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An introduction to the cross-cultural study of ethnic and national identity. We examine the concept of social identity, and consider the ways in which gendered, linguistic, religious, and ethno-racial identity components interact. We explore the history of nationalism, including the emergence of the idea of the nation-state, as well as ethn
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- anthropology
- anthropology
- ethnicity
- national identity
- nationalism
- history
- nation-state
- conflict
- social movement
- indigenous rights
- politics
- globalization
- migration
- transnational institution
- gender
- religion
- race
- ideology
- language
- sexuality
- feminist analysis
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Culture, Embodiment, and the Senses will provide an historical and cross-cultural analysis of the politics of sensory experience. The subject will address western philosophical debates about mind, brain, emotion, and the body and the historical value placed upon sight, reason, and rationality, versus smell, taste, and touch as acceptable mo
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- anthropology
- anthropology
- culture
- embodiment
- senses
- historical
- cross-cultural analysis
- politics
- sensory experience
- western philosophical debates
- mind
- brain
- emotion
- body
- sight
- reason
- rationality
- smell
- taste
- touch
- knowing
- knowledge production
- scientific interpretations
- western philosophical
- physiological models
- individual physiolog
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In this course the conquest and colonization of the Americas is considered, with special attention to the struggles of native peoples in Guatemala, Canada, Brazil, Panama, and colonial New England. In two segments of the course-one devoted to the Jesuit missionization of the Huron in the 1630s, the other to struggles between the government
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- anthropology
- history
- cultural anthropology
- conquest
- colonization
- americas
- native people
- guatemala
- canada
- brazil
- panama
- colonial new england
- jesuit
- mission
- huron
- seventeenth century
- politics
- kuna
- twentieth century
- conflict
- europe
- indian
- native americans
- missions
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Survey and special topics designed for students in Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Emphasizes ethological studies of natural behavior patterns and their analysis in laboratory work, with contributions from field biology (mammology, primatology), sociobiology, and comparative psychology. Stresses human behavior but also includes major contribu
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- behavioral modification
- ethology
- sociobiology
- learning
- social status
- cross-cultural differences
- persuasion
- politics
- individual
- sexuality
- dimorphisms in body and behavior
- social organization
- dominance structures
- evolution of sexual signals
- emancipation
- mating
- reproduction
- emotion
- facial expression
- displays
- general non-ver
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This course in organizational economics prepares doctoral students for further study in the field. The course introduces the classic papers and some recent research. The material is organized into the following modules: boundaries of the firm, employment in organizations, decision-making in organizations, and structures and processes in org
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- economics
- organizational economics
- classic evidence
- formal theories
- contracting between firms
- evidence on contracts
- business cases
- performance pay
- incentives
- job assignment
- skill development
- networks
- employment systems
- decision processes
- authority
- power
- leadership
- politics
- influence
- language
- hierarchical models
- organizational stru
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This team-taught subject is for doctoral students working on emerging technologies at the interface of technology, policy and societal issues. It integrates concepts of research strategy and design from a variety of disciplines. The class addresses problem identification and formulation of research topics, the role of qualitative and quanti
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- engineering systems division
- uncertainty
- risk
- politics
- forecasting
- future
- prediction
- disaster
- space shuttle
- nuclear power
- nuclear energy
- energy policy
- government
- technology assessment
- ota
- gps
- internet
- packet switching
- data network
- military
- dec
- digital equipment
- drug
- pharmaceutical
- air transport
- aircraft
- public policy
- industrial policy
- uav
- de
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This course focuses on main currents in contemporary German literary and visual culture. Taking Nietzsche's thought as a point of departure, students will survey the dialectics of tradition and modernity in both Germany and other European countries, particularly the UK, France, Denmark, and Poland. Primary works are drawn from literature, c
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- foreign languages and literatures
- germany
- european
- politics
- society
- nietzsche
- united kingdom
- france
- denmark
- poland
- art
- performance
- peter sloterdijk
- thomas vinterberg
- michel houellebecq
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International Women’s Voices has several objectives. It introduces students to a variety of works by contemporary women writers from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and North America. The emphasis is on non-western writers. The readings are chosen to encourage students to think about how each author’s work reflects a distinct c
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- foreign languages and literatures
- women
- international
- global
- contemporary literature
- writers
- asia
- africa
- middle east
- latin america
- north america
- non-western
- gender roles
- culture
- heritage
- female
- history
- colonialism
- religion
- nationalism
- socialization
- language
- patriarchal
- sex
- marriage
- politics
- love
- work
- identity
- fiction
- literature
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21F.031 examines the terms "avant garde" and "Kulturindustrie" in French and German culture of the early twentieth century. Considering the origins of these concepts in surrealist and dadaist literature, art, and cinema, the course then expands to engage parallel formations across Europe, particularly in the former Soviet Union. Emphasis on
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- foreign languages and literatures
- avante garde
- kulturindustrie
- germany
- asia
- latin america
- africa
- europe
- culture
- consumer
- history
- politics
- adorno
- aragon
- bataille
- beckett
- brecht
- breton
- b?rger
- duchamp
- eisenstein
- ernst
- j?nger
- greenberg
- kandinsky
- malevich
- mayakovsky
- tzara
- cinema
- movies
- film
- music
- literature
- french culture
- german culture
- 20th cen
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The concept of globalization fosters the understanding of the interconnectedness of cultures and societies geographically wide apart; America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Subject scans existing debates over globalization around the world. This course explores how globalization impacts everyday life in the First and Third World; how globalizat
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- foreign languages and literatures
- globalization; society; geography; america; europe; asia; africa; third worrld; development; contemporary culture; religion; politics; youth; developing nation
- globalization
- society
- geography
- america
- europe
- asia
- africa
- third worrld
- development
- contemporary culture
- religion
- politics
- youth
- developing nation
- first world
- cosmopo
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Prepares students for working and living in German-speaking countries. Focus on current political, social, and cultural issues, using newspapers, journals, TV, radio broadcasts, and Web sources from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Emphasis on speaking, writing, and reading skills for professional contexts. Activities include: oral presen
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- foreign languages and literatures
- german
- switzerland
- austria
- contemporary culture
- politics
- society
- speaking
- reading
- writing
- literature
- language
- media
- intermediate
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Spanish IV aims at developing and improving student's oral and written communication through the continued study of the language, literature and culture of Spain, Latin America and Hispanic communities in the United States. It also seeks to improve students' ability to read and appreciate literary and non-literary texts in Spanish, deepenin
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- foreign languages and literatures
- spanish
- foreign language
- conversation
- writing
- literature
- culture
- history
- society
- hispanic
- latin america
- western europe
- spain
- central america
- south america
- identity
- politics
- family
- economy
- tradition
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Spanish for Bilingual Students is an intermediate course designed principally for heritage learners, but which includes other students interested in specific content areas, such as US Latino immigration, identity, ethnicity, education and representation in the media. Linguistic goals include vocabulary acquisition, improvement in writing,
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- foreign languages and literatures
- spanish; language; bilingual; speak; writing;literature; culture
- history
- society
- economics
- politics
- psychology
- philosophy
- spanish
- language
- bilingual
- speak
- writing
- culture
- literature
- hispanic
- oral grammar
- written gramar
- fiction
- poetry
- mexican-americans
- puerto ricans
- cubans
- heritage learners
- latino
- immigration
- identit
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This subject studies the changing structure of American politics, economics, and society from the end of the Civil War to the present. We will consider secondary historical accounts and primary documents to examine some of the key issues in the development of modern America: industrialization and urbanization; U.S. emergence as a global pow
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- history
- america
- politics
- economics
- society
- post-civil war
- industrialization
- urbanization
- global power
- equality
- gender
- class
- race
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This class examines how and why twentieth-century Americans came to define the "good life" through consumption, leisure, and material abundance. We will explore how such things as department stores, nationally advertised brand-name goods, mass-produced cars, and suburbs transformed the American economy, society, and politics. The course is
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- history
- twentieth century history
- history
- popular culture
- united states
- marketing
- mass-production
- consumption
- economics
- politics
- middle class
- advertising
- status
- american dream
- mass-market
- suburbs
- e-commerce
- fast food
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This course surveys the social, cultural, and political development of western Europe between 500 and 1350. A number of topics are incorporated into the broad chronological sweep of the course, including: the Germanic conquest of the ancient Mediterranean world; the rise of a distinct northern culture and the Carolingian Renaissance; the em
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- history
- medieval
- ancient history
- europe
- culture
- politics
- mediterranean
- germanic
- byzantine
- carolingian renaissance
- islamic
- crusades
- religion
- economics
- feudalism
- barbarian
- charlemagne
- england
- ottonian
- empire
- rome
- gothic
- monarchy
- western europe
- germanic conquest
- mediterranean civilization
- social development
- cultural developme
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