Topics in Anthropology (490-0-5)
Topic
Mapping People, Place, and Space
Instructors
Mark William Hauser
847/467-1648
1812 Hinman Ave., Room #205, EV Campus
Mark W. Hauser is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology. He was trained as an Anthropological Archaeologist and specializes in the material culture of the African Diaspora and social inequality in the Caribbean. His work pays special attention to understanding the everyday life and material world of enslaved laborers. He has worked in the Caribbean since 1992 and has participated on or run research projects in numerous islands. Hauser has published numerous scholarly articles and chapters on the archaeology of informal and unexpected economies; methodological considerations for understanding colonial landscapes and identity formation; and the centering of craft industries in Caribbean political economy.
Meeting Info
ANTHRO Sem Rm B07 - 1810 Hinmn: Tues 2:00PM - 4:50PM
Overview of class
This course is concerned with the method, theory, and practice underlying spatial analysis using tools such as GIS to understand human landscapes in the past and present. We will focus on the kinds of data, methods of analysis, and frames of interpretation of landscapes in the past and present. In this course students will be exposed to underlying theories of space in the interpretation of ancient and modern landscapes and gain practical experience collecting and analyzing spatial data in the context anthropological research. While case studies will be drawn from a variety of contexts in anthropology, the course is relevant to anyone who wishes to analyze data about and within the spatial and temporal contexts of the research they are conducting.
Learning Objectives
1) Identify, describe and discuss key issues in the anthropology of people, place and space, specifically around two themes:
2) Critically compare how Space Matters as an active element in social, political, and cultural processes, enabling actions and constraining possibilities
3) Analyze and reflect on how Representing Space Matters especially as relates it to the methodologies and tools used to collect and analyze spatial data within the landscape.
Class Materials (Required)
Readings provided on Canvas
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: Reserved for Graduate Students.