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)

"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)

Davis, J. L. (2018). Talking Indian: Identity and language revitalization in the Chickasaw renaissance. University of Arizona Press. ISBN: 9780816537686

Hoffmann-Dilloway, E. (2016). Signing and belonging in Nepal. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press. 176 pages.
ISBN 9781563686641 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781563686658 (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.