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What Comes After the State? — ANT2114.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Noah Coburn
Credits: 4
Particularly since the treaty of Westphalia the state has been the dominant feature of the international system. In almost every case its sovereignty is assumed. Yet from unauthorized US drone strikes in Pakistan to the European Union, there are examples of ways in which the power of the state as an organizing concept is beginning to erode. This course will look at
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What Happened in North Bennington? The Profound Struggle for the Soul of Education in America — MOD2405.02

Spring 2017
Instructor:
Credits: 1
In this course we will begin with an examination of the events that occurred in North Bennington, VT as the community voted to close its public school in response to Act 46, the new state law requiring school districts across Vermont to consolidate. The events surrounding Act 46 and the closing of the public school in North Bennington marked a “sea change” in education policy
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What is (and What is Not) US Empire  — APA4311.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 4
This course works to give a more exacting definition to the imperial shape of the United States, as much to name its haunting presence as to more effectively confront its unjust operations. As the first successful anti-colonial revolt, the United States has a long history of narrating itself against empire. Yet for anyone who has lived under the heavy hand of its territorial
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What is Radicalism in Practice? — MPF2165.01) (cancelled

Fall 2021
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
What is radical? What is performance; when is it performative, and when/how can a performance be radical? How does one practice radicalism in everyday life? What is theory, and how does it advance or confuse radical pursuits? Embodiment, a faculty required for performance is, in part, radicalism in action. This is an introductory conversation and exercise series open to all
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What is Radicalism in Practice? — MPF2165.02) (cancelled

Fall 2021
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
What is radical? What is performance; when is it performative, and when/how can a performance be radical? How does one practice radicalism in everyday life? What is theory, and how does it advance or confuse radical pursuits? Embodiment, a faculty required for performance is, in part, radicalism in action. This is an introductory conversation and exercise series open to all
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What Was Critique and What Comes Next? — APA4207.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 4
If progressive scholarship holds anything sacred, perhaps it is critique. Over the past century, critique has become not only the guiding commitment of radical scholarship but also the unflappable identity of the public intellectual. Yet a number of unfortunate assumptions have been built into this manner of engaging the world. Among them, that intellectuals have privileged
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What Was Critique and What Comes Next? — APA4207.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 4
If progressive scholarship holds anything sacred, perhaps it is critique. Over the past century, critique has become not only the guiding commitment of radical scholarship but also the unflappable identity of the public intellectual. Yet a number of unfortunate assumptions have been built into this manner of engaging the world. Among them, that intellectuals have privileged
CAPA Society Culture and Thought

What Was Critique and What Comes Next? — APA4207.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 4
If progressive scholarship holds anything sacred, perhaps it is critique. Over the past century, critique has become not only the guiding commitment of radical scholarship but also the unflappable identity of the public intellectual. Yet a number of unfortunate assumptions have been built into this manner of engaging the world. Among them, that intellectuals have privileged
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Whenever Wherever Festival: As a Celebration of Diverse Communities — APA2283.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
Playing with a concept of festival as celebration of our daily life and as a space to exchange individual history, creativity and expression, students will plan, develop, organize and conduct mini-events using any forms—such as workshop, performance, participatory installation, exploratory tour, tea ceremony or ritual. Students are encouraged to research, connect to and
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Wicked Problems — MOD2126.02

Fall 2013
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
'Wicked problems' demand answers and resist remedies. They loom large, yet cannot be located or pinned down. Examples include global warming, terrorism, poverty, and human trafficking. After orienting ourselves in the topology and terminology of 'wicked problems,' we will do a brief survey of innovative approaches. Using downloadable share-ware specifically designed to tackle
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Wicked Problems — MOD2126.04

Fall 2013
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
'Wicked problems' demand answers and resist remedies. They loom large, yet cannot be located or pinned down. Examples include global warming, terrorism, poverty, and human trafficking. After orienting ourselves in the topology and terminology of 'wicked problems,' we will do a brief survey of innovative approaches. Using downloadable share-ware specifically designed to tackle
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Wicked Problems and Diabolical Dilemmas — HIS4235.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Credits: 4
“Wicked problems” demand answers and resist remedies. They loom large yet cannot be located or pinned down. “Diabolical dilemmas” force us to make repugnant choices in favor of lesser evils. Examples of both include global warming, pandemics, terrorism, migration, healthcare, corruption, poverty, and human trafficking. After orienting ourselves in the relevant topology and
CAPA Society Culture and Thought

Wicked Problems and Diabolical Dilemmas — HIS4235.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Eileen Scully
Credits: 4
“Wicked problems” demand answers and resist remedies. They loom large, yet cannot be located or pinned down. “Diabolical dilemmas” force us to make repugnant choices in favor of lesser evils. Examples of both include global warming, pandemics, terrorism, migration, healthcare, corruption, poverty, and human trafficking. After orienting ourselves in the relevant topology and
CAPA Society Culture and Thought

Women Human Mobility — APA2213.04

Spring 2025
Instructor: Andrea Galindo
Days & Time: TU,FR 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 1

Human mobility has been an inherent human condition throughout history. From earliest human history, women and men have migrated in search of a better life, to populate other places on the planet, or to escape and survive human-made or natural dangers. Today migration is a fact of life for an increasing number of people around the world: there are more than 281 million

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Women and Human Mobility — APA2213.03

Spring 2024
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 1
Human mobility has been an inherent human condition throughout history. From earliest human history, women and men have migrated in search of a better life, to populate other places on the planet, or to escape and survive human-made or natural dangers. Today migration is a fact of life for an increasing number of people around the world: there are more than 244 million migrants
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Women and Human Mobility — APA2213.02

Spring 2019
Instructor: Andrea Galindo
Credits: 1
The course will provide a comprehensive understanding of the effect of human mobility on women; how women’s human rights are affected by States’ policies and practices; and what is their protection under international human rights law. Mobility is different for men and women, both in terms of the reasons why they migrate as well as the impact wile in transit and upon arrival to
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Women and Human Mobility — APA2213.03

Spring 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
Human mobility has been an inherent human condition throughout history. From earliest human history, women and men have migrated in search of a better life, to populate other places on the planet, or to escape and survive human-made or natural dangers. Today migration is a fact of life for an increasing number of people around the world: there are more than 244
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Women and Human Mobility — APA2213.03

Spring 2026
Instructor: Andrea Galindo
Days & Time: WE 4:10pm-6:00pm & TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 1

Human mobility has been an inherent human condition throughout history. From earliest human history, women and men have migrated in search of a better life, to populate other places on the planet, or to escape and survive human-made or natural dangers. Today migration is a fact of life for an increasing number of people around the world: there

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Women and Human Mobility — APA2213.03

Spring 2022
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 1
Human mobility has been an inherent human condition throughout history. From earliest human history, women and men have migrated in search of a better life, to populate other places on the planet, or to escape and survive human-made or natural dangers. Today migration is a fact of life for an increasing number of people around the world: there are more than 244 million migrants
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Women and Human Mobility — APA2213.03

Spring 2020
Instructor: David Bond
Credits: 1
Human mobility has been an inherent human condition throughout history. From earliest human history, women and men have migrated in search of a better life, to populate other places on the planet, or to escape and survive human-made or natural dangers. Today migration is a fact of life for an increasing number of people around the world: there are more than 244 million migrants
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YEAR ONE | SOCIAL PRACTICE as PUBLIC ACTION — APA4248.01) (cancelled 10/18/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor:
Credits: 4
The YEAR ONE project asks you to imagine that you begin a new timeline for yourself starting now: whenever you begin, that’s your YEAR ONE. To participate in YEAR ONE, the question you ask yourself is, essentially, this: if you came to the conclusion that you couldn’t rely on currently existing systems and institutions to teach you the skills you need for a range of
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[BBA class-don't publish] Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice — APA2128.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Michael Cohen
Credits: 3
This course will present an interdisciplinary approach to the theory of conflict resolution. Theories of conflict resolution will be introduced and then explored through a number of different prisms. These will include the macro issues of the nature of peace, the environment, the media, NGOs, as well as the role of religion and the Bible. There will also be a focus for part of
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