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Human beings are symbol-making as well as tool-making animals. We understand our world and shape our lives in large part by assigning meanings to objects, beings, and persons; by connecting things together in symbolic patterns; and by creating elaborate forms of symbolic action and narrative. In this introductory subject we consider how sym
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This course examines Japanese popular culture as a way of understanding the changing character of media, capitalism, fan communities and culture. Topics include manga (comic books), hip-hop and other popular music in Japan, anime (Japanese animated films) and feature films, sports (sumo, soccer, baseball), and online communication. Emphasis
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- fan communities
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This course focuses on a range of theories of gender in modern life. In recent years feminist scholars in a range of disciplines have challenged previously accepted notions of political theory such as the distinctions between public and private, the definitions of politics itself, the nature of citizenship, and the roles of women in civil s
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- modern life
- feminist scholarship
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Organizational Processes enhances students' ability to take effective action in complex organizational settings by providing the analytic tools needed to analyze, manage, and lead the organizations of the future. Emphasis is placed on the importance of the organizational context in influencing which individual styles and skills are effectiv
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- strategic design
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- team project
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- fan communities
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- manga
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File: 15-311-fall-2003.zip
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- studying organizations
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- hiring
- decision making
- business ethics
- corporate incentives
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- networks
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- leading change
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- human body
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- narrative
- mythology
- patterns
- culture
- sign
- tropes
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File: rdgqskinsella.pdf
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- pop
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File: 22goldlkmetoedps.pdf
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File: metaphortropes.pdf
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File: animals.pdf
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- human body
- cosmology
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- narrative
- mythology
- patterns
- culture
- sign
- tropes
- classification
- interpretation
- folktale
- power
- passage
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