AMES253 — Community Formation in Hawai’i
The course is tied to the broad themes and questions of AMES 100 and AMES 103 as they play out in the specific places of Hawai’i including localizing knowledge and community engagement. This course is to examine questions regarding the production of knowledge about communities and nations. What does it mean to use categories that refer to specific groups and nations? How do these categories arise? Who benefits from these categories and whom they disadvantage? This course will also enable its participants to then apply critical thinking skills to knowledge-production issues related to communities of color in Hawai’i. Participants will learn different ways of understanding the specificities of communities of color such as Filipino American and Samoan American migration and colonization histories, identity and community formations, and institutional and national politics, as they all relate to critiques of ethnicity, “nation,” and power. Enrollment Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in AMES 206 . Eligible for ENGL& 101 or instructor consent. Satisfies Requirement: Social Science Course