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3.00 Credits
How can we challenge the motivation and efficacy of knowledge production and raise issues of privilege, representation, intervention, action, and outcome Immersed in postcolonial and feminist frames, students will negotiate diverse anthropological research principles, methods, and tools. Using deconstructive frameworks, how might we decolonize and decenter the "field" within anthropology, mapping the interrelationshipsand complexities in and between spatial and political sites of inquiry We will focus on research as it influences social transformation, advocating that inquiry affecting the lives of people and their ecology be made equitable through partnership. Students will engage in brief research processes over the semester.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Within the space of emancipatory anthropology, how might we engage critical multicultural inquiry for social transformation Using postcolonial and feminist frameworks, this course examines the ethical dimensions of knowledge production in ethnographic and participatory action research. Challenging assumptions, representations, and constructions of self and other, at home and globally, as mediated by context, history, culture, race, class, and gender, what questions of research and intervention emerge How might we address issues of power and privilege in relation to the production, construction, and use of knowledge Students will engage in brief advocacy and applied research processes over the semester.
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3.00 Credits
Notions such as "global village" and "international community" have been used to describe the context in which relations between natiotake place. Does globalization as the exchange of information and goods bring with it a global compassion or a reciprocal understanding of different cultures In this course, students examine the analytical metaphors connected to the behavior of global systems. How do concepts of system emerge historically, and how are they applied to the fields of natural and social science Specific emphasis is placed on the study of multinational corporations, private voluntary organizations, and international institutions, examining the ways they shape globalization.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Within the space of emancipatory anthropology, how might we engage critical multicultural inquiry for social transformation Using postcolonial and feminist frameworks, this course examines the ethical dimensions of knowledge production in ethnographic and participatory action research. Challenging assumptions, representations, and constructions of self and other, at home and globally, as mediated by context, history, culture, race, class, and gender, what questions of research and intervention emerge How might we address issues of power and privilege in relation to the production, construction, and use of knowledge Students will engage in brief advocacy and applied research processes over the semester.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
What is development What have been the cultural, ecological, and political impacts of development What are the intersections between colonization, development, modernization, and globalization How can we engender development Thiscourse engages a discursive analysis of development, its deconstruction, and reframing within postcolonial and feminist contexts. What are the distinctions between development processes in the global South and the North as mediated by power, class, gender, race, culture, nation, and rural/urban issues Drawing on post-1950 experiences from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this course examines the historical and contemporary challenges toward prioritizing concerns of marginalized communities, especially women, in development processes.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
In this course, we will engage postcolonial frameworks and diverse practices in social and environmental justice in the global South and North. We will examine intersections of nation making and globalization, and the role of international institutions, communities, states, and corporations. In confronting inequities in and between the global North and South, how might we challenge the histories and relations of gender, race and culture, religion, power and class, home and diaspora Attentive to multiple histories, how might we act in ways that empower justice, ethics, and sustainability This class includes a practicum with local social-change organizations.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ANTH 9000.
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3.00 Credits
The integrative seminar is a scholarly process designed to demonstrate critical knowledge in the student's area of study. This seminar is the culminating course for the M.A. program. It provides an opportunity for students to reflect critically upon all work accomplished during the course of the program, while clarifying professional goals. During the seminar, students will locate a particular area of specialization. The term paper will delineate the objectives and domains of the student's area of work, drawing on key theoretical and methodological frameworks in anthropology.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
South Asia in general, and India in particular, produce diverse experiences of marginalization, impoverishment, and social exclusion. This course focuses on the effects of law and public policy on the lives of marginalized people. How does the postcolonial state invisibilize, illegalize, criminalize, or custodialize people who are vulnerable In the context of contemporary South Asia, we will focus on the urban homeless and street children; sex workers and sexual minorities; people living with stigmatized ailments such as leprosy, HIV/AIDS, and mental illness; and persons with disabilities. We will utilize film, law and policy documents, critical analyses, and first-person narratives to make visible complex dynamics of oppression and resistance.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course is designed to build the capacity of students to understand and respond to the complexities of communication across a wide range of intercultural and cross-cultural settings. Connections between theoretical models and practical applications are established through firsthand field research, guest practitioner presentations, and reviews of interdisciplinary literature. This course enhances the work of change agents in a globalizing world by building an appropriate set of research and interpersonal skills for dealing with people from different ethnic, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds.
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