Seminar in Linguistic Anthropology (484-0-1)
Topic
Contemporary Linguistic and Semiotic Anthropology
Instructors
Shalini Shankar
847/467-1638
1810 Hinman Ave., Room #212, EV Campus
I am a professor of Anthropology and Asian American Studies and have been teaching at NU since 2007. I focus on race, ethnicity, language, youth, media, advertising, and consumption in Asian diasporas.
Meeting Info
ANTHRO Lab A56 - 1810 Hinmn: Wed 2:00PM - 4:50PM
Overview of class
This course covers a range of linguistic anthropology and semiotic anthropology topics, including narrative, affect, materiality, indexicality, qualia, performativity, citationality, scale, interdiscursivity, chronotopes, enregisterment, and others. The course is intended to broaden and deepen students' understanding of linguistic and semiotic anthropology in ways that directly support the development of their doctoral research. Graduate students outside of Anthropology are encouraged to contact instructor with their interest for a permission number.
Registration Requirements
Graduate Students Only; permission of instructor is required for students outside of Anthropology Graduate Program. Please contact sshankar@northwestern.edu with your interest and registration code.
Learning Objectives
Engaging with theoretical texts, applying theory to data, increasing knowledge in students' individual research area.
Teaching Method
Seminar; Students will be asked to do in class presentations about class readings and their research. Assignments include annotated bibliography, paper outline, and seminar research paper on a topic related to class.
Evaluation Method
Letter grades
Class Materials (Required)
"English Linguistic Imperialism from Below: Moral Aspiration and Social MobilityAuthor: Leya Mathew
Format:PaperbackRelated Formats:Hardback, Ebook(PDF), Ebook(EPUB)ISBN:
9781788929134
Published:11th Jul 2022Publisher:Multilingual Matters
(any edition)
Working the Difference
Science, Spirit, and the Spread of Motivational Interviewing
E. Summerson Carr
2023, University of Chicago Press
Publisher : University of Chicago Press; 1st edition (September 5, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 291 pages
ISBN-10 : 0226827623
ISBN-13 : 978-0226827629
Speaking of Race: Language, Identity, and Schooling Among African American Children Paperback - August 18, 2022
by Jennifer B. Delfino (Author)
Publisher : Lexington Books (August 18, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 202 pages
ISBN-10 : 1793606501
ISBN-13 : 978-1793606501
Language in Culture New Edition
by Michael Silverstein (Author)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press; New edition (February 9, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 370 pages
ISBN-10 : 100919884X
ISBN-13 : 978-1009198844
Methods of Desire Paperback - August 31, 2020
by Aurora Donzelli (Author)
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press; Reprint edition (August 31, 2020)
Language : English
Paperback : 238 pages
ISBN-10 : 0824888006
ISBN-13 : 978-0824888008
Signing and Belonging in Nepal- June 30, 2016
by Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway (Author)
Publisher : Gallaudet University Press; 1st edition (June 30, 2016)
Language : English
Hardcover : 176 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781563686641
ISBN-13 : 978-1563686641"
Class Materials (Suggested)
All other materials available on Canvas.
Class Notes
Purchase of books is not required; however books are required reading for class meetings.
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: Non-Anthro Grads need permissi