ETHN 1: Land and Labor
About This Course
This course examines key historical events and debates in the field that center around land and labor.
This course is part of the Ethnic Studies Major at UC San Diego.
What You Will Learn
By confronting the origins and consequences of settler colonialism and state land management, chattel slavery and coerced labor, immigration flows and globalization, we’ll seek to understand the relationship between the social construction of race and the production of social and economic inequality.
This course pays especially close attention to the ways in which race and ethnicity intersect with gender, sexuality, class, caste citizenship, and nation in order to better understand how systems of power and inequality are constructed, reinforced, and challenged, and to enhance our comprehension of present-day realities in the U.S. and around the globe.
Prerequisites
None.
The course assumes no prerequisite knowledge.
Course Meeting Details
Required Live Sessions: Live meeting once a week.
There will be one required synchronous discussion session per week. Students will sign up for either:
- Thursday (5:00PM - 6:00PM) or
- Friday (5:00PM - 6:00PM)
Course content (video lectures, discussion prompts, readings, etc.) is delivered asynchronously. All assignments and exams will be submitted online.
The instructor and instructional staff will hold optional synchronous office hours each week. Office hours can also be scheduled by appointment.