, and legal forces do the humanitarian field occupied by transnational agencies, grassroots organizations, and radical social movements hold in both defining rights and addressing violations? How can conventional human rights institutions hold multinational corporations, paramilitary organizations, or rebel groups accountable for human rights violations? This course focuses on the place of non-state actors in the contemporary world, afflicted as it is by humanitarian crises precipitated by the wars on terror, environmental disasters, authoritarian regimes, and the late capitalist economy. Students will examine the entanglements of human rights discourse with the idea of natural law espoused by international institutions and citizenship rights safeguarded by nation-states. Drawing on readings from anthropology, social theory, international politics, law, as well as feminist and critical race studies, we will explore alternative trajectories that the discourse of human rights follows as it is employed and challenged by, for example, humanitarian agencies in Africa, liberation movements in the Middle East, or paramilitaries in Latin America. By troubling state-centered analyses of human rights, this course invites students to examine multifaceted power structures, complex ethical dilemmas, and radical politics that are enfolded within the contemporary discourse of human rights.
- Grading:
- 15% Participation
15% Response Papers
30% Midterm
40% Final
- Exam Format:
- Essay
- Class Format:
- Lecture
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35790/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 14 April 2017
Fall 2017 | GLOS 5900 Section 003: Topics in Global Studies -- Stories, Bodies, Movements (36717)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Meets With:
GLOS 3900 Section 005
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Peik Gymnasium G55
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Proseminar. Selected issues in global studies. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- FFI http://classinfo.umn.edu/?nagar+GLOS3900+Fall2017
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/36717/1179
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2017 Global Studies Classes