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240032 VO BM7 Introduction to political anthropology (2025S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Di 04.03. 13:15-14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß

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Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

    Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

    • Dienstag 11.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
    • Dienstag 18.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
    • Dienstag 25.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
    • Dienstag 01.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
    • Dienstag 08.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
    • Dienstag 29.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
    • Dienstag 06.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
    • Dienstag 13.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
    • Dienstag 20.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
    • Dienstag 27.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
    • Dienstag 03.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
    • Dienstag 10.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
    • Dienstag 17.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
    • Dienstag 24.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß

    Information

    Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

    How has anthropology approached the study of power and politics? How can political institutions, forms of governance, and moments of resistance be constituted as objects of anthropological study? And in what ways have political and social developments shaped the production of anthropological knowledge? In this course, students will explore the dynamic relationship between power, politics, anthropological theory, and ethnographic research. We will begin by examining different theories of power that have shaped the field of political anthropology. From there, we will engage with key topics and themes that political anthropologists have studied, such as the state and bureaucracies; colonialism and capitalism; ‘race’, migration and borders; humanitarianism and ‘development,’ gender and sexuality; resistance and social movements. We will also consider how anthropologists have understood anthropology and its methods as inherently political shaped by and evolving alongside the very processes they study. Students will be encouraged to think critically about how concepts in political anthropology transform and travel across contexts, and how these ideas can illuminate contemporary social issues. The course is organized around interactive lectures, with the instructor delivering presentations alongside student engagement activities such as discussions, reflections and pair-work.

    By the end of the course, students should be able to:
    Identify, contextualize and compare major trends in political anthropology.
    Critically analyze foundational concepts and theoretical frameworks in political anthropology.
    Apply key concepts to real-world phenomena, such as political events, social movements, and governance practices.
    Construct well-supported arguments about the intersection of anthropology with broader political processes.

    The course will be conducted in English. The course will include an accompanying tutorial. The tutorial will be led by Ariane Sasaba.

    Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

    The course carries 5 ECTS credits. There will be a final exam for this class worth 100% of the final grade. The final exam will include questions on lecture content and select readings from the literature, which will be specified at the end of the course. A grade bonus will be available for students who participate in tutorials. Please note that no aids will be permitted during the exam.

    Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

    Grading scale
    A = 1 (Very Good): 87 - 100% / B = 2 (Good): 75 - 86,99% / C = 3 (Satisfactory): 63 - 74,99% /
    D = 4 (Enough): 50 - 62,99% / F = 5 (Not Enough): 00 - 49,99%

    Prüfungsstoff

    Literatur

    Literature (tentative)
    The final reading list will be distributed during our first meeting.
    Abu-Lughod, L. (1990) ‘The Romance of Resistance: Tracing Transformations of Power Through Bedouin Women’, American Ethnologist, 17(1), pp. 4155.
    Benton, A. (2016) ‘Risky Business: Race, Nonequivalence, and the Humanitarian Politics of Life’, Visual Anthropology, 29(2), pp. 187202.
    Bonilla, Y. and Rosa, J. (2015) ‘#Ferguson: Digital Protest, Hashtag Ethnography, and the Racial Politics of Social Media in the United States’, American Ethnologist, 42(1), pp. 417.
    De Genova, N. (2005) Working the Boundaries: Race, Space, and "Illegality" in Mexican Chicago. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
    Fassin, D. (2011) ‘Policing Borders, Producing Boundaries: The Governmentality of Immigration in Dark Times’, Annual Review of Anthropology, 40, pp. 213226.
    Gupta, A. (1995) ‘Blurred Boundaries: The Discourse of Corruption, the Culture of Politics, and the Imagined State’, American Ethnologist, 22(2), pp. 375402.
    Ortner, S.B. (2016) ‘Dark Anthropology and Its Others: Theory Since the Eighties’, Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 6(1), pp. 4773.
    Stoler, A.L. (1991) ‘Making Empire Respectable: The Politics of Race and Sexual Morality in 20th-Century Colonial Cultures’, American Ethnologist, 16(4), pp. 634660.
    Tuck, E. and Yang, K.W. (2014) ‘R-Words: Refusing Research’, in Paris, D. and Winn, M.T. (eds.) Humanizing Research: Decolonizing Qualitative Inquiry with Youth and Communities. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, pp. 223248.
    Tsing, A.L. (2015) The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

    Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

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