COURSE SCHEDULE
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Monday, January 13,
2003 -
Wednesday, February 5, 2003
An introduction to the instructors, an overview of the syllabus, the objectives of the course of study, the course web site and the approach to the subject matter of the course; also includes an extended consideration of basic concepts to be considered during the semester and a set of three inaugural case studies.
"POWER"
AND "AUTHORITY" AS A CULTURAL CONSTRUCT
IN JAPAN
Friday,
February 7, 2003 - Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Several case studies examining how cultural "power" and "authority" is constructed in Japan.
LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF "POWER" AND "AUTHORITY" ON THE PRACTICE OF
MEDICINE
Friday, March 21, 2003 - Friday, March 28, 2003
Concluding the course of study, an investigation
of what the nonwestern world can tell us about the nature, standards
, exercise and imposition of "power" and "authority" in a practice
of medicine in East Asia, in Africa and among the inhabitants
of a small California city.
EXPLORING
THE EXERCISE OF "POWER" AND "AUTHORITY" AMONG THE HAUSA IN AFRICA
Monday, March 31, 2003 - Monday, May 5, 2003
A second set of case studies looking at how standards of "power" and "authority" gain legitimacy among the Hausa of Africa.