AMES 195S · also CULANTH 195S, LIT 195S
Gateway Seminar: Rethinking Asia and the Middle East
Preeti Singh
Description from DukeHub
Studies intellectual concepts and cultural frameworks from Asia at large; compares normative European and North American conceptions of South Asia, East Asia and the Middle East with contemporary challenges; examines how they internalize, negotiate and resisted Eurocentric knowledge; and focuses on nation, gender and race.
Skills
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AI-resilient: 3 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "negotiate"
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "negotiate"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section
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