ICJ 704 Culture and Identity in a Global Context

30 HOURS LECTURE PLUS CONFERENCES 

This course examines research on culture, power and identity in international CRJ. Students will be introduced to the concept of culture and how it has been related to contemporary problems and struggles in justice systems between local groups and larger, sometimes global forces. These have included concerns over culturally specific categories of identity such as gender, race, ethnicity, caste, religion, sexuality, or other social and political statuses, such as rights to property, place and behavior. Particular attention will be given to the issues emerging from local confrontations with and responses to international CRJ initiatives around domestic violence, human trafficking, copyright piracy, indigenous rights, governmental corruption, and war crimes. Through an examination of studies from different continents, students will learn both the substance of the issues, and the methods, analytical approaches and rhetorical skills of research in the discipline.