GEOG 149

Main Course

Border Studies: Globalization, Nation, Identity

Description

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Analysis of history, production, and functions of contemporary borders. Designed to broaden understanding of and challenge dominant narratives about many physical, political, and conceptual borders that shape our daily lives, from national boundaries to security fences to discoveries about race and gender. P/NP or letter grading.