ASIAN 6681

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ASIAN 6681
Systems Theory and Asia Critique

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

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.


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When Offered Spring.

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6681

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 10324 ASIAN 6681   SEM 101

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    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Ma, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.