“Global Community Building” means different things for different people and groups, depending on their underlying world views. During the infamous “Water War” in Bolivia, communities and allied organizations mobilized around a “bottom-up” democratic vision of community building based on the idea that water is a fundamental human right, a public good. In contrast, the World Bank and San Francisco-based Bechtel Corporation employed a “top-down,” technocratic view of community building, based on privatization of water and costly infrastructure. Learn about pressing topics related to "Global Community Building," including sustainable and empowering forms of community building, gender justice, community-based conservation, the Global Movement for Black Lives, transnational indigenous and grassroots solidarity, community mobilization and transformation, hybrid approaches synthesizing indigenous and other views, and communal resource management.

ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE COURSE

Though it still appears as a prerequisite, GLBL 240 is no longer required. Please simply email gsl@uoregon.edu for an override to enroll in GLBL 420/520

Elective that fulfils these Professional Concentration Areas: Comparative International Development; Culture, Art & Development; Global Health & Development; International Economics; International Environment; International Gender Issues; Law and Human Rights; and Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution. For the "New major" it counts for Environmental Justice and Resilience; Development Studies; Migration, Refugees and Humanitarian Assistance; Diplomacy, Peace & Conflict Studies; Business, Trade & Tourism; Arts & Identity; Gender, Race & Equality, Law & Human Rights; Food Studies; and Global Health 

Fulfils these Geographic Focus Areas: Africa; Southeast & East Asia; South & Central Asia; Latin America & Caribbean; and North America.

SYLLABUS: see this LINK  

FREE COURSE MATERIALS ON CANVAS. NO TEXTBOOK.