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2015年度　秋冬講座
16) After-effects of the Cold War: Nations big and small look for new directions

講義内容

In the first semester, the course covered how the major powers at the end of World War II established a late-20th century world order which came to be called “the Cold War”. In the second semester we will look at the various ways this aging world order is being resisted by nations of all sizes, citizen groups, indigenous groups, and independence movements. There will be an emphasis on the study of First Nations and Aboriginal groups in various parts of the world.

各回テーマ

(1) Indian wars, treaties, reservations and indigenous government in North America

(2) USA : The Occupation of Alcatraz Island（1969-70）

(3) Mexico : The Zapatista uprising（1994～）

(4) Canada : co-opting First Nations government

(5) Resistance to the Bretton Woods-US dollar system of world trade

(6) The Hawaiian independence movement

(7) East Timor : the road to independence

(8) West Papua : Benny Wenda leads a contemporary campaign for independence

講師紹介

More information and links to resources will be posted on the course web page:
http://www.themindseye.ca/opencollege/opencollege.html

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