Anthropology [319S] - Seminar: The Anthropology of the Incredible: Science, Technology and the Limits of the Human

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Hamilton College

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Examination of how advances in scientific knowledge and technological innovation have reshaped common understandings of what it means to be human, and affected ideas of the boundaries between human and nonhuman realities. Attention to classic texts on the study of scientific practice combined with focus on recent work in Science Technology and Society (STS) and provocative case studies (including but not limited to, ufos and exobiology, kinship and the new genetics, surgical interventions and trans- bodies, artificial life and nonhuman agency, and cyborgs, monsters and companion species). Prerequisite, Two courses in anthropology or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.hamilton.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 859-4011

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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