Undergraduates taking 4.671 will have weekly reading reports for sessions 3–10, which will be due prior to each session.
| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (4.670) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction (syllabus review, discussion of handouts / presentations) | |
| 2 | Nation, Word, Nomad (units, maps, movable agents – history) | |
| 3 | Paris (world pictures, materials, infrastructures – philosophy) | |
| 4 | Venice (empire into nation, cosmopolite – political philosophy) | |
| 5 | London (arts, manufactures, empire – anthropology) | |
| 6 | Weimar / Moscow (International Cold War – architecturology) | |
| 7 | São Paulo / Brasilia / Africa (from Cold War to postcolonial nationalisms – anthropophagology) | |
| 8 | Osaka / Asia (orientalism and globalization – literary theory) | Topic abstract and proposed bibliography due in class |
| 9 | Documenta / Manifesta (cosmopolitanism, take 2 – transnationalism) | |
| 10 | Joahnnesburg / UAE (cities, branding, globalization theory – sociology) | |
| 11 | Seminar research / presentation workshops | |
| 12 | Seminar research / presentation workshops (cont.) |
Oral presentation of research paper topic and research to date due in class Research Paper due one week after Session 12 |