Topics in Anthropology (490-0-28)
Topic
Seminar in Contemporary Linguistic Theory
Instructors
Doris Stanley Warriner
Meeting Info
ANTHRO Sem Rm 104 - 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 the Anthropology Graduate Program. Please contact doris.warriner@northwestern.edu with your interest and to request a registration code.
Learning Objectives
Engage with theoretical texts, apply theory to data, increase knowledge in students' individual research area.
Class Materials (Required)
Davis, J. L. (2018). Talking Indian: Identity and language revitalization in the Chickasaw renaissance. University of Arizona Press. ISBN: 9780816537686
Delfino, J. B. (2020). Speaking of race: Language, identity, and schooling among African American children. Lexington books. ISBN-10: 1793606501; ISBN-13: 978-1793606501
Class Materials (Suggested)
"Carr, E. S. (2023). Working the difference: Science, spirit, and the spread of motivational interviewing. University of Chicago Press. 291 pages.
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-82760-5 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-82762-9 (paperback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-82761-2 (e-book)
Class Notes
Purchase of books is not required; however books are required reading for class meetings.
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: Reserved for Anthropology Graduate Students.