Course calendar

Week 1
T 9/25: Introduction to the class. Lecture: Impressions of the Pacific Rim.
R 9/27: Lecture: Canadian immigration policy. Globalization and liberalism. Reading: Mitchell, chapter 1, 1-23. Recommended reading: Mitchell, Acknowledgments, ix-xi.

Week 2
T 10/2: Neo/liberalism and global Vancouver. Lecture: Overview of Vancouver BC. Reading: Mitchell, chapter 1, 23-39, and chapter 2, 40-86.
R 10/4: Lecture: Canadian multiculturalism and cultural policy. Multiculturalism, immigration, and Vancouver. Reading: Mitchell, chapter 3, 87-124.

Week 3
T 10/9: Home politics in Vancouver. Reading: Mitchell, chapter 5, 163-212.
R 10/11: Land, government, and culture in Vancouver. Conclusion to Vancouver. Reading: Mitchell, chapter 4, 125-162, and chapter 6, 213-220. Study guide for first exam posted online.

Week 4
T 10/16: First exam.
R 10/18: Introduction to JapanPop. Reading: Allison, chapter 1, 1-34. Recommended reading: Allison, Foreword (Cross), xviii, and Acknowledgments, xix-xxii.

Week 5
T 10/23: The context of JapanPop. Reading: Allison, chapter 2, 35-65, and chapter 3, 66-92.
R 10/25: Case study: Power Rangers. Reading: Allison, chapter 4, 93-127.

Week 6
T 10/30: Case study: Sailor Moon. Reading: Allison, chapter 5, 128-162.
R 11/1: Case study: Tamagotchi. Reading: Allison, chapter 6, 163-191.

Week 7
T 11/6: Case study: Pokemon. Reading: Allison, chapter 7, 192-233.
R 11/8: Conclusion to JapanPop. Reading: Allison, chapter 8, 234-270, and Epilogue, 271-279. Study guide for second exam posted online.

Week 8
T 11/13: Second exam.
R 11/15: Introduction to tourism and key theoretical questions. Reading: Cartier, chapter 1 (Cartier), 1-8 (skim 8-19), chapter 4 (Goss), 56-71, and chapter 5 (Smith), 72-88.

Week 9 T 11/20: Pacific Rim cities and tourism. Reading: Cartier, chapter 8 (Hall), 121-134, chapter 9 (Wang), 135-147, chapter 10 (Cartier), 148-168, and chapter 16 (Chang and Huang), 260-275.
R 11/22: No class.

Week 10 T 11/27: Pacific Rim beaches and tourism. Reading: Cartier, chapter 11 (McDonald), 171-192, and chapter 12 (d'Hauteserre), 193-208.
R 11/29: The exotic in Pacific Rim tourism. Conclusion to tourism and to the course. Reading: Cartier, chapter 15 (Swain), 245-259, chapter 17 (Sofield and Li), 276-285, chapter 18 (Lew and Wong), 286-300, and chapter 19 (Lew and Cartier), 301-306. Study guide for third exam posted online.

Finals week: Third exam T 12/4 5:00-7:00.