Classes

    ANTHRO 1603 - The Law and Its Limits: Anthropological Approaches to Law

    Semester: 

    Fall

    Offered: 

    2021

    Prof. Malavika Reddy
    Tues. 12:00 PM - 2:45 PM
    Tozzer 203

    We often talk about the power of law to shape our worlds but what about its powerlessness? An axiom of contemporary life is that societies need law to address social, political and environmental ills. Yet, in the face of entrenched problems, including expanding who belongs, tackling inequality, and confronting environmental crisis, law often appears impotent or, worse, detrimental.... Read more about ANTHRO 1603 - The Law and Its Limits: Anthropological Approaches to Law

    ANTHRO 1610 - Ethnographic Research Methods

    Semester: 

    Fall

    Offered: 

    2023

    Prof. Julia Fierman
    T 12:00 PM - 2:45 PM
    Tozzer 203

    Taught as part seminar and part practicum, this course introduces undergraduate students to the craft of ethnographic research. Through weekly readings and semester-long practice projects, students critically examine and put to practice key elements of qualitative research methods used by anthropologists. Varied ethnographic assignments allow students to practice skills central to field work: participant observation, taking and organizing field notes, conducting formal and informal interviews, carrying out...

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    ANTHRO 1906 - Care in Critical Times

    Semester: 

    Spring

    Offered: 

    2024

    Prof. Andrea Wright
     

    What is care? How can and do communities mobilize care as a social intervention, political act, and tool for building intimacy, healing, and hope? Now, more than ever, it is imperative that we care for ourselves and our communities, but caring is not an apolitical or individual act and we must analyze the inherent inequalities and social dimensions of what it means to give and receive care.

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    ANTHRO 98A - Junior Tutorial in Anthropology

    Semester: 

    Fall

    Offered: 

    2023

    Prof. Damina Khaira
    By Arrangement

    This course is focused on preparing students to do anthropological fieldwork and develop their own research projects. Through concrete case studies and practical exercises students will be introduced to different approaches to developing research problems, conducting research, and ethnographic writing. Topics covered will include defining research questions and objects of study, situating projects within scholarly literature, and bringing together research data and analysis in different forms of anthropological writing.

    The aim...

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    ANTHRO 99A - Thesis Tutorial in Anthropology

    Semester: 

    Fall

    Offered: 

    2023

    Prof. Damina Khaira
    By Arrangement

    This is a full year research and writing seminar limited to senior honors candidates. The course is intended to provide students with practical guidance and advice during the thesis writing process through structured assignments and peer feedback on work-in-progress. It is intended to supplement not replace faculty thesis advising (with the requirement of consulting regularly with the advisor built into the assignments) and, most importantly, allow students to share their work and experiences with other thesis writers in a collegial and...

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    ANTHRO 1707 - Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, and the Transpacific Ethnography of Asian America

    Semester: 

    Fall

    Offered: 

    2021

    Prof. Joyhanna Garza
    Mon. and Weds. 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
    Tozzer 102

    Ethnic studies is the critical interdisciplinary study of race, ethnicity, and indigeneity as understood from the intellectual, political, and cultural histories and perspectives of minoritized groups in the United States. Ethnic studies scholars analyze the social dynamics of race, racism, and various forms of institutionalized violence including the historical and lasting legacies of colonialism, chattel slavery, US imperalism, white supremacy, and more.... Read more about ANTHRO 1707 - Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, and the Transpacific Ethnography of Asian America