Weekly plan of topics and readings

Ryan Schram and Terry Woronov

1 July 2015

Recommended readings are marked with an asterisk. References for all of the readings can be found in the class reading list.

Week	Date	Lecture topics	Assignments
1	July 27, 29	Introduction to the class and key ideas	No tutorial this week
2	August 3, 5	Give, receive, reciprocate: The theory of reciprocity. Read: Mauss, Piot, Bohannan*	See Blackboard for the assignment and guide to the readings.
3	August 10, 12	Gifts and commodities: The great divide. Read: Christen, Kopytoff, Marx*	See Blackboard
4	August 17, 19	The “world-system.” Read: Inda and Rosaldo, Xiang (2007), Schultz and Lavenda*	See Blackboard
5	August 24, 26	The commodity body. Read: Scheper-Hughes, Tsing, Silverman	See Blackboard
6	August 31, September 2	Becoming “global.” Read: Dunn	See Blackboard
7	Sept. 7, 9	Morality. Read: Yan	Essay due this week. See Blackboard.
8	Sept. 14, 16	Global families. Read: Colen, Masquelier	See Blackboard
9	Sept. 21, 23	Alternate modernities. Read: Brenner	See Blackboard
–	Sept. 28	Midterm break
10	October 7	Parallel modernities. Read: Larkin	See Blackboard
11	October 12, 14	Mobility. Read: Ong	See Blackboard
12	October 19, 21	Gender and globalisation. Read: Xiang (2005)	See Blackboard
13	October 26, 28	Review for the exam	See Blackboard
14	November 2	Reading period	No tutorials
15	November 9	Finals week	No tutorials

A guide to the unit