Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2022-2023
ANTH 429 - ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Long Title: ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Department: Anthropology
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: Movements to alleviate inequalities constitute important cultural and political interventions globally. This course examines advocacy practices to create and sustain social movements and political struggles. Cases included grassroots advocacy, NGOs, transnational and technological activism; environmental justice; human rights; gender, ethnic and sexual rights; consumption and globalization; democratization and neoliberalism. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 629. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 429 if student has credit for ANTH 629.