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For the Spring 2008 semester, students will choose from the following five electives taught by The Anthropology of Food- Anthro 189 - Professor Stanley Brandes Food is necessary to stay alive, yet it is never consumed without being transformed by social meanings and settings. Food is the backbone of society and sociability. Food is also the foundation of every economy. Food marks social differences, boundaries, bonds and contradictions. Eating is a continually evolving enactment of gender, family, community and self-identity. We will think about how food sharing creates solidarity and well being, while food scarcity damages the human community and the human spirit let alone the brain and bodily functions. This course will focus on both food and drink by discussing a series of key topics within cultural studies, including taboos, ritual, religion, health, alcohol use, social feasting, civilizing society through food use, and the global politics of food. Through a series of lectures, readings, movies, and projects we will explore the important yet perhaps un-marked place of food in shaping our own place in the world as well as those of all humans, through time. Public Economics Econ 131/002 - Professor Sandy Mackenzie This course surveys the basic principles of public economics and uses them to analyze the structure of the A Window Into How The Federal government effects policy (e.g., enhancing public safety, protecting the environment, promoting a viable and growing economy, etc.) primarily in three ways: taxing, spending and regulating. This course will explore how regulations an important instrument of government and one of the easiest ways for a President to make his/her mark -- are developed, amended, or repealed, with an emphasis on how the various institutions of the federal government are involved in the process and how they interact with the other interested entities. The rulemaking process is neither simple nor straightforward. Congress writes the laws, which authorize or require the Federal agencies to act (or prohibit them from acting). We will explore why Congress delegates authority to the agencies, how much it may delegate, and how it influences the use of the authority it has delegated. Most of the Federal agencies are in the Executive Branch of the government, headed by the President; the rest are so-called independent regulatory agencies. How much authority does the President have in appointments and removal of agency officials, or in policy guidance, and how does he exercise his authority? What are the substantive requirements the agencies must follow in developing rules (e.g., the role of science and economics)? What are the procedural requirements (e.g., notice, opportunity for comment)? What influence does the public have, including the general public, state and local elected officials, and special interest groups? We will conclude with the role of the courts, which ultimately must decide questions of statutory interpretation, procedural due process, and constitutional law. The
Since the end of the Cold War, the phrase “new world order” has become ubiquitous. For some, this phrase points to the
A Theatre of Meaning in the Digital Age - UGIS 163 - Professor Ari Roth This semester, our focus will center on the high-minded aspirations (and continuing challenges) of the resident theatre companies who program contemporary, politically-engaged, theatrical fare. We’ll explore different definitions of what makes a piece political, and we’ll also ask why the theater is compelled to try and be political in a town where politicians and lobbyists and interest groups work on politics n such microscopic detail every day. Which leads us to give a little background on our setting; the city we will use as a theatrical laboratory.
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