Tuesday, Aug. 26

Topic: course introduction, syllabus review

Thursday, Aug. 28

Topic: thinking about globalization, inequality, and culture

Read:

• Mike Featherstone, “Genealogies of the Global,” Theory, Culture & Society 23:2-3 (2006). [DOWNLOAD]
• Zygmunt Bauman, “Tourists and Vagabonds” from Globalization: The Human Consequences (1998). [DOWNLOAD]