FAMILIES IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

HDFS 220 / ANTH 210

Professor Marcela Raffaelli (mraffael@illinois.edu)

(Department of Human Development & Family Studies, College of ACES)

 

Families in Global Perspective Fall 2016 (HDFS 220 ANTH 210)

Course Format: The course incorporates a dynamic mix of lectures, video case studies, discussions and in-class activities.

 

Sample topics. Students will learn how families are affected by the globalization of ideas (e.g., views about gender relations and child development transmitted through the media); global market forces (e.g., globalization of labor and transnational employment); and international development initiatives (e.g., the Sustainable Development Goals). We will also consider variations among families in different parts of the globe and examine variations due to historical, political, and cultural contexts.

 

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:

Cultural Studies: Non-Western and Social and Behavioral Sciences.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Course Format: The course incorporates a dynamic mix of lectures, video case studies, discussions and in-class activities.

 

Sample topics. Students will learn how families are affected by the globalization of ideas (e.g., views about gender relations and child development transmitted through the media); global market forces (e.g., globalization of labor and transnational employment); and international development initiatives (e.g., the Sustainable Development Goals). We will also consider variations among families in different parts of the globe and examine variations due to historical, political, and cultural contexts.

 

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:

Cultural Studies: Non-Western and Social and Behavioral Sciences.