| Graduate Seminar
Islands of Globalization SPRING 2005 PACS 690 Syllabus (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
This graduate seminar follows on from the Moving Islands literary festival and Learning Islands pedagogy workshop held last semester at UH. It seeks to understand the nature and consequences of globalization when viewed from the perspective of islands with special attention to how Pacific and Caribbean cultures creatively engage with global forces. Participants will use innovative cross-regional research strategies to examine the diverse histories, experiences and ideas that increasingly define these “islands of globalization”. The seminar will be coordinated by Prof. Katerina Teaiwa (Center for Pacific Islands Studies, Moore 220, teaiwa@hawaii.edu). Guest discussants include IOG team members, Prof. Terence Wesley-Smith (Center for Pacific Islands Studies, twsmith@hawaii.edu), Dr. Esther Figueroa (independent filmmaker with Juniroa Productions Inc, efigs@aol.com) and Dr. Gerard Finin (FininJ@EastWestCenter.org), Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center. Scott Kroeker (KroekerS@EastWestCenter.org) of PIDP will also assist with various technical aspects of the course. |
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Featured Speaker: Cassandra Pybus - Black Refugees of the American Revolution
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What does globalization look like from the perspective of islanders in the Pacific and Caribbean? How have these two oceanic regions been forged out of indigenous histories, colonial transformations and creative island survival strategies? What do
they have in common and what is different? What kinds of ideas and materials flow between them?