Diasporas (C038)
GEC Coordinator: Dale Chapman
The concept of the diaspora plays an extraordinarily important role in our understanding of contemporary culture. Through the diasporic processes of movement and displacement, cultures become caught up in an ongoing flow that links local communities to a rich global network of cultural practices and worldviews. These flows raise a number of questions: In what way do diasporic cultures respond to the dynamics of displacement, migration, and oppression? How might different media or diverse perspectives offer alternative understandings and expressions of these responses? In what way do diasporas from previous eras differ from those that have emerged from the contemporary contexts of globalization, the migration of refugees, and the turbulence of contemporary geopolitics?
Complete four credits designated with the (C038) GEC attribute from at least two departments/programs. Courses must include at least one credit from list A and list B.
Students are encouraged to participate in service-learning experiences with local diasporas in Lewiston/Auburn and Maine. One approved co-curricular component may be substituted for one of the four required courses. One non-Bates course may be applied toward the concentration if judged comparable to one of those below by the concentration coordinator and with prior approval.
List A
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| AFR 223 | Survey of Literatures of the Caribbean |
| AFR 268 | Survey of Literatures of Africa |
| ENG 223 | Survey of Literatures of the Caribbean |
| ENG 268 | Survey of Literatures of Africa |
List B
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| FRE 208 | Introduction to the Francophone World |
All Courses
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| AFR 119 | Cultural Politics |
| AFR 201 | Race, Ethnicity, and Feminist Thought |
| AFR 223 | Survey of Literatures of the Caribbean |
| AFR 268 | Survey of Literatures of Africa |
| AFR 269 | Narrating Slavery |
| AFR 301E | Black Struggles against American Slavery |
| AFR 309 | Visions of Freedom Before 1619 in the Iberian Black Atlantic |
| AFR 325 | Black Feminist Literary Theory and Practice |
| AMST 119 | Cultural Politics |
| AMST 240I | French in Maine |
| ENG 223 | Survey of Literatures of the Caribbean |
| ENG 268 | Survey of Literatures of Africa |
| ENG 269 | Narrating Slavery |
| ENG 325 | Black Feminist Literary Theory and Practice |
| FRE 208 | Introduction to the Francophone World |
| FRE 240F | Borders and Disorders |
| FRE 240I | French in Maine |
| FRE 379 | Documenting the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda |
| FRE S50 | Independent Study |
| GSS 201 | Race, Ethnicity, and Feminist Thought |
| GSS 325 | Black Feminist Literary Theory and Practice |
| HISP 232 | Visions of Freedom Before 1619 in the Iberian Black Atlantic |
| HISP 317 | Screening Citizenship: Jewish Latin American Film |
| HIST 301E | Black Struggles against American Slavery |
| LALS 309 | Visions of Freedom Before 1619 in the Iberian Black Atlantic |
| LALS 317 | Screening Citizenship: Jewish Latin American Film |