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Course Description:
"The global economy." "The global marketplace." "The
global village." Why have these phrases recently become so ubiquitous?
What is their significance? How do they reflect changes in communications,
information technologies, political and economic institutions and practices?
For that matter, what is globalization? How does it work? And in the interest
of whom? This course will survey the major positions on and debates about
globalization. We will pay special attention to the intersections of globalization
and intercultural communication.
For this course, you will be expected to use new information technologies such as WebCT and the Internet in the process of developing your writing skills and ability to make an argument. You will be expected to initiate and respond to discussions that will take place on a bulletin board consisting of students from several classes. In addition, there will be several short essays, and a virtual exchange project that will culminate in a research paper. Enc 1101H "Globalization/Intercultural Communication" is linked to IPC408 "Intercultural Communication/Globalization" at Bowling Green State University.
Texts:
Grading:
Posts to the bulletin board:
A bulletin board has been created on WebCT to serve your class, another Enc 1101H “Globalization/ Intercultural Communication” class, and an “Intercultural Communication/ Globalization” class at Bowling Green State University. Each "Globalization/ Intercultural Communication" class will have identical reading assignments, while the “Intercultural Communication/Globalization” class' readings will vary to some extent. Each week you should contribute a substantive comment to one of the threads on the bulletin board. You can respond to any thread or start a thread yourself. Each post must reflect what you have learned from and think about class readings. Substantive responses consist of a paragraph that takes into account previous posts.
You may post more than once a week, but a minimum of 15 responses, one each week, is required to receive the 15% of your grade. I will monitor the bulletin board and delete any responses that I do not consider “substantive.” As a result, you can monitor your own progress towards receiving full credit.
The course site is located at http://webcourse.bgsu.edu:8900. The course is listed as Interpersonal Communication and is ipc408. You will receive instructions about how to access this course.
You are also encouraged, however, to respond in a less formal manner to the posts of your virtual community. Check the discussion board often and try to engage with the issues and problems presented.
In-class Presentations:
You will be asked to introduce two classes by yourself or with a partner.
Sign-ups for in-class presentations will take place next week. Presentations
need only last about 10 minutes, but they should fuel the rest of class discussion
by bringing up points for discussion.
Essays:
These 4-5 page papers each count 15%. Drafts should be complete versions of
your paper, written and refined before they are distributed. They will be
discussed in-class, revised, and resubmitted. You are required to take the
first essay to the Writing Center. I encourage you to take all three extended
writing assignments to the Writing Center for consultation.
Virtual Exchange Project:
This final project will take place in interactive groups. You will work with
another "Globalization" student from outside this class and 2 students
from the "Intercultural Communication" class. Each group will do
a research project related to our joint readings and virtual discussions.
As a group, you must come up with a topic, develop research questions, conduct
the research, and write up a single 5-7 page paper. Each individual will then
write an independent project assessment.
Class Participation:
Written responses to the papers of your classmates, homework assignments,
visiting the Writing Center, and completing the Library and Pegasus tutorials
contribute to this grade. These will be noted on a check, check minus and
check plus scale. In-class participation and evidence that you have prepared
for class also enhance your Class Participation grade.
Attendance:
You may have up to 3 absences without affecting your grade. Any more than
3 absences will hurt your final grade unless approved by me. If you miss more
than 8 classes, you are likely to earn a NC for this class.
Plagiarism:
See your "Golden Rule" packet that you received at orientation.
E-mail:
You must regularly check your e-mail for class announcements and correspondence
from me.
*** Assignments are to be completed by class indicated.
Week 1:
F 8/20: Class Introduction
Week 2:
M 8/23: "Like
Magic, Only Real" by Tari Lin Fanderclai.
W 8/25: Waters, Ch. 1
"Birth
of a Digital Nation" by Jon Katz
F 8/27: WebCT orientation class. Meet in Library.
Week 3:
M 8/30: Calloway-Thomas, et al., Ch. 1
First bulletin board posts due.
W 9/1: Waters, Ch. 3
F 9/3: Library Research Class. Meet in the library.
Read Section 4, Section 8 and Section 9 in The Brief Holt Handbook
You must turn in your library tour worksheet to me by this date.
Week 4:
M 9/6 : Labor Day— no class (start reading Mehta's Karma Cola)
W 9/8: Internet Research Class. Meet in library.
F 9/10: Mehta, ix – 59.
Complete Pegasus Connections disc tutorials.
Week 5:
M 9/13: Mehta, 63 – 110.
W 9/15: Mehta, 113 – 159.
F 9/17: Film: Wavelengths (Parmar) and Women Being (Qin) (meet
in library, 3rd floor)
Mehta, 163 – end.
Week 6:
M 9/20: Discuss Wavelengths, Women Being and Mehta.
W 9/22: Draft Essay #1 Due, bring 5 copies for draft workshop
F 9/24: Draft Workshop
Week 7:
M 9/27: Essay #1 Due
W 9/29: Appadurai, "Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural
Economy"
F 10/1: Dr. Francis Fukuyama, "Economic
Globalization and Culture"
Week 8:
M 10/4: discussion
W 10/6: Calloway-Thomas, Chapter 4
F 10/8: Hagedorn, 3- 67
Week 9:
M 10/11: Hagedorn, 67- 116
W 10/13: Hagedorn, 117-186
F 10/15: Hagedorn, 187- end
Week 10:
M 10/18: Calloway-Thomas, Chapter 10
W 10/20: Calloway-Thomas, Chapter 12
F 10/22: Draft Workshop (bring 5 copies of your paper)
Week 11:
M 10/25: Draft Workshop
W 10/27: Essay #2 Due, see "Two Lies", "On Cannibalism",
"I Is a Long-Memoried Woman"
F 10/29: discuss films
Week 12:
M 11/1: Bhaji on the Beach
W 11/3: Virtual Exchange Project Topic Due
Bhaji on the Beach
F 11/5: "Turning Color: A Conversation with Gurinder Chadha"
(copy)
Week 13:
M 11/8: "My Life As A Poster" (Talukdar)
W 11/10: Research Questions Due
F 11/12: Sassen (copy)
Week 14:
M 11/15: Jameson (copy)
W 11/17: Street, "Across the Universe, the Limits of Global Popular
Culture" (copy)
F 11/19: Jeganathan, "eelam.com" (copy)
Week 15:
M 11/22: discussion
W 11/24: Virtual Exchange Project Draft Due
F 11/26: Thanksgiving weekend. No class!
Week 16:
M 11/29: Project Presentations
W 12/1: Project Presentations
F 12/3: Virtual Exchange Project Due
Final Exam Meeting: Project presentations and assessment
