Globalization Course to be Offered at
USM’s L-A College
August 2003
What is Globalization? Does it benefit everyone? How do we
make sense of WTO, FTAA, NAFTA, etc.? How does globalization
affect our lives in Maine? In an effort to explore these and
other important questions, USM’s Lewiston-Auburn College
(LAC) will offer this fall a new course titled “Globalization
and Its Discontents.”
Globalization has resulted in a greater interconnection of
people, capital, technology, and information across national
boundaries. This course will examine the impact of globalization
on the ways people live around the world and the emerging
cultural oppositions in local communities. Reading materials
will be drawn from anthropology, geography, sociology, and
environmental studies. Students will compare different scholarly
accounts of globalization, and assess those theories by personal
experiences and ongoing international events.
The instructor for the course will be Hsin-yi Lu, a new assistant
professor of social and behavioral sciences at LAC. Dr. Lu,
a native of Taiwan who earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from
the University of Washington, recently published her first
book, The Politics of Locality: Making a Nation of Communities
in Taiwan. She has taught previously at Franklin Pierce College
and Keene State College in New Hampshire.
This three-credit course (SBS 399) is scheduled for Tuesday
mornings, 9:00 - 11:30, beginning September 2. Registration
for this and other courses at the College is open and will
continue through the first week of classes. Members of the
public are invited to register, and anyone who has questions
about course requirements is encouraged to call 753-6500 and
ask to speak to an advisor. A complete
listing of all fall courses at LAC is on-line.
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