ANTH102

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ANTH102

Fundamentals of Cultural Anthropology: Boundaries and Borders in Anthropology ANTH102 FA

Next Offered in 9899 FA

This seminar introduces anthropology through the study of borders and boundaries defining groups, institutions, territories, and nationalities. We will analyse cultural change in ethnographies about group boundary formation and negotiation, about population movements and border-crossings, and about symbols and rituals marking group membership, gender, class, and life stages. Students will explore disciplinary boundaries by putting anthropological theories and methods into practice for a short ethnographic fieldwork project.

MAJOR READINGS

J. Peacock, THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL LENS
P. Rabinow, NOTES ON FIELDWORK
G. Palsson, BEYOND BOUNDARIES
M. Wolf, A THRICE TOLD TALE
M. Schaffer and C. Cooper, MANDINKO: THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF A
WEST AFRICAN HOLY LAND
B. Myerhoff, NUMBER OUR DAYS
T. Bringa, BEING MUSLIM THE BOSNIAN WAY

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Short papers, class presentations, mid-term, ethnographic project, and take home final.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Class participation, short papers, includes exercises leading to an ethnographic project based on participant-observation.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS ANTH

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

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