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 ====== ANTH 1002: Anthropology in the world ======
-^ Unit coordinator and lecturer (weeks 7–12) | Ryan Schram |
+**Unit coordinator and lecturer (weeks 7–12):** Ryan Schram
-^ Lecturer (weeks 1–6) | Holly High |
+**Lecturer (weeks 1–6):** Holly High
+<WRAP box>
+The [[https://www.sydney.edu.au/units/ANTH1002/2020-S2C-ND-CC|complete syllabus (or "unit outline")]] is available on the official USYD web site.
+USYD students who are enrolled in ANTH 1002 can find more information on [[https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/25845|the class Canvas site]].
+</WRAP>
 ## Class description
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 As humans, culture completes us, but we also create culture through our words and deeds. Social and cultural anthropologists are engaged in both cultural description and cultural criticism: their work contributes to understanding the world and changing it. Anthropologists challenge many dominant beliefs about how the world works. In this class, you will be introduced to the unique perspective of cultural anthropology on human experience through a study of how anthropologists have contributed to debates on contemporary issues of global importance. You will learn how anthropological understandings of culture and society help us to rethink the way we live and the world we inhabit.
-===== Schedule of class sessions =====
+{{page>1002guide}}
+===== Learning structure =====
+### Self-paced activities
+^**Activity**                       ^**Frequency**^**Location**^
+|video presentations and study notes|weekly       |Canvas      |
+|assigned and recommended readings  |weekly       |Canvas      |
+### Live question-and-answer
+//Nb. All sessions run for an academic hour (50 minutes) and start at 5 minutes after the hour. All times are Sydney local time (UTC+10 until Oct. 4, then UTC+11).//
+^**Day and time**^**Location**^
+|Wed. 4 p.m.     |Zoom via Canvas      |
+### Tutorials
+^**Day and time**^**Code**^**Location**                  ^
+|Mon. 12 noon    |M12A    |Carslaw 350                   |
+|Mon. 1 p.m.     |M13A    |Carslaw 350                   |
+|Mon. 3 p.m.     |M15A    |Zoom via Canvas               |
+|Wed. 11 a.m.    |W11A    |Woolley N497                  |
+|Wed. 12 noon    |W12A    |Woolley N497                  |
+|Wed. 12 noon    |W12B    |Physics Road Learning Hub LG17|
+|Wed. 1 p.m.     |W13A    |Zoom via Canvas               |
+|Wed. 1 p.m.     |W13B    |Zoom via Canvas               |
+|Wed. 3 p.m.     |W15A    |Zoom via Canvas               |
+|Thu. 10 a.m.    |R10A    |Physics Road Learning Hub LG18|
+===== Weekly plan =====
+==== Module 1: Rethinking birth (Holly High) ====
+=== Week 1 (Aug. 24): Ritual and rites of passage ===
+Required readings: Eriksen (2015b)
+=== Week 2 (Aug. 31): Birth as ritual and cultural ===
+Required readings: Davis-Floyd (1994), Behrmann (2003)
+=== Week 3 (Sep. 7): Rethinking birth with anthropology ===
+Required readings: Shostak ([1982] 2000)
+==== Module 2: Rethinking childhood (Holly High) ====
+=== Week 4 (Sep. 14): Human nature and culture ===
+Required readings: Eriksen (2015c)
+=== Week 5 (Sep. 21): How a child and a culture create each other ===
+Required readings: Briggs (1970)
+=== Week 6 (Sep. 28): Reflexivity ===
+Required readings: Allison (1991)
+==== Module 3: Rethinking cooperation (Ryan Schram) ====
+=== Week 7 (Oct. 12): The obligations of the gift ===
+Required readings: Eriksen (2015a)
+Recommended readings: Mauss ([1925] 1990), Marx ([1867] 1972)
+=== Week 8 (Oct. 19): Spheres of exchange ===
+Required readings: Piot (1999)
+Recommended readings: Bohannan (1959), Bohannan (1955), Nairn (1976)
+=== Week 9 (Oct. 26): Global gifts and moral economies ===
+Required readings: Cliggett (2003)
+==== Module 4: Rethinking multiculturalism (Ryan Schram) ====
+=== Week 10 (Nov. 2): The meaning of difference in plural societies ===
+Required readings: Gershon (2012)
+=== Week 11 (Nov. 9): Whiteness as culture and as capital ===
+Required readings: Shankar (2020)
+=== Week 12 (Nov. 16): Anthropology and cultural critique ===
+## References
+Allison, Anne. 1991. “Japanese Mothers and Obentōs: The Lunch-Box as Ideological State Apparatus.” //Anthropological Quarterly// 64 (4): 195–208. doi:[[https://doi.org/10.2307/3317212|10.2307/3317212]].
+Behrmann, Barbara L. 2003. “Uncovering Your Own Birth History.” //The Journal of Perinatal Education// 12 (4). doi:[[https://doi.org/10.1624/105812403X107008|10.1624/105812403X107008]].
+Bohannan, Paul. 1959. “The Impact of Money on an African Subsistence Economy.” //The Journal of Economic History// 19 (4): 491–503. doi:[[https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050700085946|10.1017/S0022050700085946]].
+———. 1955. “Some Principles of Exchange and Investment Among the Tiv.” //American Anthropologist//, New Series, 57 (1): 60–70. doi:[[https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1955.57.1.02a00080|10.1525/aa.1955.57.1.02a00080]].
+Briggs, Jean L. 1970. “Inuttiaq’s Children.” In //Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family//, 109–37. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
+Cliggett, Lisa. 2003. “Gift Remitting and Alliance Building in Zambian Modernity: Old Answers to Modern Problems.” //American Anthropologist// 105 (3): 543–52. doi:[[https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.2003.105.3.543|10.1525/aa.2003.105.3.543]].
+Davis-Floyd, Robbie E. 1994. “The Ritual of Hospital Birth in America.” In //Conformity and Conflict: Readings in Cultural Anthropology//, edited by James Spradley, 323–40. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
+Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. 2015a. “Exchange and Consumption.” In //Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology//, 4th ed., 217–40. London: Pluto Press. doi:[[https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt183p184.16|10.2307/j.ctt183p184.16]].
+———. 2015b. “Religion and Ritual.” In //Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology//, 4th ed., 264–85. London: Pluto Press. doi:[[https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt183p184.18|10.2307/j.ctt183p184.18]].
+———. 2015c. “The Social Person.” In //Small Places, Large Issues//, 4th ed., 52–73. An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology (Fourth Ed.). London: Pluto Press. doi:[[https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt183p184.8|10.2307/j.ctt183p184.8]].
+Gershon, Ilana. 2012. “Legislating Families as Cultural.” In //No Family Is an Island: Cultural Expertise Among Samoans in Diaspora//, 114–37. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801464027-008.
+Marx, Karl. (1867) 1972. “Capital, Vol. 1 [Selections].” In //The Marx-Engels Reader//, edited by Robert C. Tucker, 309–43. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
+Mauss, Marcel. (1925) 1990. “Selections from Introduction, Chapters 1-2, and Conclusion.” In //The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies//, translated by W. D. Halls, 1–14, 39–46, 78–83. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
+Nairn, Charlie, dir. 1976. //Ongka’s Big Moka//. Granada Television. https://sydney.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61USYD_INST/2rsddf/asp_summonEthnographicVideoOnlineVolume2PostSep2015AustraliaASP2086420_ant2.
-This semester, our class will consist of:
+Piot, Charles. 1999. “Exchange: Hierarchies of Value in an Economy of Desire.” In //Remotely Global: Village Modernity in West Africa//, 52–75. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
-  * Self-paced video presentations and notes for each week
-  * A live videoconference “office hour” with the lecturer on Wednesday at 4 PM
-  * One of six tutorial sections on campus, or three online
-==== Tutorials ====
+Shankar, Shalini. 2020. “Nothing Sells Like Whiteness: Race, Ontology, and American Advertising.” //American Anthropologist// 122 (1): 112–19. doi:[[https://doi.org/10.1111/aman.13354|10.1111/aman.13354]].
-  * Monday at 12 PM, in-person
-  * Monday at 1 PM, in-person
-  * Monday at 3 PM, live videoconference
-  * Wednesday at 11 AM, in-person
-  * Wednesday at 12 PM (a), in-person
-  * Wednesday at 12 PM (b), in-person
-  * Wednesday at 1 PM, live videoconference
-  * Wednesday at 3 PM, live videoconference
-  * Thursday at 10 AM, in-person
-===== Welcome to anthropology =====
+Shostak, Marjorie. (1982) 2000. “First Birth.” In //Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman//, 170–91. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
-**Welcome to anthropology!** This class is the second of two introductory units in the anthropology department, and aims to give students an understanding of how anthropologists think. By the end of this semester, you should not only understand what anthropology is and what anthropologists do, but you should also feel like you know how to think like an anthropologist. You will be then able to apply anthropology as a lens to yourself, and decide for yourself what anthropology means. The lecturers and tutors in this class have decided to embrace recent changes, and put students in the driver’s seat.
-Although each student is driving their way through this class, you won’t do it alone! We have created a sequence for you to follow every week. As you work through each week’s checklist of tasks, you will have several opportunities to make connections with your peers and to discuss with them what you and they are discovering about anthropology. Your tutors will help you plan and prepare your writing assignments in tutorials, and your lecturers will be available every week to discuss each week’s topics and the class as whole.
-When you have registered for the class, you can log in to the class Canvas site, read through the information about how this class will be run this semester in Module Zero. When you are ready, move on to //Module I: Rethinking birth//. (Also, you will have your first tutorial meeting in Week 1.) Holly is looking forward to meeting you during her live Zoom office hour on Monday at 10 a.m. of Week 1.
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-==== Acknowledgement of country ====
+## Acknowledgement of country
 This is an acknowledgment that the Sydney University Department of Anthropology <html><strong></html><html><a href="https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/council/about-council/welcome-to-country" title='More information on the indigenous owners of Sydney'></html>occupies the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation<html></a></html><html></strong></html>, and furthermore that our work as anthropologists brings us into contact with many communities whose sovereignty is denied.