CSOC 516 & CSOC 416: HUMAN RIGHTS AND WRONGS

Weekly Schedule and Readings

Week Schedule and Readings

Week I , January 26^th.

Introduction to class – main themes, concepts, approaches; introduction to assignments, key deliverables, expectations

Questions for Reflection:

1. What Is a Right?

2. What do you think Eleanor Roosevelt means by "universal rights"?

3. What do you think Eleanor Roosevelt means by "concerned citizen action to uphold" rights close to home?

4. What does it say about individual responsibility for human rights?

5. What is the relationship of Human Rights and the Arts?

Article 27.

(1) Everyone has the right to freely participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
(2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.

 Readings:

1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations

2. Eleanor Roosevelt,The Great Question, 1958

3. What are Human Rights

4. Flowers, N. (Ed.) (2005). Human rights here and now: Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Parts 1-2.

5. The Intersection of Art and Human Rights

6. Watch a short video on Human Rights

Study Questions

Week II , February 2^nd.

The History Of Human Rights and rise of International Human Rights Framework In Post WWII Era.

Human Rights and the Arts

Questions for Reflection:

1. What Does It Mean to Be Human?

2. What are the Commonalities between Arts and human rights

Readings:

1. Roger T. Ames, “Human Beings or “Human Becomings?” ,

2. EXPLORING THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ARTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Week III, February 9^th,

Class Discussion On Art and Human Rights.

Week IV, February 16^th,

Global Poverty, Inequality, labor /slavery and Human Rights,

In this section we will study the Human Rights Documents that have addressed the issues of economic inequality by affirming basic social and

economic rights as well as international economic obligations of co-operation for the realization of these rights.

NATURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS:

Questions for Reflection

The Universality and Equality debate.

Readings:

1. How Inequality Threatens All Human Rights

2. Poverty, Inequality and Human Rights

3. Pandemic and the Economic collapse

Week V, February 23^rd

Health as a fundamental Human Right

Readings:

1. Health Is a basic Human Right

2. What are some of the Core components of the right to health?

Please watch;

1. Health and Human Rights:

2. From Wuhan China, Ai Weiwei,

3. Art at a time Like this

Week VI, March 2^nd.

Questions for Reflection

^{Reimagining Global
health, Economy, Inequality and the Arts in a Post pandemic world}

Readings:

Reimagining Global Health in the post pandemic world

Sustainable Development Goals 2015-2030

Watch;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=76&v=M-iJM02m_Hg&feature=emb_logo

Week VII, March 9^th. .

Class Discussion and Presentation

Students will discuss and present on the state of Human Rights and wrongs in a selected country of their choice.

1. Please Study the World Report 2021, to select and Report on the State of Human Rights in your Country

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Week VIII, March 16^th.

Human Rights and Gender Equality

Readings:

1. The Endless debate of Gender Inequality

2. International Women’s Day

3. LGBTQ RIghts

4. Gender Equality,/Generational Equality

5. Community Action Day

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Week IX, March 23^rd.

Education as A Human Right

Article 26

1. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory.

Readings:

1. No to Discrimination in Education

2. Covid-19 and impact on Education

Please Watch