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ETHN 106 –  Oceania & the Arts (CRN: 95474) at  College of San Mateo for Fall 2024

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ETHN 106 Oceania & the Arts

This course uses ethnic studies theory and methodology as the basis for analytical engagements with Oceania-based cultural texts. We focus on how Pacific Islanders – including the Indigenous peoples of US-occupied territories such as Hawaii, Guam, and American Samoa, as well as Pacific Islander diasporic populations living in the continental United States – have used expressive cultural forms to contest racialization and colonization, reclaim and reinvent traditional practices and narratives, build contemporary social movements, and assert personal and community values and identities. Our examination of Oceania-based cultural production spans multiple artistic forms and genres, including but not limited to literature, music, dance, theater, film, and studio art. By centering the “PI” (Pacific Islander) component of “AAPI” (Asian American and Pacific Islander) panethnicity, we highlight an important element within the broad-based composite field of Asian American studies, simultaneously introducing students to this area of ethnic studies and encouraging a critical re-thinking of AAPI panethnicity itself.

Units: 3
Degree Credit
Grade Option (Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass)
  • Lecture hours/semester: 48-54
  • Homework hours/semester: 96-108
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
AA/AS Degree Requirements: Area E5b, E5c
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSU GE Area C2 or D), UC (IGETC Area 3B or 4)

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Department: Ethnic Studies

Number of Units: 3


Section
AA - Lecture and/or Discussion
Meeting Date: 08/15-12/05
Meeting Time: 11:10am-12:25pm
Days: T, Th
Building: 14 Room: 0117
Instructor: Malathi Iyengar
Critical Dates for this Course Date
Last day to add class August 27, 2024
Last day to drop with a refund August 27, 2024
Last day to drop without a "W" September 2, 2024
Last day to drop with a "W" November 13, 2024
Last day to change to Pass/No Pass Grading Option December 5, 2024
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