UBC Professors Sylvia Berryman (Philosophy) and Thomas Kemple (Sociology) are teaming up o nce again with Go Global< /a> to offer a unique encounter with global systems\, oppression\, poverty and civil society activism.
Philosophy 335 and Sociology 430 begin to gether by examining classical theories of oppressive power and civil societ y offered by European theorists struggling to understand the complexities o f emerging modern industrial society (De Las Casas\, Hobbes\, Rousseau\, Ma rx and Mill\, Arendt and Marcuse)\, with some consideration of the conseque nces of colonial conquest. Our encounter with the colonial experience as na rrated from the perspective of the dominated re-situates and problematizes this narrative: the impacts of globalization on a developing country highli ght new questions about structural oppression (the focus of Phil 335) and t he potential for civil society resistance (the focus of Soci 430). More rec ent theorists of power\, oppression and civil society\, including both West ern and Indigenous scholars focusing on the Guatemalan case\, complement an d illuminate the particular instances we encounter in‐country of groups con fronting gender and ethnic oppression\, systemic violence and the oppressiv e nature of extreme poverty. Students research topics of their choice relat ing the course themes to the local environment.
Contact sylvia.berryman@ubc.ca if you have questions .
(Arts Research Abroad funding is available for this program. 70%-10 0% of program fees and flight costs will be covered for qualifying Arts stu dents from the Vancouver campus.)
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