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 |