Culture & Society (211-0-1)
Instructors
Kyle Benedict Craig
Meeting Info
Annenberg Hall G21: Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM
Overview of class
Anthropology is often discussed as the study of human culture, where it originates, how it is transmitted, how it changes. But what is "culture"? Rather than a universal, one-size-fits-all answer, anthropologists today seek to understand how ideas and actions interact within specific social contexts. Through a focus on ethnography, a fundamental method of our field, students will learn how to conduct research into the processes that shape the social world, emphasizing human agency in relation to sociohistorical, economic, political, and environmental forces. Students will learn about the history of the field of anthropology and scholarly approaches across the discipline today. A key feature will be to denaturalize social assumptions, reinterpreting what we might know from our own contexts as a starting point to understand others. Students will design and carry out ethnographic research in which they write fieldnotes, conduct and transcribe interviews, and use other media to develop insights about their research topic.
Class Materials (Required)
Laurence Ralph - Renegade Dreams: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo15309863.html#anchor-table-of-contents
9780226032719
Munira Khayyat - A Landscape of War https://www.ucpress.edu/books/a-landscape-of-war/paper
9780520389991
David Giles - A Mass Conspiracy to Feed People https://www.dukeupress.edu/a-mass-conspiracy-to-feed-people
9781478014416
Class Attributes
Social and Behavioral Science Foundational Discipl
Global Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity
Social & Behavioral Sciences Distro Area
Associated Classes
DIS - ANTHRO Sem Rm 104 - 1810 Hinmn: Mon 8:30AM - 9:20AM
DIS - ANTHRO Sem Rm 104 - 1810 Hinmn: Tues 8:30AM - 9:20AM
DIS - ANTHRO Sem Rm 104 - 1810 Hinmn: Wed 8:30AM - 9:20AM
DIS - ANTHRO Sem Rm 104 - 1810 Hinmn: Thurs 8:30AM - 9:20AM
DIS - ANTHRO Sem Rm 104 - 1810 Hinmn: Fri 8:30AM - 9:20AM
DIS - ANTHRO Sem Rm 104 - 1810 Hinmn: Fri 9:30AM - 10:20AM