ANTH 352 - Anthropology of Human Rights

Institution:

Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

Engages the concept of human rights as applied to situations in the contemporary world. Takes an interdisciplinary approach, with an emphasis on anthropology to examine the following principal questions: (1) What are the historical origins of contemporary ideas about human rights? (2) What are some of the foremost human rights situations in the world today? (3) What are the political, economic, and cultural contexts in which human rights abuses occur? (4) What is the role of the committed (i.e., activist) anthropologist? Focuses on the interplay between the abuse of human rights, power, and culturally constructed difference, such as ethnicity and gender. Extends contemporary interpretations to existing social and political problems around the world to seek ways in which anthropologists can have a positive role to play in finding solutions to those problems.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.iup.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 357-2100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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