| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Defining "Development" | |
| Part 1: The Colonial Legacy: The Gendered Precedents of Development | ||
| 2 | The Colonial Legacy | |
| 3 | The Colonial Legacy (cont.) | |
| 4 | Colonial Images of "Native" Women and Men | |
| 5 | Film: First Contact Colonial Transformations of Gender | |
| 6 | Women, Tradition and Modernism | |
| 7 | Socialism and Post-Colonialism | |
| 8 | Socialism and Post-Colonialism (cont.) | |
| 9 | Film: Joe Leahy's Neighbors | Paper due |
| Part 2: The Rise of Development Theory | ||
| 10 | Rise of Development Theory | |
| 11 | Critics from within the Economic Frame | |
| Part 3: Development and Daily Life | ||
| 12 | Film: Our Friends at the Bank | |
| 13 | Development and Daily Life | |
| 14 | Development and Daily Life (cont.) | |
| 15 | Development and Bureaucracy | |
| 16 | Knowledge and the Environment | |
| 17 | The Complexities of Activism | |
| 18 | Film: Black Harvest | Paper due (5-7 pages) |
| Part 4: Further into Daily Life: The Politics of Poverty outside the Development Frame | ||
| 19 | The Politics of Wage Labor | |
| 20 | Drawing the Line Between First and Third Worlds? | |
| 21 | Issues of Health Guest Speaker: Erica James | |
| 22 | Issues of Health (cont.) | |
| 23 | Film: Celso and Cora | |
| 24 | Thinking More About Gender | |
| 25 | Thinking More About Gender (cont.) | |
| Final paper due (2 Essay Questions; 8-10 Pages Total) | ||
