Identity and Citizenship in a Globalized World

GE2201

Department of Asian and International Studies

Earth as seen from space, 1968

Asia

The flag: do you know what the four smaller stars mean?

We are all ‘citizens’…

‘citizen’ means: a member … of … community society nationcan you be….. ’a citizen of the world’?

Why do some Hong Kong people use this phrase to describe themselves??

IDENTITY and membership IDENTITY: Who am I? Simple, right? We discuss “identities” in this course:

‘race’, ethnicity’, religion, gender ...Your profession, your memberships…Where you live…

Your IDENTITIES will change after graduation

BUT… identities are COMPLICATED

Miao Christians in Yunnan:

What is their “identity”?

Villagers in Vietnam: how many ‘identities’?

What about… ‘race’?

Is it a useful concept?? Are you a member of a ‘race’? Do you owe loyalty to a ‘race’? Does ‘race’ go with national

citizenship?What about the people in the next

pictures?…..

Can you guess his/ her nationality or ethnicity?

Chinese?

Japanese?

Korean?

Malaysian?

Vietnamese?

Natural resources, and citizenship…

Making money, versus… conservation of resources…?

A common interest… a common citizenship….

After taking this course…

You will look at these pictures differently …

thoughts and ideas plans a new sense of

citizenship?

Learning activities…

Exploration, discussion, guest speakers Lectures (what social scientists can tell us

about identities and citizenship in Asia and the world)

Two papers (short assignment, term paper) Participation in discussions Presentations Off-campus interviews and conversations

Identity and Citizenship in a Globalized World

GE2201

Department of Asian and International Studies

Graeme Lang, AISwith colleagues, and guest speakers …