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 ===== Semester 2, 2022 ===== ===== Semester 2, 2022 =====
  
-Anthropology is the study of what it means to be human. It begins with the assumption that diversity is the defining characteristic of humanity, and more specifically by the capacity to acquire a specific way of life and set of roles in a system. Hence, anthropologists conclude (1) there is no right, correct, or normal way for people to live or to create a community for itself, and (2) by looking at humanity in a global frame, each person can also gain critical insight into their own life. If there are so many ways of life that people have created and continue to create for themselves, then anthropologists say we each must ask //why do I have to be this way?// and //isn’t there some alternative way people can adopt?// This class introduces the tools of anthropology with the aim of equipping students to question their own existence and the authority of dominant ideas.+Anthropology is the study of what it means to be human. It begins with the assumption that diversity is the defining characteristic of humanity, and more specifically by the capacity to acquire a specific way of life and set of roles in a system. Hence, anthropologists conclude (1) there is no right, correct, or normal way for people to live or to create a community for themselves, and (2) by looking at humanity in a global frame, each person can also gain critical insight into their own life. If there are so many ways of life that people have created and continue to create for themselves, then anthropologists say we each must ask //why do I have to be this way?// and //isn’t there some alternative way people can adopt?// This class introduces the tools of anthropology with the aim of equipping students to question their own existence and the authority of dominant ideas. 
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 +A Dalle-2 generated image using the prompt: "An oil painting depicting cash remittances among transnational families in the style of Keith Haring." See <https://labs.openai.com/s/X3lXfMsHvnbKffkihNafJ2fp>.   
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 +## Instructors  
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 +**Coordinator and lecturer (weeks 1--7):** Ryan Schram  
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 +**Lecturers:** Leo Couacaud (weeks 8--10) and Cate Massola (weeks 11--13)  
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-**Coordinator:** Ryan Schram 
  
 ===== Weekly plan of lectures and topics ===== ===== Weekly plan of lectures and topics =====
  
-^ Week ^ Date ^ Topic ^ Main reading ^ Other reading ^\\ +^ Week & Date ^ Topic ^ Main reading ^ Other reading ^\\ 
-| 1 | | Anthropology as “ruthless criticism” | Marx ([1843] 1978) | |\\ +| **1** | **Anthropology as “ruthless criticism”** | Marx ([1843] 1978) | |\\ 
-| | Aug 01 | 1. [[1.1|Why do we need anthropology?]] |||\\ +| Aug 01 | 1. [[1.1|Why do we need anthropology?]] | | |\\ 
-| | Aug 03 | 2. [[1.2|Anthropology as critique]] |||\\ +| Aug 03 | 2. [[1.2|Anthropology as critique]] | | |\\ 
-| 2 | | Society as a system of total services | Eriksen (2015b) | Mauss ([1925] 1990) |\\ +^   **Module I: Gifts and commodities**   ^^^^\\ 
-| | Aug 08 | 1. [[2.1|Society as a total system]] |||\\ +| **2** | **Society as a system of total services** | Eriksen (2015b) | Mauss ([1925] 1990) |\\ 
-| | Aug 10 | 2. [[2.2|The obligations of the gift ]] |||\\ +| Aug 08 | 1. [[2.1|Society as a total system]] | | |\\ 
-| 3 | | A world of commodities | West (2012) | Marx ([1867] 1972) |\\ +| Aug 10 | 2. [[2.2|The obligations of the gift ]] | | |\\ 
-| | Aug 15 | 1. [[3.1|Commodities, capitalism, and private property]] |||\\ +| **3** | **A world of commodities** | West (2012) | Marx ([1867] 1972) |\\ 
-| | Aug 17 | 2. [[3.2|Global capitalism and its contradictions]] |||\\ +| Aug 15 | 1. [[3.1|Commodities, capitalism, and private property]] | | |\\ 
-| 4 | | Spheres of exchange & The efflorescence of exchange | Sharp (2013) | Bohannan (1959); Bohannan (1955); Sahlins (1992) |\\ +| Aug 17 | 2. [[3.2|Global capitalism and its contradictions]] | | |\\ 
-| | Aug 22 | 1. [[4.1|Spheres of exchange in historical perspective]] |||\\ +| **4** | **Spheres of exchange & The efflorescence of exchange** | Sharp (2013) | Bohannan (1959); Bohannan (1955); Sahlins (1992) |\\ 
-| | Aug 24 | 2. [[4.2|The efflorescence of exchange ]] |||\\ +| Aug 22 | 1. [[4.1|Spheres of exchange in historical perspective]] | | |\\ 
-| 5 | | Family matters | Eriksen (2015c) | Carsten (1995) |\\ +| Aug 24 | 2. [[4.2|The efflorescence of exchange ]] | | |\\ 
-| | Aug 29 | 1. [[5.1|Kinship is culture, not nature]] |||\\ +^   **Module II: Kinship and care in the global economy**   ^^^^\\ 
-| | Aug 31 | 2. [[5.2|Kinship as social action]] |||\\ +| **5** | **Family matters** | Eriksen (2015c) | Carsten (1995) |\\ 
-| 6 | | Global gifts and body shopping | Zharkevich (2019) | Krause and Bressan (2018); Leinaweaver (2010); Vora (2009) |\\ +| Aug 29 | 1. [[5.1|Kinship is culture, not nature]] | | |\\ 
-| | Sep 05 | 1. [[6.1|Global gifts]] |||\\ +| Aug 31 | 2. [[5.2|Kinship as social action]] | | |\\ 
-| | Sep 07 | 2. [[6.2|The commodification of kin]] |||\\ +| **6** | **Global gifts and body shopping** | Zharkevich (2019) | Krause and Bressan (2018); Leinaweaver (2010); Vora (2009) |\\ 
-| 7 | | Care as capital after the Fordist social contract | Mazelis (2015); Nelson (2000) | |\\ +| Sep 05 | 1. [[6.1|Global gifts]] | | |\\ 
-| | Sep 12 | 1. [[7.1|Rules as resources]] |||\\ +| Sep 07 | 2. [[6.2|The commodification of kin]] | | |\\ 
-| | Sep 14 | 2. [[7.2|Informal economies of care]] |||\\ +| **7** | **Care as capital after the Fordist social contract** | Mazelis (2015); Nelson (2000) | |\\ 
-| 8 | | Ethnicity and cultural diversity | Eriksen (2015a) | Eriksen (1994) |\\ +| Sep 12 | 1. [[7.1|Rules as resources]] | | |\\ 
-| | Sep 19 | 1. [[8.1|Monday lecture]] |||\\ +| Sep 14 | 2. [[7.2|Informal economies of care]] | | |\\ 
-| | Sep 21 | 2. [[8.2|Wednesday lecture]] |||\\ +^   **Module III: Ethnic pluralism in comparative perspective (Leo Couacaud)**   ^^^^\\ 
-| B | | Mandatory school closure for seasonal celebrations. No class | | |\\ +| **8** | **Ethnicity and cultural diversity** | Eriksen (2015a) | Couacaud (2016) |\\ 
-| | Sep 26 | |||\\ +| Sep 19 | 1. [[8.1|Monday lecture]] | | |\\ 
-| | Sep 28 | |||\\ +| Sep 21 | 2. [[8.2|Wednesday lecture]] | | |\\ 
-| 9 | | Managing diversity in plural societies | Gowricharn (2015); Eriksen (1997) | Couacaud (2016) |\\ +| **B** | **Mandatory school closure for seasonal celebrations. No class, Sep 26--Oct 3** | | |\\ 
-| | Oct 03 | 1. [[9.1|Monday lecture]] |||\\ +| **9** | **Managing diversity in plural societies** | Gowricharn (2015); Eriksen (1997) | Eriksen (1994) |\\ 
-| | Oct 05 | 2. [[9.2|Wednesday lecture]] |||\\ +| Oct 03 | 1. [[9.1|No Monday lecture]] | | |\\ 
-| 10 | | Migration and multiculturalism in Western societies | Vertovec (2007) | Rex (1996); Taussig (1991) |\\ +| Oct 05 | 2. [[9.2|Wednesday lecture]] | | |\\ 
-| | Oct 10 | 1. [[10.1|Monday lecture]] |||\\ +| **10** | **Migration and multiculturalism in Western societies** | Vertovec (2007) | Rex (1996); Taussig (1991) |\\ 
-| | Oct 12 | 2. [[10.2|Wednesday lecture]] |||\\ +| Oct 10 | 1. [[10.1|Monday lecture]] | | |\\ 
-| 11 | | Indigenous creations in cultural institutions | Clifford (1988) | Thomas (1991); Morphy (2001); Rubin (1984) |\\ +| Oct 12 | 2. [[10.2|Wednesday lecture]] | | |\\ 
-| | Oct 17 | 1. [[11.1|Monday lecture]] |||\\ +^   **Module IV: The possibility of "decolonization"---Museums as sites of encounter (Cate Massola)**   ^^^^\\ 
-| | Oct 19 | 2. [[11.2|Wednesday lecture]] |||\\ +| **11** | **Indigenous creations in cultural institutions** | Clifford (1988) | Thomas (1991); Morphy (2001); Rubin (1984) |\\ 
-| 12 | | Decolonising cultural institutions | Andrews (2021) | Riley (2021); Eldridge (1996); Jones and Birdsall-Jones (2014); Leatherdale (2022) |\\ +| Oct 17 | 1. [[11.1|Monday lecture]] | | |\\ 
-| | Oct 24 | 1. [[12.1|Monday lecture]] |||\\ +| Oct 19 | 2. [[11.2|Wednesday lecture]] | | |\\ 
-| | Oct 26 | 2. [[12.2|Wednesday lecture]] |||\\ +| **12** | **Decolonising cultural institutions** | Andrews (2021) | Riley (2021); Eldridge (1996); Jones and Birdsall-Jones (2014); Leatherdale (2022) |\\ 
-| 13 | | Community collections | Massola (n.d.) | Berk (2022); University of Sydney Library and Sentance (2021) |\\ +| Oct 24 | 1. [[12.1|Monday lecture]] | | |\\ 
-| | Oct 31 | 1. [[13.1|Monday lecture]] |||\\ +| Oct 26 | 2. [[12.2|Wednesday lecture]] | | |\\ 
-| | Nov 02 | 2. [[13.2|Wednesday lecture]] |||\\ +| **13** | **Community collections** | Massola (n.d.) | Berk (2022); University of Sydney Library and Sentance (2021) |\\ 
-| 14 | | Reading week | | |\\ +| Oct 31 | 1. [[13.1|Monday lecture]] | | |\\ 
-| 15 | | Final exams period | | |+| Nov 02 | 2. [[13.2|Wednesday lecture]] | | |\\ 
 +| **14** | **Reading week** | | |\\ 
 +| **15** | **Final exams period** | | | 
  
 ===== References ===== ===== References =====
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