ASIAN 6681
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ASIAN 6681
Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.
The history of systems theory involves complex stories of technoscientific change and knowledge production on a global scale. In recent years, scholars have increasingly moved away from the field's predominantly North American and European focuses to study instead how systems theory's thinking of dynamic interrelations, and the related area of cybernetics research on self-organization and recursivity have developed in major Asian societies. This course first explores the epistemological foundations of systems theory before studying its major developments and historical case studies in the PRC, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia. We will then examine systems theory and cybernetics' impacts on questions of technocratic governance, biopolitics, economy, gender and sexuality, and cultural and aesthetic production.
When Offered Spring.
Course Subfield (SC)
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6681
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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