GLBL 296

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Global St Foundation Seminar

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Credit: 1 hours.

Examination of current controversies and larger ethical issues in today's global society. Topics could include: immigration, global environmental debates, and population issues.

May be repeated in the same or separate terms to a maximum of 3 hours if topics vary.

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GLBL 296 class schedule data for spring 2022
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
62739	Lecture-Discussion	F	2:00PM -4:00PM	F	146 Armory	Kilgore, J	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/14/22-05/04/22 Section Title: Global & Mass Incarceration Section Info: The United States leads the world in locking people up in prisons and jails. This punitive practice, known as mass incarceration, has also influenced the ways in which notions of "justice" have evolved in other countries. This course will begin with a detailed look at the US system of mass incarceration, then examine practices in other countries that have been inspired and often funded by the US forces: supermax prisons in Brazil, mandatory minimum sentences in South Africa, the spread of private prison corporations in Australia and the UK. In addition to exploring the complexities of these racialized systems of oppression, we will also look at models for fighting back against the punishment paradigm such as sentencing reform, restorative justice and prison abolition. In each area we study, we will focus on the voices and experience of people who are disproportionately impacted by this process of mass incarceration.
60585	Lecture-Discussion	HS	3:00PM -4:20PM	W	165 Noyes Laboratory	Silverman, H	Part of Term: A Date Range: 01/18/22-03/11/22 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Food Wars Section Info: "Food Wars" is a course about food as a focus of conflict with examples drawn from around the world and over the past several centuries. Topics include the slavery-enabled rum trade, the Irish Potato Famine, Prohibition in the United States, the marketing dispute between Peru and Chile over ownership of pisco (a liquor), the controversial labor practices of the chocolate industry, banal cooking show competitions, why some Latin American countries are called "banana republics", and Coca Cola's domination of the world soft drink market. Students are asked to survey the range of global food in Champaign-Urbana by means of a study of the numerous food trucks on campus and to visit a local supermarket to analyze the international foods there. There are no exams.
60626	Lecture-Discussion	PD	4:00PM -6:00PM	T	137 Armory	Diehl, P	Part of Term: A Date Range: 01/18/22-03/11/22 Section Title: Peace Operations Section Info: This course is designed for undergraduate students interested in peace and global affairs. As the international community moved from a norm of “hard shell” state sovereignty to one in which there is a “responsibility to protect,” the number of peace operations and their complexity has increased accordingly. Since 2000, there have been over 200 peace operations (broadly defined) on five continents with several hundred thousand peacekeepers deployed by 12 international organizations and various multinational coalitions. Peace operations are a very important phenomenon in global relations bringing together the international community to address issues of peace, stability, economic development, post-conflict reconstruction, humanitarian aid, and governance, among others. The work of peacekeepers in conflicts such as Mali, Lebanon, and Cyprus has global consequences that are explored during this course. The seminar is divided into three components. The first segment provides the necessary conceptual tools and historical background for more advanced analysis of peace operations. The second section deals with the operational elements of peace operations, including how peace operations are authorized, deployed, and financed. The third and main component looks at their effectiveness across different conflict contexts and organizational arrangements as well as what challenges lie ahead for this tool of conflict management. Although the course has a global focus, seeking to impart generalizations about peace operations that are broadly applicable, there is special attention paid to two regions that have the greatest number of peace operations: Africa and Europe. Beyond a focus on scholarly knowledge about peace operations, the course also relies on discussions of current events to broaden student understanding of peace operation and their potential, as well as limitations. Active learning techniques and specialized projects are designed to get students involved in their study of peace operations.
63495	Lecture-Discussion	SCT	12:00PM -1:50PM	M	108 English Building	Fogelman, C	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/14/22-05/04/22 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Seven Cheap Things Section Info: This seminar is a careful reading of one text, A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things. We will explore cheapness as a concept and a practice and how it is related to the chauvinism and exploitation of today. An organizing question is: what other social relationships hide behind 35-cent chicken nuggets?