Crisis Creativity/Arab World

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

Beginning with an overview of anthropological and journalistic approaches to the Arab world over the last half century, this course will employ a cultural framework in order to understand the political, socioeconomic, media, and technological developments since just before the Arab Spring protests of 2011. We will then trace the repercussions of these developments locally, regionally, and globally. The course will focus on the multifaceted crises that have recently enveloped Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, resulting in the largest refugee crisis of the last 60 years.