Seminar in Political Anthropology (472-0-1)

Topic

State and Subject

Instructors

Jessica R Winegar
847/491-4831
1819 Hinman Ave, #204, EV Campus

Meeting Info

ANTHRO Sem Rm 104 - 1810 Hinmn: Fri 2:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

This course examines theoretical and ethnographic approaches to the state, with a particular focus on the intersection of state projects and subject-making practices. Key themes to be explored include governmentality, sovereignty, citizenship, rights, materiality, activism, security, law, and development. We will be especially concerned with understanding poststructuralist and neoliberal frameworks approaching states and subjects and try to think productively with and beyond them. Finally, we will continually ask how theory informs ethnography and how ethnography informs theory.

Class Materials (Required)

For the Love of the Prophet: An Ethnography of Sudan's Islamic State, Noah Salomon
Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States, Audra Simpson
The Moral Neoliberal: Welfare and Citizenship in Italy, Andrea Muehlebach
Channeling the State: Community Media and Popular Politics in Venezuela, Naomi Schiller