B-KUL-S0E60A Globalisation, Culture and Identity: Theories and Application to Asian Cultures

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General information

Academic year: 2011-2012 Study points: 4 Language: English Difficulty: Advanced Duration: 26.0 hours  Periodicity: Taught in the second semester POC: POC Antropologie

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Taught by

Pang Ching Lin

Aims

This course' objective is to discuss globalisation and its impact on Asian cultures and identity taking an Asian point of view: the main globalisation theories will be discussed and critically scrutinized for its overtly Western vantage point. This forms the innovative nature of this course for it looks at globalisation from an Asian thus divergent perspective and thus expands the notion of globalisation. 

Previous knowledge

Students are familar with the main concepts and approaches in the social sciences in general, and in social and cultural anthropology in particular.

Content

First this course explores the social and cultural dimensions of China’s, Japan’s and India’s presence in European countries. The immigrants from these Asian countries differ greatly from the settled immigration populations. Besides their different socio-economic profiles and performance, attention also goes to the representation of these countries in European countries. An increasing degree of ‘Asianisation’ is noticeable in the creative industry such as the media, film, fashion and food practices. Certain neighbourhoods are being thematised and ‘place-marketed’ as Chinatown, Little India, Banglatown, Asiatown, etc. for touristic purposes. Asian cultures seem highly conducive to commodification, which has proven lucrative business niche for immigrants, Asians and others.
 In the second part, globalisation in Asian cultures has produced similar and different outcomes as in the West: issues regarding the (re)casting of national ethnonational identity as a result of globalisation, the issue of immigration and the concimitant issue of integration in Japan and China, the othering of indigenous minorities in China, etc.

This course is included in

Master of Science in Cultures and Development Studies  
Master of Science in de vergelijkende en internationale politiek  
Master of Science in de sociale en culturele antropologie   (Migration, Minorities and Multiculturalism) (Verplicht)  
Master of Science in Social and Cultural Anthropology   (Migration, Minorities and Multiculturalism) (Required)  

Course Material

Articles and literature

Activities

		B-KUL-S0E60a Globalisation, Culture and Identity: Theories and Application to Asian Cultures
	General information Study points: 4.00 Language: English Category: Lectures Duration: 26.0 hours  Periodicity: Taught in the second semester POC: POC Antropologie Taught by Pang Ching Lin Aims Acquisition of cognitive skills: Student need to read, understand and critically reflect on the nexus globalisation, culture and identity. At the end of the course the student will be able to explain and clarify the main dynamics and topics related to globalisation of Asia affecting its cultures and identity in the West and in Asia. Acquisition of dynamic/affective skills: Besides providing knowledge this course aims to wet the academic appetite of the student for Asia and Asian cultures, the emerging continent and its impact on the West.   Acquisition of social skills: The students will be enabled to share these findings and insights in a critical way to third parties. In order to reach this objective class attendance and active engagement are highly important. Content The course will critically discuss  globalisation theories and its relation to culture globalisation of Asia as manifested in the mobility of people, goods and ideas in Europe and US Globalisation and culture in specific Asian countries, i.e. Japan, China Course Material A hard copy syllabus consisting of relevant articles will be made available to students through POLITIKA, the student association of the Faculty of Social Sciences. This forms the basic material for the final evaluation. Additional material for further reading will be made public through Toledo. This is not a part of the end evaluation. Course activities Students are supposed to do the reading before class. The course format is interactive consisting of lecturing and discussion. The students are actively engaged during class. This method aims to improve and sharpen cognitive, social and dynamic/affective skills of the student related to the main topics of the course.

Evaluation

		B-KUL-S2E60a Evaluation : Globalisation, Culture and Identity: Theories and Application to Asian Cultures
	Evaluation description Examination type:     written When?: final examination during examination period Evaluation type:     Open book