Spring 2018 - SA 870 G100
Theories in Anthropology (5)
Class Number: 7013
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Mon, 5:30–9:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Michael Hathaway
mjh6@sfu.ca
Office: AQ 5063
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Examines the dynamic relationship among conceptual aims, social relations in research, and the socio-political contexts of anthropological work through close study of selected classical and contemporary works in anthropology. Students from other departments and faculties may enrol with permission of instructor.
COURSE DETAILS:
Contemporary Perspectives on Anthropological Theory
This seminar is an advanced introduction to contemporary theory in anthropology. We will explore some major theoretical approaches, trying to understand how they fit within larger social, historical and political contexts. This will be an active seminar, using texts as well as other media such as video or podcasts. The class revolves around five major topics: power; practice; hegemony and articulation; political economy; and colonialism. As well, we will consider how social categories such as gender, class, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and others affect the production of theory.
Grading
- Seminar Participation 20%
- Seminar Discussion Facilitation 20%
- Critiques 20%
- Final Project 40%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Coulthard, Glen. 2014. Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
ISBN: 978-0816679652
Gramsci, Antonio. 1971*. Selections from the Prison Notebooks. New York: International Publishers.
NOTE: Do not purchase "Further Selections from the Prison Notebooks."
*There are many editions of this text however the 1971 edition is the preferred edition.
ISBN: 978-0717803972
Foucault, Michel. 1995. Discipline and Punish. New York: Vintage.
ISBN: 978-0679752554
Tsing, Anna. 2004. Friction. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
ISBN: 978-0691120652
Wolf, Eric. 2010. Europe and the People without History. Berkeley: University of California Press.
ISBN: 978-0520268180
Additional articles will be made available.
RECOMMENDED READING:
Knauft, Bruce. 1996. Genealogies for the Present in Cultural Anthropology. New York: Routledge.
ISBN: 978-0415912648
Graduate Studies Notes:
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