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3.00 Credits
SO Z.Ngwane An introduction to the basic ideas and methods of social anthropology. Examines major theoretical and ethnographic concerns of the discipline from its origins to the present, such as family and kinship, production and reproduction, history and evolution, symbolism and representation, with particular attention to such issues as race and racism, gender and sexuality, class, and ethnicity. Prerequisite: Not open to students who have completed BMC ANTH 102. (Satisfies the social justice requirement.)
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3.00 Credits
SO (Cross-listed in Peace and Conflict Studies) Staff A broad overview of the study of conflict, peace and peace-building. Topics include: militarization, nuclearization, ethnic conflict, genocide, social movements, and non-violence, with special emphasis on understanding the historical and cultural contexts of conflicts and peacebuilding efforts. (Satisfies the social justice requirement.)
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3.00 Credits
SO Z.Ngwane (Satisfies the freshman writing requirement.)
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3.00 Credits
SO (Cross-listed in Religion and Writing Program and African and Africana Studies) Z.Ngwane (Satisfies the freshman writing requirement.)
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3.00 Credits
SO Z.Ngwane A comparative exploration of the socio-cultural politics of gender, with particular reference to masculinity, the course combines an intellectual historical approach (i.e.) how the related notions of maleness, manhood and masculinity have featured in the history of social thought and a thematic focus on issues such as the men's movements, popular culture, queer movement, etc. While the course will be grounded on an anthropological notion of the social basis of power, culture and identity formation, the readings will nonetheless be interdisciplinary -- including historical narratives, literature and film ethnographies (from Africa and the United States) and critical work from fields such as queer, feminist and postcolonial studies. Typically offered in alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
SO (Cross-listed in Gender and Sexuality Studies) B.Uygun The cultural construction of gender and sexuality, kinship, inheritance, and marriage; the performative dimensions of sexual identity; the cultural politics of motherhood; myths of matriarchy; ideologies of masculinity and femininity. Not open to students who have completed ANTH 216b or ANTH 106 at Bryn Mawr. Offered occasionally.
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3.00 Credits
SO M.Gillette In this course we examine artisanal and artistic production, and how such productive systems intertwine with other aspects of social organization, such as kinship and gender, and are affected by large-scale forces, such as marketization and globalization. Students will conduct independent research on a small-scale producer in the Philadelphia area. Prerequisite: Anthropology 102 or 103. Offered occasionally.
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3.00 Credits
SO L.Hart This course looks at the social and cultural foundations of a category of things referred to as "art." We examine the properties of these things and of the people who make, trade, exhibit, and look at art, and ask why they (we) do that. This involves a) understanding, and making theory about, the general development of the concept and uses of "art" in European civilization, as well how and why objects from "exotic" (that is, colonized) societies (in particular Africa, Native America, and Australia) have been identified and collected as a particular kind of art ("primitive art") and b) exploring the "power of images" in diverse societies and social contexts. These questions allow us to challenge our received conceptions of what art is and does and to broaden our understanding of human creativity beyond conventional notions of art, taste, and value, and power. Prerequisite: One course in Anthropology or consent of the instructor. Typically offered in alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
SO M.Gillette,J.Shipley Examines the history and development of anthropology's relationship to the visual, focusing particularly on ethnographic film. Explores the relationship between ethnographic texts and visual ethnographic materials in socio-cultural anthropology. Visual ethnography investigated as a mode for representing culture and a site of cultural practice. Special attention paid to questions of collaboration and documentary for social change. Students produce ethnographic films in crews for final projects. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 at Haverford or 102 at Bryn Mawr. Typically offered in alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
SO (Cross-listed in Comparative Literature) M.Gillette What kinds of uses, values, and meanings do people attribute to objects Why do museums exist as special sites for housing objects What do museums do to objects, how, and why This course is a comparative and historical introduction to museums and objects, and an overview of the kinds of things anthropologists do in and around museums. Students conduct research on museums (museums as the object of research) and museum research (research as museum professionals). Offered occasionally.
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