ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Credit Hours: 3 · Graduate

Movements to alleviate inequalities constitute important cultural and political interventions globally. This course examines advocacy practices to create and sustain social movements and political struggles. Cases included grassroots advocacy, NGOs, transnational and technological activism; environmental justice; human rights; gender, ethnic and sexual rights; consumption and globalization; democratization and neoliberalism. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ANTH 429 . Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ANTH 629 if student has credit for ANTH 429 .