EDUC 046. Race, Nation, Empire and Education

(Cross-listed as SOAN 040M)
Drawing on anthropology, history, and cultural studies, this course develops frameworks for understanding the historical and contemporary role of education in race-making, nation-building, and empire-building projects. We focus on how educational processes shape the material, cultural, psychological, socioeconomic, and political aspects of people's lives, and how these contend within a changing global landscape. Topics include: education's dual role in settler colonialism and its potential for decolonization; scientific racism as it relates to discourses about intelligence; institutions of higher education and their entanglements with slavery and imperialism; education in colonial and post-colonial settings; legislating bodies and intimacies among young women of color; and education as a site for producing hegemonic notions of the ideal citizen-subject. This course includes films, guest speakers, and field trips to enhance the learning process.
Social sciences.
1 credit.
Eligible for BLST, ASAM
Catalog chapter: Educational Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/educational-studies

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