Asian Community: Border-Crossing, Diasporic Formation, and Social Transformation

(Same as Asian American Studies M179.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Exploration of critical issues facing broad Asian community, in context of globalization and international migration, through social science lens of migration studies and diaspora studies. Examination of how movements of people, ideas, capital, and goods create new trends and patterns of diasporic formation, integration, and social transformation at individual, group, and societal levels in non-Western contexts. Students engage in intellectually stimulating discussions and debates on immigration and immigrant integration in Asian world; and on anxieties, tensions, conflicts, and accommodation in age of globalization. Students also discuss challenges, possibilities, and opportunities of building cohesive Asian community. P/NP or letter grading.

Review Summary

Clarity
8.3 / 10
Organization
8.3 / 10
Time
5-10 hrs/week
Overall
6.7 / 10

Reviews

    Quarter Taken: Winter 2023 In-Person
    Grade: B

    This class was decently interesting. I didn't really know what to expect going into it, and it has been quite eye opening for me. It covers different aspects of Asian migration from certain migration patterns to regimes in Asian countries, and there is a guest lecturer almost every week from around the world and I really appreciate it. There is also required weekly reading memo which forces me to do the readings and keep track with the content. Attendance is required in both sections and lectures, and I have definitely lost a lot of attendance points. It turns out I'm not *that* interested in the content, so the lectures and readings can be tedious to go through. I appreciate it and I think it was well done, I simply wasnt't that interested,

Course

Instructor
Zhou, M.
Previously taught
24W 23W

Grading Information

  • Has a group project

  • Attendance required

  • 1 midterm

  • 10th week final

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