Geography 2002
Baker RAP
Fall 2003
Geographies
of Global Change:
“Whose Version/Vision of Globalization?”
Instructor:
Dr. Donna Rubinoff
Office: Baker
Offices
Office Hours: Mondays
3-4 and Wednesdays 3-4 (or by appointment)
Contacts: a)
Email – Rubinoff@colorado.edu
(best way to reach me)
b)
Phone – 720-890-9306 (home, only for emergencies)
Lectures
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Monday,
August 25: Introduction to Course
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Wednesday,
Aug. 27 and Friday, Aug. 29: Introduction to Geography
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Wednesday,
Sept. 3 and Friday, September 05: Theories of Global Change
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Monday,
September 08: Theories of Global Change, cont’d.
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Friday,
Monday, Sept 19, 22. Global Economy History and Overview
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Wednesday,
Sept. 24. Blue Jeans in Torreon
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Friday,
September 26. Gender and the Global Economy
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Monday,
October 13. Introduction to Political Geography
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Wednesday, October 15, Regionalizing Geographies and the
European Union
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Part
1a
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Part
1b ((Part 1b is a big file and takes a long time to download. L Saved as
a word doc because there was trouble getting power point show to open)
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Part
2
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Friday,
October 16. Introduction to the Caspian Sea Region and the Caucasus
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Wednesday,
November 5, 2003, Israel/Palestine
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Friday,
November 14: India, Pakistan, Kashmir
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Wednesday,
November 19: Africa
Debates
HERE
is the debate-grading matrix, FYI.
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Debate
One: Caspian Sea Oil Pipelines
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Debate
Two: Israel/Palestine
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Debate
Three: AIDS in Africa
Miscellaneous Class Material
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Link
to Diffusion of Democracy Map (go down the page to Shockwave Animation)
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Click here
to listen to the globalization debate between “Nation” and “Economist” editors.
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See this recent Christian Science Monitor article
for a update on fair trade: Coming to the
grocery shelf: fair-trade food
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See this article by George Soros: ‘The Capitalist Threat’
Ø For
more background on the Israel/Palestine debate see the Economist.com or these
articles:
Ø Stalemate,
Nov. 6
Ø Global
agenda, Oct. 31
Ø Senseless
in Gaza, Oct. 31
Ø Hamas,
Oct. 31
Ø Virtual
road map, Oct. 16