Drew University Moodle

An introduction to the language and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. Development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing using a communicative, proficiency-oriented approach. Interactive practice is enhanced by multimedia/technology. Typically geared for students with less than two years of Spanish in High School.

Required Texts and Materials:
Blanco, José A., Donley, Philip Redwine. PANORAMA: Introducción a la lengua española (6th edition), Vista Higher Learning, 2021.
Additional Resources: PANORAMA Supersite vhlcentral.com and Student Activities Manual/WebSAM

Data and Society
Data collected by computers and artificial intelligence systems has led to renewed curiosity in the intersection of people and machines. This course offers students an overview of central debates in anthropology, sociology, media studies, and science and technology studies as they relate to the social nature of data and contemporary information systems. In particular, leveraging anthropological notions of “the other,” this class will consider the varied forms of otherness that data-driven technologies and novel human-machine entanglements have exposed and produced. As we discuss the different ways digital technology foregrounds existing social divisions, we will pay specific attention to ways questions of race, gender, and social inequality inflect contemporary data and digital tools. This class will conclude by considering how digital data may continue to reshape what it means to be human – a future differently envisioned by posthuman scholars, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, and theorists writing about destructive consequences of contemporary machines.