- Title: Syllabus: Genocide Today
- Description: This course has three components: 1, Background on genocide and on the Genocide Convention of 1948, 2, the Rohingya genocide in Burma which was started in 2017, and 3, the genocide against the Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other native people of western China (Xinjiang), also started in 2017. The course objective is to have students learn about the concept and history of genocide as the intentional annihilation of a group or nation, and to understand and compare the origins, development, and criticism of the current ongoing genocides in Burma and in China.
- Creator: Magnus Fiskesjö
- Contributor: Magnus Fiskesjö
- Publisher: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Language: English
- Format: PDF
- Source: Contributed by Magnus Fiskesjö, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University
- Subject: Syllabus
- Keywords: genocide | interment camps | lesson plan | re-education camps | teaching materials
- Item Type: Document
- Collection: Teaching Materials
- Description: This course has three components: 1, Background on genocide and on the Genocide Convention of 1948, 2, the Rohingya genocide in Burma which was started in 2017, and 3, the genocide against the Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other native people of western China (Xinjiang), also started in 2017. The course objective is to have students learn about the concept and history of genocide as the intentional annihilation of a group or nation, and to understand and compare the origins, development, and criticism of the current ongoing genocides in Burma and in China.
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Magnus Fiskesjö. (1970, January 1). Syllabus: Genocide Today. Teaching Materials, Xinjiang Documentation Project Archive, Arts Digital Collections, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. https://n2t.net/ark:/76271/23/1722
Magnus Fiskesjö. Syllabus: Genocide Today. Teaching Materials, Xinjiang Documentation Project Archive, Arts Digital Collections, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. January 1, 1970. https://n2t.net/ark:/76271/23/1722
Magnus Fiskesjö. Syllabus: Genocide Today. Teaching Materials, Xinjiang Documentation Project Archive, Arts Digital Collections, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. 1 Jan. 1970. n2t.net/ark:/76271/23/1722- Title: Syllabus: Language, Knowledge, and Power
- Creator: Sam Liao
- Subject: Syllabus
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: Language, Knowledge, and Power is an introductory philosophy course that draws on current events in Xinjiang to examine the intersection of technology, social epistemology, and oppression. Students will contextualize their reading of primary sources such as leaked official documents with theoretical texts on language games and knowledge production. This teaching plan was originally published on Medium.com. Prof. Liao’s research interests include etiquette, race, and decolonization, and he has published articles on topics such as imaginative resistance.
- Description: Language, Knowledge, and Power is an introductory philosophy course that draws on current events in Xinjiang to examine the intersection of technology, social epistemology, and oppression. Students will contextualize their reading of primary sources such as leaked official documents with theoretical texts on language games and knowledge production. This teaching plan was originally published on Medium.com. Prof. Liao’s research interests include etiquette, race, and decolonization, and he has published articles on topics such as imaginative resistance.
- Title: Lesson Plan: The Contested Archive
- Creator: Dr. Eric Schluessel
- Subject: Lesson Plan
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: In conjunction with the Xinjiang Victims Database, students will analyze primary sources to develop their own understanding of the situation based the evidence at hand. This is a “history of the present” exercise in which students will spend a class period conducting simulated research in a “Xinjiang archive.” They will begin with a simple question—“What is happening in Xinjiang?”—and come to their own conclusions through a guided activity. Prof. Schluessel’s research focuses on the social and economic history of Xinjiang. He has published a monograph on the Qing empire’s efforts to transform Xinjiang into a culturally Chinese territory, Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia, as well as articles on the region’s experiences with local government and the law.
- Description: In conjunction with the Xinjiang Victims Database, students will analyze primary sources to develop their own understanding of the situation based the evidence at hand. This is a “history of the present” exercise in which students will spend a class period conducting simulated research in a “Xinjiang archive.” They will begin with a simple question—“What is happening in Xinjiang?”—and come to their own conclusions through a guided activity. Prof. Schluessel’s research focuses on the social and economic history of Xinjiang. He has published a monograph on the Qing empire’s efforts to transform Xinjiang into a culturally Chinese territory, Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia, as well as articles on the region’s experiences with local government and the law.
