Globalisation Studies: Social Identity and Alternative Modernities in Comparative Perspectives a course in Sociology/Anthropology at the Nordic Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai September 5 – November 4, 2005
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- Chinese Culture Heritage in Modern World
- From Spiritual Hunger to Spiritual Nourishment
- Migrant Issues in Big Cities
- Introduction to the Social Ecology of Shanghai
- Analytical perspectives on the study of Social Scale and Globalization
- Weekend Excursion to Pu Tuo shan
- Week 4 (September 26-October 2)
- October 1-7 Public Holiday
- Essay analysis of field material
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Globalisation Studies: Social Identity and Alternative Modernities in Comparative Perspectives A course in Sociology/Anthropology at the Nordic Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai September 5 – November 4, 2005. The Nordic center at Fudan University in Shanghai invites applications for its annual 8 weeks master course in Globalization Studies. The Course, which is jointly arranged by the Department of Social Anthropology. University of Bergen, and Department of Sociology, Fudan University, will be given entirely in English by Chinese and University of Bergen scholars. The course provides 15 credits under the European system, equal to 1/4 of an academic year. RESPONSIBLE ORGANISERS
lizhufan@fudan.edu.cn, 5538-7810, 1348-2222-695
haiyu@fudan.edu.cn, 6530-4777,1332-1859-728
gry-irene@nordiccentre.org, 6564-2627 PROGRAMME 1. Course content. The course aims to give an introduction to the interplay between globalization of interactions (flows of material goods, of political influence, and of information) and people construction of social identities giving meaning and direction to their daily life. Today, the revolution in information technology, in speed and costs of transportation, in the restructuring of capitalism, and in the development of means of mass destruction create new tensions in this interplay - transforming societies, challenging received ideologies, restructuring the distribution of material wealth, as well as dramatically changing lifestyles and consumption patterns. In China this transformation is particularly dramatic, e.g. as manifested in a yearly GDP growth of about 10%, of large scale urban developments, in enormous infra-structural investments, in rural-urban migrations of mega scale, in extremely rapid spread of new information technology. In peoples’ struggle to improve their material conditions by increased participation in global networks of organization, new disjuncture between economy, politics and culture, between the local and the global emerge. At the same time as participation in global interactions stimulates trends towards shared lifestyles on a worldwide scale, a counter-trend challenging the hegemonic western modernity by articulating alternative modernity emphasizing social identities anchored in non-western cultural traditions is emerging. As the ideologies of Marxism and liberalism are being contested on different levels of society from rural to urban areas a space for discourse about new ideologies is opened. The course aims at introducing students to some dimensions of these disjuncture as they are played out in modern Chinese communities. 2. Syllabus READING FOR YU HAI’S LECTURES Chinese Society and Social Transformation Obligatory reading
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Heritage of Redistributive System and Multi-Logics of Social Transition Obligatory reading
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Shanghai Development as a National Strategy Obligatory reading:
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Social communication and residential space Obligatory reading:
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READING FOR GUNNAR HAALAND’S LECTURES Obligatory reading:
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READING FOR FAN LIZHU’S LECTURES Chinese Culture Heritage in Modern WorldObligatory:
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From Spiritual Hunger to Spiritual NourishmentObligatory:
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NGOs and Civil SocietyObligatory:
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Migrant Issues in Big CitiesObligatory reading:
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(19 pages) 3, Course Arrangement Two lessons (each two hours) and one student discussion per week for six weeks. The lectures will complement rather then summarize the week syllabus. It is thus essential that students read the syllabus carefully. The course is based on full-time participation from the students. Week 1 (September 5-11) Introduction to the Social Ecology of ShanghaiSeptember 5 (Monday) 7.30 Congregation in the Joy Inn lobby. Student assistant Wang Jingwalk with the group to the first lecture. 8:00pm-9:45am Lecture By Prof. Yu Hai, Introduction to Shanghai 10:00am-10:30: Information meeting at the Nordic Centre 6:00pm Welcome dinner September 7 (Wednesday) 8:00pm-9:45am Lecture By Prof. Yu Hai September 9 (Friday) 3:15-5:00pm, Student discussion Week 2 and 3 (September 12-25) Analytical perspectives on the study of Social Scale and GlobalizationSeptember 12 (Monday) 8:00pm-9:45am Lecture By Prof. Yu Hai Written exam module 1 September 14 (Wednesday) 8:00pm-9:45am Lecture By Prof. Gunnar Haaland “FORMS OF CAPITAL AND SPHERES OF EXCHANGE”
3:15-5:00pm, Student discussion Weekend Excursion to Pu Tuo shanSeptember 19 (Monday) 8:00pm-9:45am Lecture By Prof. Gunnar Haaland THE GLOBAL IN THE LOCAL.Comparative perspectives on the scale of interactions systems and their articulation in local contexts.
8:00pm-9:45am Lecture By Prof. Fan Lizhu NGOs and Civil Society
3:15-5:00pm Introduction to field work, by Gunnar Haaland After three weeks, pairs of Fudan and UoB students should be formed for the purpose of preparing joint mini field work and essay papers.
Week 4 (September 26-October 2)Lessons on literature relevant for fieldwork themeSeptember 26 (Monday ) 8:00pm-9:45 Lecture By Prof. Fan Lizhu Migrant Issues in Big Cities
8:00pm-9:45 Lecture By Prof. Fan Lizhu Written exam for module 3 September 30 (Friday) 3:15-5:00, Introduction to field work and essay writing by Prof. Yu Hai and by Prof. Fan Lizhu October 1-7 Public HolidayWeek 5 and 6 (October 7-16)Mini fieldwork by pairs of students focused on aspects of Globalization in specific localities. Supervision by Fudan and UofB staff members. Week 7 and 8 (October 17-29)Essay analysis of field materialEnd of Week 8. Written and oral exams4 Examinations The joint essay paper (4-6000 word) counts for 70% of the total Course mark. The students in a pair share the same mark. The three written exam which will take place after each module will count for the remaining 30% of the total mark. The marks will be given according to Fudan system of marking and this will be translated to the UofB system.) The essays will be graded according to international standards (A- F) October 31 (Monday) Presentation by students October 02 (Wednesday) Presentations by students October 04: Deadline for handing in essay (should be sent by e-mail to Yu Hai, Fn Lizhu and Gunnar Haaland Tours:
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