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 2024
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
60585	Lecture-Discussion	HS	3:00PM -4:20PM	T	1062 Lincoln Hall	Silverman, H	Part of Term: A Date Range: 01/16/24-03/08/24 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.
51558	Lecture-Discussion	MD	3:00PM -4:50PM	W	G30 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Shen, S	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/11/24-05/01/24 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Media and Democratization Section Info: This course introduces one of the most salient yet controversial issues in global studies today: the effect of the media and information technologies on democracy and democratization. The main goal of this class is to deepen students’ understanding of the complex relationships between media/information technology and democracy/democratization and enable them to critically engage in and contribute to the discussion with solid theoretical and empirical foundations.
64098	Lecture-Discussion	RR	3:00PM -4:50PM	T	312 Davenport Hall	Fogelman, C	Part of Term: A Date Range: 01/16/24-03/08/24 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Reconsidering Reparations Section Info: This seminar is an exploration of the idea of reparative justice, one that seeks to consider reparations as a just and equitable way forward. In the course, we will read Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò's Reconsidering Reparations, a book that links the violences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, colonialism, and climate change.