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ANTH-305 Ethnographic Imagination
Spring only
This course focuses on the formation and construction of anthropological knowledge by reading ethnographic accounts of how people in diverse cultural settings comprehend (Imagine) the world around them. It reviews the prevailing feature of what makes anthropology unique within all social sciences: analysis of cultural meaning. This ethnographic (detail of human life) imagination will be explored in depth in a number of global settings. Such circumstances include the interpretation of the nation-state, genocide, deity, gender, power, prestige trading, witchcraft and mercenary armies, poverty and class, sexuality, emotions, birth and conception, and history – to name a few. We will also consistently ask the question, “Does the data warrant the conclusions and analysis given by the author?”
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
Sections:
ANTH-305-01 Class/Culture/Race in America
Terrio S
Professor Susan J. Terrio
W 11:15 am – 1:15 pm
Walsh 494A
This course is a continuation of the first semester Class and Culture in America. It continues the study of class divisions in contemporary America, treating class as a "real" structure in American society and as a cultural system of meaning. It focuses specifically on the relationship among class, race, and ethnicity. It draws on recent ethnographic studies, literature, and film in the examination of race and racisms as both lived practices and ideological construction in educational institutions, neighborhood dynamics, and corporate environmental policies.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
ANTH-305-02 Class, Culture and Power in America
Spring only
This course focuses on class, culture, and power in America. Specifically we examine the formation of a new “global-class” in relation to a shift from the modern, industrialized world of mid-century, nation bound, classic capitalism, to the contemporary, postmodern, postindustrial world of global late capitalism. Ethnographic, historical, and cinematic accounts of various moments in capitalism will be framed within a range of critical perspectives, including theories of neoliberalism. Issues explored include the intersections of gender, class, race/ethnicity, and class and power in the United States. We will pay particular attention to theories of representation and their relationship to the lives of American elites living in New York, Chicago, London, and Shanghai.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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