Social Anthropology

Dr. Elisa Tamburo M 3-5:45pm The course aims at introducing students to the ethnographic study of cities and the urban environment. The course is divided into two parts: the first will introduce theoretical approaches, derived from sociology and...

Dr. Damina Khaira W 3-5:45pm “Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong My own beliefs are in my song The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then Makes no difference what group I'm in I am everyday people, yeah, yeah” “Everyday People” (1968) by Sly and...

Prof. Gabriella Coleman T 9-11:45am This required seminar offers an overview of theoretical trends in social anthropology and situates these trends within longer genealogies of social thought. Required of candidates for the PhD in Social Anthropology. Not...

Prof. Arthur Kleinman T 12-2:45pm In this course we explore work from a variety of genres- ethnography, biography, film, and the novel- that tell us about the person and personhood more generally in historical and cultural context. The idea is to compare...

Prof. Malavika Reddy Th 12-2:45pm This course considers how anthropology has understood sovereignty, as theoretical object and political process. What is at stake in asking about how authority is founded and sustained? How have anthropologists posed these...

Dr. Elisa Tamburo M 3-5:45pm This course will enable students to acquire a knowledge and understanding of the recent history and contemporary society, culture, and politics of China through ethnographic writings. We will read contemporary ethnographies on...

Prof. Nicholas Harkness M W 10:30-11:45am This course introduces undergraduate students to the discipline of Sociocultural Anthropology. Lectures will develop and explain sociocultural anthropology’s central questions and discoveries, concepts and...

Prof. Gabriella Coleman W 3-5:45pm This course examines computer hackers to interrogate not only the ethics, diversity, and technical practices of hacking but to examine more broadly how hackers and hacking have triggered and transformed changes in law...