The Water Front in the Classroom
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Kelly Quinn uses "The Water Front" with some great writing exercises in an American Studies Course at Miami University
Miami University
Name of Class or Workshop:
American Studies 101
Introduction to American Studies is an interdisciplinary course that introduces students to the field of American Studies through an examination of three basic human needs: shelter, food, and clothing. Together we explore a range of sources to probe how people in the United States address these needs. We study the practices, values, beliefs, and symbols of Americans – and, importantly, how these practices, values, beliefs, and symbols change over time.
Jesse Goldstein uses "The Water Front" and is blogging with his class - http://anthrosoc.blsci.org/goldstein/
Email Address:
jgoldstein@gc.cuny.eduBaruch College, CUNY
Name of Class or Workshop:
Social Issues, Social Policy: Neoliberalism, Privatization, Globalization
This course is meant to be an introduction to the social, political and ecological dynamics of our present day economy. The aim of the class is to come to a critical understanding of the concepts of neoliberalism, privatization and globalization, as social issues and social policies that inform a wide variety of processes, from the management of trash and water, to the imposition of trade agreements on poorer nations, to the changing structures of higher education and the inequalities of the global labor market.
