SOC 8790 is also offered in Spring 2024
SOC 8790 is also offered in Fall 2021
Spring 2024 | SOC 8790 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Sociological Theory -- New Innovations in Transnational Social Theory (65352)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 12 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
Open (4 of 12 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Sample topics: theories of conflict, theories of purposive action, Marxist theory, and structure-agency debate.
- Class Notes:
- 5 seats reserved for Sociology grad students. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC8790+Spring2024
- Class Description:
- This course introduces new transnational theorizing - possibly from the Philippines, Kenya, India, the U.S., indigenous lands -- that decolonize western epistemologies to help explain intersectional concerns of sovereignty, social justice, racial capitalism, the Anthropocene, and more. Readings and discussion will also offer a variety of analytics of hope and transformation. We will be reading new ethnographies from around the world as well as some classic social theories, reading closely to understand how such research is accomplished and how their analytic frameworks are constructed and conveyed. This is a labor intensive seminar based on high levels of participation, discussion, reading, and weekly writing. In 2024, this seminar will join with Karen Ho's Anthropology 8002 theory seminar and will be co-taught.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Best suited for PhD students who want to do close readings and deep discussion of excellent examples of theoretical/empirical work to help prepare for their own dissertation research and writing.
- Exam Format:
- no exams
- Class Format:
- Each week we will read a sizeable portion of a book, we will have weekly discussion leaders who will summarize the work, and everyone will post a page of commentary to spur and advance discussion.
- Workload:
- 150 or more pages of reading per week, a one-page commentary posted each week, and a final paper that reflects original thinking on the course materials but contoured to the specific needs of each student depending upon where they are in their graduate education.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65352/1243
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 November 2023
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2024 Sociology Classes