240503 SE MM1 Anthropology’s Concepts: Key Debates and Structural Contradictions (2024S)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Participation at first session is obligatory!The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
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Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").
- Anmeldung von Do 01.02.2024 00:01 bis Mo 26.02.2024 23:59
- Abmeldung bis Mo 18.03.2024 23:59
Details
max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
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Freitag
01.03.
13:15 - 14:45
Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
Montag
11.03.
11:30 - 14:45
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Dienstag
07.05.
13:15 - 16:30
Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
Freitag
17.05.
11:30 - 14:45
Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
N
Mittwoch
29.05.
13:15 - 16:30
Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
Freitag
31.05.
11:30 - 14:45
Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
Freitag
14.06.
11:30 - 14:45
Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
Mittwoch
19.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
This course is part of the introductory curriculum for MA students in social and cultural anthropology. As such, it introduces MA students not to anthropology’s key concepts—with which MA students should already be familiar—but to debates over those concepts. Moreover, rather than locating these conceptual debates solely within a discipline and its internal discourses, the course asks how debates over anthropology’s concepts have instead been shaped in many cases by historical and material forces beyond the discipline. We will consider, then, not anthropology as a bounded discursive field, but rather anthropology as a discipline that often reflects real structural contradictions, not least those of empire, colonialism, and global racial capitalism. The anthropological concepts this course will examine include, but are not limited to, culture and society; race, capital, and economy; structure and symbol; and ethnography and participant observation.
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
The course requires students to read each session’s assigned readings; reflect on the readings in the form of one response paper per session; make one in-class presentation; participate actively in in-class discussion; and submit a final term paper.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
Response papers: 30%
Participation: 30% (5% attendance, 10% in-class participation, 15% in-class presentation)
Term paper: 40%91-100 points: 1 (excellent)
81-90 points: 2 (good)
71-80 points: 3 (satisfactory)
61-70 points: 4 (sufficient)To complete the course, students need to obtain at least 61 points.
Participation: 30% (5% attendance, 10% in-class participation, 15% in-class presentation)
Term paper: 40%91-100 points: 1 (excellent)
81-90 points: 2 (good)
71-80 points: 3 (satisfactory)
61-70 points: 4 (sufficient)To complete the course, students need to obtain at least 61 points.
Prüfungsstoff
The course does not require an exam.
Literatur
Possibilities below - full syllabus available on the first day of class.Abu-Lughod, Lila. 1991. “Writing Against Culture.” In Richard G. Fox, ed., Recapturing Anthropology. American Research Press.Asad, Talal. 1973. “Introduction.” In Talal Asad, ed., Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter. Ithaca Press, 9-20.Boas, Franz. 1911. The Mind of Primitive Man. The Macmillan Company.Durkheim, Emile. 1895. “What Is a Social Fact?” From The Rules of Sociological Method. The Free Press.Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. 2001 (1995). Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology. Pluto Press.Evans-Pritchard, E. E. 1940. "The Nuer of Southern Sudan." In Fortes, M. and E. E. Evans-Pritchard, eds., African Political Systems. Oxford University Press, 272-296.Geertz, Clifford. 1973. The Interpretation of Cultures. Basic Books.Günel, Gokçe. 2019. Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi. Duke University Press.Hurston, Zora Neale. 1935. Mules and Men. Indiana University Press.Jobson, Ryan Cecil. 2019. “The Case for Letting Anthropology Burn: Sociocultural Anthropology in 2019.” American Anthropologist 122(2): 259-271.Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1922. Argonauts of the Western Pacific. Routledge.Mauss, Marcel 1950 (1925). The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies. Norton.Mintz, Sidney. 1986. Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History. Penguin.Morgan, Lewis Henry. 1877. Ancient Society. Henry Holt & Co.Wolf, Eric. 1982. Europe and the People without History. University of California Press.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Letzte Änderung: Mi 15.05.2024 15:26