[bioundgrd] FW: Anthropology subjects of note in Spring

[Joshua Stone]

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From: Carolyn C Carlson <carlsonc at mit.edu<mailto:carlsonc at mit.edu>>
Subject: Anthropology subjects of note in Spring
Date: January 13, 2022 at 11:25:08 AM EST



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Anthropology has three subjects available this Spring that have plenty of space available! Two are offered in the evening, which may be helpful for your schedules.



21A.S01 Special Subject: African Futures
W 7-10PM
Units: 3-0-9
HASS Designation: Blanket petition for S is pending
Instructor: Kanyinsola Obayan

The future is African. By 2050, Africa will be home to 10 megacities. By 2100, one in three people on our planet will be African. This course examines the notion of African futures and its implications for the Continent, Diaspora, and the world at large, drawing from an interdisciplinary body of scholarship that includes history, literature, film, social and digital media, and the arts. We will explore topics such as decolonization and postcolonialism, Afropolitanism and African futurism, and technologies and digitalization in Africa.




21A.410 Environmental Struggles
Thurs 7-10PM
Units: 3-0-9
HASS-S
Prof. Chris Walley

Offers an international perspective on the environment. Using environmental conflict to consider the stakes that groups in various parts of the world have in nature, while also exploring how ecological and social dynamics interact and change over time, subject considers such controversial environmental issues as: nuclear contamination in Eastern Europe; genetic bioprospecting in Mexico; toxic run-off in the rural US; the Bhopal accident in India; and the impact of population growth in the Third World.




21A.132J/21G.058J (meets with 21G.418) Race and Migration in Europe
Tues/Thurs 2:30-4PM
Units: 3-0-9
HASS-H   CI-H
Prof. Bettina Stoetzer

Addresses the shifting politics of nation, ethnicity, and race in the context of migration and globalization in Germany and Europe. Provides students with analytical tools to approach global concerns and consider Europe and Germany from cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives. Familiarizes students with the ways in which histories of migration, travel, and colonial encounters shape contemporary Europe. Introduces the concepts of transnationalism, diasporic cultures, racism, ethnicity, asylum, and mobility via case studies and materials, including film, ethnography, fiction, and autobiography. Taught in English. Limited to 18.


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Carolyn C. Carlson
Undergraduate Academic Administrator
MIT Anthropology
E53-335
Cambridge, MA 02139
617.452.2837

Hybrid schedule:
Working from home for most of January

she, her, hers


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