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Introduction
1Defining "Development"
Part 1: The Colonial Legacy: The Gendered Precedents of Development
2The Colonial Legacy
3The Colonial Legacy (cont.)
4Colonial Images of "Native" Women and Men
5Film: First Contact

Colonial Transformations of Gender
6Women, Tradition and Modernism
7Socialism and Post-Colonialism
8Socialism and Post-Colonialism (cont.)
9Film: Joe Leahy's NeighborsPaper due
Part 2: The Rise of Development Theory
10Rise of Development Theory
11Critics from within the Economic Frame
Part 3: Development and Daily Life
12Film: Our Friends at the Bank
13Development and Daily Life
14Development and Daily Life (cont.)
15Development and Bureaucracy
16Knowledge and the Environment
17The Complexities of Activism
18Film: Black HarvestPaper due (5-7 pages)
Part 4: Further into Daily Life: The Politics of Poverty outside the Development Frame
19The Politics of Wage Labor
20Drawing the Line Between First and Third Worlds?
21Issues of Health

Guest Speaker: Erica James
22Issues of Health (cont.)
23Film: Celso and Cora
24Thinking More About Gender
25Thinking More About Gender (cont.)
Final paper due (2 Essay Questions; 8-10 Pages Total)

 








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