ENS208 Narratives of Globalization

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2004
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Alan Marshall, Dr. (lecturer)
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Dana Pantůčková
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 J.301
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 45 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/45, only registered: 0/45, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/45
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Narratives of Globalization Exploding in the media are a myriad of ongoing reports about Globalizationhow it will save the world, how it will destroy the world, how well all benefit or all be damned! My goal in this writing course is to take these reports (or more accurately, to let the students find these reports and bring them to class) and then subject them to critical comment (or more accurately, to let the students subject them to critical comment). Sure, there will be a small amount of theory plugged into the course, maybe a Media Studies academic article here and a Development and Poverty article there, but I want the students to become competent and confident spokespeople by themselves on a subject which introduces a huge variety of topics theyll face here at university; subjects like: media representation, poverty and inequality, international economics, gender and race, American foreign policy, War, and resistance to oppression. Assessment will be via interactive seminars and debates, role-playing scriptwriting, essay writing (including rewriting newspaper reports that the students thought were innacurate, biased, or ill-informed) and speech-writing and speech-making.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
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