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+# Around the world in 13 weeks #
+## Around the world in 13 weeks ##
+Ryan Schram
+October 31, 2018
+ryan.schram@sydney.edu.au
+Social Sciences Building 410 (A02)
+Available at http://anthro.rschram.org/1002/13.2
+## Global forces and cultural differences
+* Capitalism
+* Colonialism
+* Global religions, e.g. Christianity and Islam
+* transcultural discourses of conservation and sustainability
+* global warming and its effects on local environments
+## Capitalism is a culture
+* Capitalism is a culture, not a space of "freedom."
+* In a capitalist system, people must play the role of the individual.
+* Capitalism creates illusions, e.g. commodity fetishism.
+## The conjuncture of cultures
+* No society exists in isolation; everyone lives in an intersection of
+  two or more systems.
+* Contemporary societies are all different, but we can understand them
+  all as variations on the encounter of reciprocity and
+  commodification.
+	  - Efflorescence
+	  - Tension, conflict, segregation
+	  - Transformation
+* Global forces are context for local cultural systems, and vice
+  versa.
+* This is not just true about global capitalism; we can apply the same
+  perspective to any global movement, even climate change.
+	  - Climate migration
+	  - "Gone the bull of winter"
+	  - The fantasy that indigenous people are wise prophets of sustainability
+## The snake and the mongoose ##
+Once upon a time there was a snake and a mongoose...
+{{:snake.mongoose.jpg|}}
+Many opposites - values, ideas, institutions - are not binary,
+either-or. They are contradictions and they exist in an ambiguous
+tension which is both a source of conflict but also creativity.
+## Snake and mongoose ##
+That is, contemporary life is defined by its contradictions. There are
+co-present forces in tension, leading to conflict and also unexpected
+side-effects.
+* Globalization involves change in societies.
+* Globalization allows people to recreate a coherent cultural order
+  with new materials.
+## Everything is mixed ##
+Categories are not dichotomous; Many opposites are actually co-present.
+* Tradition / modernity
+* Developed / undeveloped
+* Custom / rationality
+* Gift / commodity
+* Love / money
+Each society, big or small, is also a microcosm of the whole world.
+## Majoring in anthropology
+### If you started in 2018
+A major consists of 48 credit points (eight units) at three levels. The requirements for a major in anthropology are:
+* ANTH 1001 and 1002 (ANTH 1001 is also offered in the summer)
+* Two 2000-level units (e.g. culture and development, medical anthropology, gender, religion)
+* Four 3000-level units (e.g. Indigenous Australians Today, The Social Production of Space)
+### If you started before 2018
+A major consists of 36 "senior" (2000-level and 3000-level units). These should include:
+* One senior unit from each of three types: regional (Southeast Asia, Indigenous Australia), thematic (medical anthropology, religion), and theoretical-methodological
+* One 3000-level unit, typically either ANTH 3601 (contemporary theories) or ANTH 3602 (reading ethnography)
+## Honours in anthropology: Independent thinking and research
+Doing an honours year in anthropology is an opportunity to carry out an original project, working one on one with a supervisor. To qualify for honours entry, you need:
+* a credit average of 70 or better
+* across 42 senior credit points of anthropology
+* including ANTH3601 and ANTH3602
+* (if you began your course in 2018) two majors
+* you need to be keen and have an idea for a project! (Discuss with the honours coordinator and potential supervisors!)
+Now, for a special message about our world-renowned honours program in anthropology, here's the 2019 honours coordinator, Yasmine Musharbash!
+{{ :1002:anth_honours.pptx |Honours in anthropology, a guide for 2019}}
+## References ##
+Lacock, Hennie. 2013. Cobra and Mongoose. Caters New Agency. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2013-10/29/132841640_11n.jpg.
+## A guide to the unit ##
+{{page>1002guide}}