Study Materials

Required Texts

Alvarez, Julia. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents. New York, NY: Plume, 1992. ISBN: 9780452268067.

Chanda, Nayan. Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008. ISBN: 9780300136234.

Sola, Liu. Chaos and All That. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780824816513.

Chamoiseau, Patrick. School Days. Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780803263765.

Audio Sources

Materials for this course include segments from radio programs. Click on the name of the segment to open the audio stream directly, or click on the name of the program to see a summary of the material, links to online resources, and other related information.

Course readings.
SES #	TOPICS	MATERIALS	QUESTIONS
1	Introduction to course What do we mean by "globalization"?	Chanda, Bound Together, Introduction and chapter 1. Sen, Amartya. "Globalization and Solidarity." Boston University World of Ideas. Boston, MA: WBUR, January 27, 2002. "Early Human Migrations." Map 1 in Steger, Manfred. Globalization: A Very Short Introduction. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780199552269.	(PDF)
2	Discuss: Chanda and Sen	Chanda, chapter 2. Menocal, Maria Rosa. The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain. New York, NY: Back Bay Books, 2003, pp. 32-47, 72-87, 107-111, and 126-129. ISBN: 9780316168717. "Islam and the Making of Europe." On Point with Tom Ashbrook. Boston, MA: WBUR/NPR, February 4, 2008.	(PDF)
3	What difference does language make? Why did Latin disappear? What is "the spell of Arabic"? Who is Abd Al-Rahman and should we care?	Maps of the Silk Road: Silk Road, The Silk Road and Arab Sea Routes, Three Silk Routes, spice trade routes. "Major World Trade Networks, 1000-1450." Map 2 in Globalization: A Very Short Introduction. Shelemay, Kay Kaufman. Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World. New York, NY: Norton, 2006, pp. 320-342 and 445-461. ISBN: 9780393925678. Islamic Architecture in Spain El Alhambra, Granada, Spain - WikiCommons, ArchNet Albayzin Quarter, Granada, Spain Restoration of House of Zafra, Granada, Spain La Mezquita, Córdoba, Spain Mughal-British Hybrids Bellini, Gentile. Sultan Mehmed II. Oil on canvas, 1480. Masjid Jamek, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Royal Pavilion, Brighton, England
4	How and why have certain musical instruments traveled to and been adapted by cultures around the globe?	Chanda, chapter 3. Byrne, David. "Crossing Music's Border: 'I Hate World Music'." New York Times, October 3, 1999. Garofalo, Reebee. "Whose World, What Beat: The Transnational Music Industry, Identity, and Cultural Imperialism." World of Music 32 (1993): 16-32.	(PDF)
5	Issues of authenticity and cultural imperialism in global pop	Chanda, chapter 4. Tang, Patricia. "Negotiating Performance in Senegalese Popular Music: Sound, Image, and the Ethnomusicologist as Exoticized 'Other'." Journal of Popular Music Studies 17 (2005): 275-300. Visit the Group Saloum Web site for information about next week's concert.	(PDF)
6	Prepare for outing: Group Saloum Discuss: Chanda, chapters 3 & 4	Communication Notes: "Misuses of Logic," "Seven Tips for Reader-Friendly Writing," and "The Craft of Effective Oral Presentations."
7	Guest Lecture: Jane Dunphy, "The Art of Presenting Information."	Chanda, chapter 5. Lahiri, Jhumpa. "Gogol." The New Yorker, June 16, 2003.	(PDF)
8	Discuss: "Gogol" and Chanda	Grillo, Ioan. "Mexico's Emo-Bashing Problem." Time, March 27, 2008. Marshall, Wayne. "(Tight)Pantshall & Metro Cool, or 'How Mi Look?' 'Gay!'" Wayne and Wax, September 22, 2008. ———. "Follow Me Now: The Zigzagging Zunguzung Meme." Wayne and Wax, May 10, 2007.
9	Guest Lecture: Wayne Marshall, Mellon Fellow.	Chanda, chapters 6 & 7. Chamoiseau, School Days, all. Nair, Mira, and Sooni Taraporevala. Mississippi Masala. Burbank, CA: Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1992. Maps of empires: Roman, Ottoman, Russian, French, British.	(PDF)
10	Discuss: Chamoiseau	Alvarez, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, pp. 1-164.	(PDF)
11	Guest Lecture: Mark Szarko, Humanities Librarian, "Research Tools." Discuss: finish Chamoiseau	Alvarez, pp. 164-end.
12	Discuss: Alvarez	Ang, Ien. On Not Speaking Chinese: Living Between Asia and the West. New York, NY: Routledge, 2001, chapter 1-2. ISBN: 9780415259132. Onishi, Norimitsu. "For English Studies, Koreans Say Goodbye to Dad." New York Times, June 8, 2008.
13	Activity: examine the relationship of focus languages to English, English only movements. Discuss: finish Alvarez	Issenberg, Sasha. The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy. New York, NY: Gotham Books, 2008, pp. ix-xxiv, 92-105, and 107-129. ISBN: 9781592403639.
14	Outing to Asian food court
15	Activity: compare hybrid foods in the focus cultures, American hybrid cuisine.	Condry, Ian. "Anime Creativity: Characters and Premises in the Quest for Cool Japan." Theory, Culture, and Society 26 (2009): 139-163.
16	Guest Lecture: Ian Condry, "Anime."	Chanda, chapters 8 & 9.	(PDF)
17	Technology and education, One Laptop Per Child	Sola, Chaos and All That, all.	(PDF)
18	Discuss: Liu Sola	Prepare for global music in focus culture groups.	(PDF)
19	Activity: compare global music in focus cultures. Discuss: Liu Sola	Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar. "The Care Crisis in the Philippines: Children and Transnational Families in the New Global Economy." Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy. Edited by Ehrenreich, Barbara, and Arlie Russell Hochschild. New York, NY: Holt & Co., 2004, pp. 39-54. ISBN: 9780805075090.
20	Discuss: Global Woman selections	Brennan, Denise. "Selling Sex for Visas: Sex Tourism as a Stepping-Stone to International Migration." Bales, Kevin. "Because She Looks Like a Child." pp. 154-168, 207-229 in Global Woman.
21	Discuss: Global Woman selections, gender and globalization, women as sex workers	Gray, Lorraine W. The Global Assembly Line. 1986. "The Age of AIDS." Frontline. Boston, MA: WGBH/PBS, September 30-31, 2006.
22	Guest Lecture: Rachel Glennerster, Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, "Globalization and the Academy."
23	Presentations	"Young & Restless in China." Frontline. Boston, MA: WGBH/PBS, June 17, 2008. DeParle, Jason. "Should We Globalize Labor Too?" New York Times, June 10, 2007. Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Corporate Citizenship Meets the Anti-Globalization Backlash." Supplement to "The New Corporate Responsibility." Special Coverage. Boston, MA: WBUR, January 2, 2002. Muller, Jerry Z. "Us and Them: The Enduring Power of Ethnic Nationalism." Foreign Affairs 87 (March/April 2008): Excerpt. "Major Global Environmental Treaties, 1971-2007." pp. 96 in Globalization: A Very Short Introduction.
24	Presentations (cont.)
25	Overview of course/global citizenship

Music

Longoria, Valeria. "Beer Barrel Polka."; Gardel, Carlos. "La Cumparsita."; Chenier, Clifton. "Zydeco Sont Pas Salé." Tracks 2, 4, and 23, Disc 3 of Shelemay, Kay Kaufman. Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World. New York, NY: Norton, 2006. ISBN: 9780393925678.

N'dour, Youssou. "Birima (Western release version)", "Birima (Remix feat. Wyclef Jean)." Tracks 2 and 15 of Joko: From Village to Town. Sony Music Entertainment, 2000.

Nder et le Setsima Group. "Sportif." Track 4 of Live Anniversaire. Unknown distributor, 2001.

Pape Diouf. "Partir." Track 1 of Partir. Jololi, 2004.

IWantDemocracyNow. "Aime Cesare-poet, Politician Activist, 1913-2008." April 22, 2008. YouTube. Accessed February 17, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG8rvp0BmOg

nubiennesblog. "ALIKER." November 1, 2008. YouTube. Accessed February 17, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFNqBsQL6SY