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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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+ | ## Instructors | ||
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+ | **Coordinator and lecturer (weeks 1--7):** Ryan Schram | ||
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===== Weekly plan of lectures and topics ===== | ===== Weekly plan of lectures and topics ===== | ||
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| 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]] | | |\\ | ||
- | ^ __**Module I: Gifts and commodities**__ ^^^^\\ | + | ^ |
| **2** | **Society as a system of total services** | Eriksen (2015b) | Mauss ([1925] 1990) |\\ | | **2** | **Society as a system of total services** | Eriksen (2015b) | Mauss ([1925] 1990) |\\ | ||
| Aug 08 | 1. [[2.1|Society as a total system]] | | |\\ | | Aug 08 | 1. [[2.1|Society as a total system]] | | |\\ | ||
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| Aug 22 | 1. [[4.1|Spheres of exchange in historical perspective]] | | |\\ | | Aug 22 | 1. [[4.1|Spheres of exchange in historical perspective]] | | |\\ | ||
| Aug 24 | 2. [[4.2|The efflorescence of exchange ]] | | |\\ | | Aug 24 | 2. [[4.2|The efflorescence of exchange ]] | | |\\ | ||
- | ^ __**Module II: Kinship and care in the global economy**__ ^^^^\\ | + | ^ |
| **5** | **Family matters** | Eriksen (2015c) | Carsten (1995) |\\ | | **5** | **Family matters** | Eriksen (2015c) | Carsten (1995) |\\ | ||
| Aug 29 | 1. [[5.1|Kinship is culture, not nature]] | | |\\ | | Aug 29 | 1. [[5.1|Kinship is culture, not nature]] | | |\\ | ||
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| Sep 12 | 1. [[7.1|Rules as resources]] | | |\\ | | Sep 12 | 1. [[7.1|Rules as resources]] | | |\\ | ||
| Sep 14 | 2. [[7.2|Informal economies of care]] | | |\\ | | Sep 14 | 2. [[7.2|Informal economies of care]] | | |\\ | ||
- | ^ __**Module III: Ethnic pluralism in comparative perspective (Leo Couacaud)**__ ^^^^\\ | + | ^ |
- | | **8** | **Ethnicity and cultural diversity** | Eriksen (2015a) | Eriksen | + | | **8** | **Ethnicity and cultural diversity** | Eriksen (2015a) | Couacaud |
| Sep 19 | 1. [[8.1|Monday lecture]] | | |\\ | | Sep 19 | 1. [[8.1|Monday lecture]] | | |\\ | ||
| Sep 21 | 2. [[8.2|Wednesday lecture]] | | |\\ | | Sep 21 | 2. [[8.2|Wednesday lecture]] | | |\\ | ||
| **B** | **Mandatory school closure for seasonal celebrations. No class, Sep 26--Oct 3** | | |\\ | | **B** | **Mandatory school closure for seasonal celebrations. No class, Sep 26--Oct 3** | | |\\ | ||
- | | **9** | **Managing diversity in plural societies** | Gowricharn (2015); Eriksen (1997) | Couacaud | + | | **9** | **Managing diversity in plural societies** | Gowricharn (2015); Eriksen (1997) | Eriksen |
| Oct 03 | 1. [[9.1|No Monday lecture]] | | |\\ | | Oct 03 | 1. [[9.1|No Monday lecture]] | | |\\ | ||
| Oct 05 | 2. [[9.2|Wednesday lecture]] | | |\\ | | Oct 05 | 2. [[9.2|Wednesday lecture]] | | |\\ | ||
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| Oct 10 | 1. [[10.1|Monday lecture]] | | |\\ | | Oct 10 | 1. [[10.1|Monday lecture]] | | |\\ | ||
| Oct 12 | 2. [[10.2|Wednesday lecture]] | | |\\ | | Oct 12 | 2. [[10.2|Wednesday lecture]] | | |\\ | ||
- | ^ __**Module IV: The possibility of " | + | ^ |
| **11** | **Indigenous creations in cultural institutions** | Clifford (1988) | Thomas (1991); Morphy (2001); Rubin (1984) |\\ | | **11** | **Indigenous creations in cultural institutions** | Clifford (1988) | Thomas (1991); Morphy (2001); Rubin (1984) |\\ | ||
| Oct 17 | 1. [[11.1|Monday lecture]] | | |\\ | | Oct 17 | 1. [[11.1|Monday lecture]] | | |\\ |
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