ANTH 40084 - Structural Violence: The Underbelly of Conflict

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

In this course we will examine the "violence of everyday life" experienced by people both inside and outside of active war zones, and investigate how taken-for-granted structures such as bureaucracy, security, nation, color and creed (to name only a few) constrain and damage peoples' lives, causing suffering and stress, and often leading to radicalism and violence. How do physical walls perpetrate and perpetuate violence? Why does resource richness cause poverty and war? What is the lived experience of systematic inequality? When does everyday hopelessness become explosive violence? Students will examine how violence is both culturally mediated and understood, and will learn to recognize the symptoms and anticipate the consequences of oppression, neglect, and resistance around the world.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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