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SOCI-225 Consumer Culture and Asian Society
Consumer culture has dramatically transformed Asian societies during the recent decades of rapid economic growth. Consumption provides a unique window on the interaction between cultural patterns and economic organization. This course offers an introduction to the Sociology of Consumption, looking to the socio-cultural adjustment of traditional society in South Korea and Japan to changes in capitalist markets.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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SOCI-225-01 Theater As Social Change
Spring only
Theater as Social Change is a team taught multidisciplinary course expressing the power of theater with participants in the community. The course is based on principles from sociology, community research and social justice. Core course content includes archival stories, oral histories, surveys, film documentaries, self-reflection, social research skills, and theater of the oppressed techniques. Students will work intensively on a weekly basis with students from Ballou High School in Washington, D.C. to harness the power of theater to affect positive change.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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