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21A 219J: Law and Society
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Studies legal reasoning, types of law and legal systems, and relationship of law to social class and social change. Emphasis on the profession and practice of law including legal education, stratification within the bar, and the politics of legal services. Investigation of emerging issues in the relationship between institutions of law and science.
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21A 225J: Violence, Human Rights, and Justice
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
An examination of the problem of mass violence and oppression in the contemporary world, and of the concept of human rights as a defense against such abuse. Explores questions of cultural relativism, race, gender and ethnicity. Examines case studies from war crimes tribunals, truth commissions, anti-terrorist policies and other judicial attempts to redress state-sponsored wrongs. Considers whether the human rights framework effectively promotes the rule of law in modern societies. Students debate moral positions and address ideas of moral relativism.
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21A 226: Ethnic and National Identity
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
An introduction to the cross-cultural study of ethnic and national identity. Students explore the history of nationalism, focusing on ideologies about the nation-state, and look at the ways gender, religious and racial identities intersect with ethnic and national ones. Ethnic conflict is examined, along with the emergence of social movements based on identity, in particular indigenous rights movements and the ways culture can become highly politicized. Finally, students discuss the effects of globalization, migration, and transnational institutions. Enrollment limited.
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21A 228: Practicum in Global Health and Development
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Provides training for students to critically analyze the relationship between "health" and "development." Draws upon the theory and methods of medical anthropology, social medicine, public health, and development to track how culture, history, and political economy influence health and disease in global communities. Students work in teams to formulate research questions, and collect and analyze qualitative data in clinical and community settings in the greater Boston area, in order to design effective development interventions aimed at reducing health disparities in the US and abroad.
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21A 229: Introduction to Disability in Local and Global Contexts
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Challenges common assumptions of what disability is. Considers broader questions through the lens of disability, about international development, human rights, citizenship, identity, and community formation. Students read diverse texts, such as human rights documents, ethnographies, autobiographies, and social theory. Discusses whether a universal disability experience exists, as well as issues and tensions involved in writing about and representing disability.
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21A 232J: Rethinking the Family, Sex, and Gender
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cross-cultural case studies introduce students to the anthropological study of the social institutions and symbolic meanings of family, gender, and sexuality. Investigates the different forms families and households take and considers their social, emotional, and economic dynamics. Analyzes how various expectations for, and experiences of, family life are rooted in or challenged by particular conceptions of gender and sexuality. Addresses questions surrounding what it means to be a "man" or a "woman," as well as a family member, in different social contexts.
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21A 235: American Dream: Exploring Class in the US
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Americans have historically preferred to think of the United States in classless terms, as a land of economic opportunity equally open to all. Yet, social class remains a central fault line in the US. Subject explores the experiences and understandings of class among Americans positioned at different points along the US social spectrum. Considers a variety of classic frameworks for analyzing social class and uses memoirs, novels and ethnographies to gain a sense of how class is experienced in daily life and how it intersects with other forms of social difference such as race and gender.
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21A 236: What is Capitalism?
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Introduces academic debates on the nature of capitalism, drawing upon the ideas of scholars as diverse as Adam Smith and Karl Marx. Examines anthropological studies of how contemporary capitalism plays out in people's daily lives in a range of geographic and social settings, and implications for how we understand capitalism today. Settings range from Wall Street investment banks to auto assembly plants, from family businesses to consumer shopping malls.
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21A 242J: The Science of Race, Sex, and Gender
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Examines the role of science and medicine in the origins and evolution of the concepts of race, sex, and gender from the 17th century to the present. Focus on how biological, anthropological, and medical concepts intersect with social, cultural, and political ideas about racial, sexual, and gender difference in the US and globally. Approach is historical and comparative across disciplines emphasizing the different modes of explanation and use of evidence in each field.
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21A 245J: Power: Interpersonal, Organizational and Global Dimensions
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Using examples from anthropology and sociology alongside classical and contemporary social theory, subject explores the nature of dominant and subordinate relationships, types of legitimate authority, and practices of resistance. Examines how we are influenced in subtle ways by the people around us, who makes controlling decisions in the family, how people get ahead at work, and whether democracies, in fact, reflect the will of the people.
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