Diaspora and Transnational Studies Courses
For Distribution Requirement purposes, all DTS courses are classified as SOCIAL SCIENCE or HUMANITIES courses. |
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DTS200Y1 What is the relationship between place and belonging, between territory and memory? How have the experiences of migration and dislocation challenged the modern assumption that the nation-state should be the limit of identification? What effect has the emergence of new media of communication had upon the coherence of cultural and political boundaries? All of these questions and many more form part of the subject matter of Diaspora and Transnational Studies. This introductory course ex-amines the historical and contemporary movements of peoples and the complex issues of identity and experience to which these processes give rise as well as the creative possibilities that flow from movement and being moved. The area of study is comparative and interdisciplinary, drawing from the social sciences, history, the arts and humanities. Accordingly, this course provides the background to the subject area from diverse perspectives and introduces students to a range of key debates in the field, with particular attention to questions of history, globalization, cultural production and the creative imagination. DTS401H1 This will be a course using the intersections between Postcolonialism and Diaspora Studies to explore issues of place, memory, and identity. The course will be comparative and interdisciplinary with a focus on literature, anthropology, political science and cultural studies. DTS402H1 This course is a critical examination of the established concepts on capitalism. It also proposes alternative ways to evaluate diasporic mercantile successes and their economic systems. In particular, students will be introduced to emerging studies that utilize theories on socio-economic institutions and “social capital” in the studies of various Asian trading groups. DTS403H1 Course critically examines theoretical and methodological approaches
adopted by different disciplines to the subject of Diaspora and Transnational
Studies.
Classes will engage with community actors and organizations and will be comparative
and interdisciplinary with a focus on literature, anthropology, political
science and cultural studies. DTS404H1 Course critically examines theoretical and methodological approaches
adopted by different disciplines to the subject of Diaspora and Transnational
Studies.
Classes will engage with community actors and organizations and will be comparative
and interdisciplinary with a focus on literature, anthropology, political
science and cultural studies.
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