Fall 2018 - SA 396 J100
Selected Regional Areas (SA) (4)
Class Number: 2167
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2018: Mon, 5:30–9:20 p.m.
Vancouver
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Instructor:
Jenny Shaw
jeshaw@sfu.ca
Office: TBD
Office Hours: MO 16:00-17:15
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Prerequisites:
SA 101 or 150 or 201W.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
An examination of selected aspects of social structure, culture and processes of social change in a specific regional area. The focus will vary from term to term.
COURSE DETAILS:
Southeast Asia is home to vast cultural diversity. This course will focus on Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines through the lenses of gender, family, and migration. We will explore gendered divisions of labour and shifts in paid and unpaid labour that are impacted by colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism. We will study cultural and familial strategies that contend with uncertainty as households and familial roles are reconfigured. We will also consider how familial lives are differently experienced as parents work abroad and children are brought into the circuits of fosterage and adoption. These foci will illuminate the sociocultural aspects of life for women, children, and other family members as we engage with a plurality of voices at the intersections of Southeast Asian gender and kinship studies.
Grading
- Attendance and participation 10%
- Discussion questions and responses (2 x 15%) 30%
- Reading quizzes 30%
- Final research essay 30%
NOTES:
Grading: Where a final exam is scheduled and you do not write the exam or withdraw from the course before the deadline date, you will be assigned an N grade. Unless otherwise specified on the course outline, all other graded assignments in this course must be completed for a final grade other than N to be assigned.
Academic Dishonesty and Misconduct Policy: The Department of Sociology and Anthropology follows SFU policy in relation to grading practices, grade appeals (Policy T 20.01) and academic dishonesty and misconduct procedures (S10.01‐S10.04). Unless otherwise informed by your instructor in writing, in graded written assignments you must cite the sources you rely on and include a bibliography/list of references, following an instructor-approved citation style. It is the responsibility of students to inform themselves of the content of SFU policies available on the SFU website: http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student.html.
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Ong, A. (2010). Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline: Factory Women in Malaysia. (2nd ed.). Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
ISBN: 978-1-438433547
Parreñas, R. S. (2005). Children of Global Migration: Transnational Families and Gendered Woes. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
ISBN: 978-0-804749459
Other readings will be available through Canvas and/or the SFU Library.
Registrar Notes:
SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://students.sfu.ca/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS