The Cultural Politics of Development
DEVS 802
Graduate Courses
3 Units
In-person
3
Course Description
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the cultural politics of development in historical and contemporary perspective. The course focuses on narratives of development and their relationship to social and political movements in the South and North. Themes include the ideas of tradition, modernity and progress; colonialism, nationalism and liberation; and the gendered and racialised politics of development.
This is a mandatory course for all MA and PhD graduate students in Global Development Studies.
Available only to MA and PhD students.