{"634808":{"#nid":"634808","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Summer Course Offering - HTS 2084 Technology and Society: Global Rick Society","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHTS 2084 Technology and Society:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EGlobal Risk Society\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEarly Short\u0026nbsp;Summer Session\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProf. Tim Stoneman\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to its mortality, COVID-19 has spread around the world with astonishing rapidity, dramatically altering the time-frame of human decision-making. The global pandemic raises deep-seated questions.\u0026nbsp;What types of novel risks do modern technological societies pose? To what extent are such risks the result of globalization and the by-product of the acceleration of the modern world? And how can human societies regain a sense of control over their futures?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo address such questions, HTS 2084 provides a basic foundation in contemporary social theory for the understanding of late global modernity, characterized by unprecedented levels of inter-connectedness, high degrees of risk, and social acceleration. Three historical case studies from the 20th\u0026nbsp;and early 21st\u0026nbsp;centuries \u0026ndash; global pandemics, financial contagions, and wartime emergencies \u0026ndash; examine in detail singular events whose unfolding illustrate the dynamics of a new, high-paced, and inter-connected world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe final section of the class raises the question of response, evaluating the merits of global cooperation vs. national consolidation in response to periodic global crises and considering how governments in Asia, Europe, and the US have responded in differing manners to the COVID-19 pandemic. The class will rely on short lectures and class discussion, midterm, and projects (in lieu of a final exam).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"HTS 2084 provides a basic foundation in contemporary social theory for the understanding of late global modernity, characterized by unprecedented levels of inter-connectedness, high degrees of risk, and social acceleration. "}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2020-04-28 14:53:06","changed_gmt":"2020-04-28 14:53:06","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-04-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-04-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}