240528 SE Anthropology of Time (P4) (2023S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 for courses with continuous assessment.
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 01.02.2023 00:01 to Mo 20.02.2023 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Mo 13.03.2023 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
If possible, the course is to be conducted in presence. Due to the respective applicable distance regulations and other measures, adjustments may be made.
- Monday 06.03. 11:30 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Monday 27.03. 11:30 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Monday 24.04. 11:30 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Monday 15.05. 11:30 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
- Friday 02.06. 11:30 - 14:45 Hörsaal A, NIG 4.Stock
- Monday 26.06. 11:30 - 14:45 Übungsraum (A414) NIG 4. Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
A mandatory seminar paper will count for 50% (which equals to 50 points) of the grade. The rest of the grade will be determined by short oral presentations and written handouts, as well as by course participation.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
In order to receive a passing grade, you need at least 60 points. A 'sehr gut' requires at least 90 out of 100 points (a 'gut' at least 80 points, etc.). Attendance is required throughout the semester.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). From winter term 2019/20 the plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used for courses with continuous assessment.
Examination topics
There will be no exams.
Reading list
Abram, Simone
2014 The Time it Takes: Temporalities of Planning. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 20:129-147.Appadurai, Arjun
2013 The Future as Cultural Fact: Essays on the Global Condition. London: Verso.Bear, Laura
2016 Time as Technique. Annual Review of Anthropology 45:487-502.Bender, Barbara
2002 Time and Landscape. Current Anthropology 43:S103-S112.Bogoras, Waldemar
1925 Ideas of Space and Time in the Conception of Primitive Religion. American Anthropologist (n.s.) 27(2):205-266.Boyarin, Jonathan, ed.
1994 Remapping Memory: The Politics of TimeSpace. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.Boyer, Dominic
2006 Ostalgie and the Politics of the Future in Eastern Germany. Public Culture 18(2):361-381.Bryant, Rebecca, and Daniel M. Knight, eds.
2019 The Anthropology of the Future. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Carse, Ashley, and David Kneas
2019 Unbuilt and Unfinished: The Temporalities of Infrastructure. Environment and Society: Advances in Research 10:9-28.Connerton, Paul
1989 How Societies Remember. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Fabian, Johannes
1983 Time and the Other: How Anthropology Makes Its Object. New York: Columbia University Press.Gell, Alfred
1992 The Anthropology of Time: Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images. Oxford: Berg.Gingrich, Andre
1994 Time, Ritual and Social Experience. In Social Experience and Anthropological Knowledge. K. Hastrup and P. Hervik, eds. Pp. 166-79. London: Routledge.Halbwachs, Maurice
1980 The Collective Memory. New York: Harper & Row.Hirsch, Eric, and Charles Stewart
2005 Introduction: Ethnographies of Historicity. History and Anthropology 16(3):261-274.Hubert, Henri
1999 Essay on Time: A Brief Study of the Representation of Time in Religion and Magic. Oxford: Durkheim Press.Hughes, Diane Owen, and Thomas R. Trautmann, eds.
1995 Time: Histories and Ethnologies. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.James, Wendy, and David Mills, eds.
2005 The Qualities of Time: Anthropological Approaches. Oxford: Berg.Janeja, Nanpreet K., and Andreas Bandak, eds.
2018 Ethnographies of Waiting: Doubt, Hope and Uncertainty. London: Bloomsbury Academic.Krech, Shepard, III
2006 Bringing Linear Time Back In. Ethnohistory 53(3):567-593.Lefebvre, Henri
2013 Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time, and Everyday Life. London: Bloomsbury.Munn, Nancy D.
1992 The Cultural Anthropology of Time: A Critical Essay. Annual Review of Anthropology 21:93-123.Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko
1990 Culture Through Time: Anthropological Approaches. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.Pels, Peter
2015 Modern Times: Seven Steps Toward an Anthropology of the Future. Current Anthropology 56(6):779-796.Rao, Vyjayanthi
2013 The Future in Ruins. In Imperial Debris: On Ruins and Ruination. A.L. Stoler, ed. Pp. 287-321. Durham: Duke University Press.Ringel, Felix
2014 Post-industrial Times and the Unexpected: Endurance and Sustainability in Germany’s Fastest-shrinking City. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 20:52-70.Rivkin, Mark
2017 Beyond Settler Time: Temporal Sovereignty and Indigenous Self-Determination. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.Schieffelin, Bambi B.
2002 Marking Time: The Dichotomizing Discourse of Multiple Temporalities. Current Anthropology 43:S5-S17.Ssorin-Chaikov, Nikolai
2017 Two Lenins: A Brief Anthropology of Time. Chicago: HAU Books.Szala-Meneok, Karen
1994 Christmas Janneying and Easter Drinking: Symbolic Inversion, Contingency, and Ritual Time in Coastal Labrador. Arctic Anthropology 31(1):103-116.
2014 The Time it Takes: Temporalities of Planning. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 20:129-147.Appadurai, Arjun
2013 The Future as Cultural Fact: Essays on the Global Condition. London: Verso.Bear, Laura
2016 Time as Technique. Annual Review of Anthropology 45:487-502.Bender, Barbara
2002 Time and Landscape. Current Anthropology 43:S103-S112.Bogoras, Waldemar
1925 Ideas of Space and Time in the Conception of Primitive Religion. American Anthropologist (n.s.) 27(2):205-266.Boyarin, Jonathan, ed.
1994 Remapping Memory: The Politics of TimeSpace. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.Boyer, Dominic
2006 Ostalgie and the Politics of the Future in Eastern Germany. Public Culture 18(2):361-381.Bryant, Rebecca, and Daniel M. Knight, eds.
2019 The Anthropology of the Future. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Carse, Ashley, and David Kneas
2019 Unbuilt and Unfinished: The Temporalities of Infrastructure. Environment and Society: Advances in Research 10:9-28.Connerton, Paul
1989 How Societies Remember. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Fabian, Johannes
1983 Time and the Other: How Anthropology Makes Its Object. New York: Columbia University Press.Gell, Alfred
1992 The Anthropology of Time: Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images. Oxford: Berg.Gingrich, Andre
1994 Time, Ritual and Social Experience. In Social Experience and Anthropological Knowledge. K. Hastrup and P. Hervik, eds. Pp. 166-79. London: Routledge.Halbwachs, Maurice
1980 The Collective Memory. New York: Harper & Row.Hirsch, Eric, and Charles Stewart
2005 Introduction: Ethnographies of Historicity. History and Anthropology 16(3):261-274.Hubert, Henri
1999 Essay on Time: A Brief Study of the Representation of Time in Religion and Magic. Oxford: Durkheim Press.Hughes, Diane Owen, and Thomas R. Trautmann, eds.
1995 Time: Histories and Ethnologies. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.James, Wendy, and David Mills, eds.
2005 The Qualities of Time: Anthropological Approaches. Oxford: Berg.Janeja, Nanpreet K., and Andreas Bandak, eds.
2018 Ethnographies of Waiting: Doubt, Hope and Uncertainty. London: Bloomsbury Academic.Krech, Shepard, III
2006 Bringing Linear Time Back In. Ethnohistory 53(3):567-593.Lefebvre, Henri
2013 Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time, and Everyday Life. London: Bloomsbury.Munn, Nancy D.
1992 The Cultural Anthropology of Time: A Critical Essay. Annual Review of Anthropology 21:93-123.Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko
1990 Culture Through Time: Anthropological Approaches. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.Pels, Peter
2015 Modern Times: Seven Steps Toward an Anthropology of the Future. Current Anthropology 56(6):779-796.Rao, Vyjayanthi
2013 The Future in Ruins. In Imperial Debris: On Ruins and Ruination. A.L. Stoler, ed. Pp. 287-321. Durham: Duke University Press.Ringel, Felix
2014 Post-industrial Times and the Unexpected: Endurance and Sustainability in Germany’s Fastest-shrinking City. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 20:52-70.Rivkin, Mark
2017 Beyond Settler Time: Temporal Sovereignty and Indigenous Self-Determination. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.Schieffelin, Bambi B.
2002 Marking Time: The Dichotomizing Discourse of Multiple Temporalities. Current Anthropology 43:S5-S17.Ssorin-Chaikov, Nikolai
2017 Two Lenins: A Brief Anthropology of Time. Chicago: HAU Books.Szala-Meneok, Karen
1994 Christmas Janneying and Easter Drinking: Symbolic Inversion, Contingency, and Ritual Time in Coastal Labrador. Arctic Anthropology 31(1):103-116.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Tu 21.03.2023 12:49
Topics will include everything from cultural concepts of time, with its cycles and rhythms, to time-keeping practices, to economic and political dimensions of modernity, to the social role of future projections and forecasting. Likewise, memory and related emotions (such as nostalgia) as well as the states of suspension, waiting and anticipation, will be important objects of attention. Indigenous concepts of time will be juxtaposed to “settler-time” and Western modernity, in an effort to go beyond a Eurocentric understanding of temporality.
In addition to anthropological publications, we will review contributions by historians, cultural studies and literary scholars, and specialists from related disciplines, who have traditionally focused on the temporal dimensions of human existence. Philosophy, sociology and religious studies, on the other hand, will also be taken into account, as far as they have added to the discussion. The course will have seminar character, meaning that students’ input and discussions of the texts will be central. In addition to reading and discussion circles, the course will include a creative assignment drawing on popular culture, art, and media sources.