ANTH 3330 - Colonial Encounters

Institution:

New College of Florida

Subject:

Anthropology

Description:

Colonialism as a formal system of governance has retreated but the uneven power relations, particularly as related to intellectual and policy endeavors, continues. From the later Middle Ages onward, diverse, mostly traumatic, cultural encounters accompanied European expansion across the world, which legitimated understandings of peoples across the Americas, Africa, and Asia generated by colonialism. Historically and geographically wide ranging, this course explores how the asymmetric patterns of interactions then imposed are sustained in the present, including by globalization and tourism. Theory on the development of the modern world, recognition of the intersection of colonialism and ecology, ethnographies on social identity under colonialism, and debates on colonial legacies will be discussed and assessed. Case studies include Native North America, sub-Saharan Africa, and the South Pacific. No prerequisites though background in Anthropology will be helpful.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ncf.edu

Phone Number:

(941) 487-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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