ANTHR 4437

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ANTHR 4437
Ethnographies of Development

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024. Courses of Study 2023-2024 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This seminar develops an ethnographic approach to projects aiming to improve the human condition. Our object of study - development, humanitarianism, and the will to improve - is defined capaciously to allow for the study of projects ranging in orientation from politically conservative to progressive and revolutionary; from religious to secular; and from the global South to the global North. Whether we are studying construction megaprojects or hygiene lessons, programs for preserving tradition or introducing modernity, climate change mitigation efforts or truth commissions, we will explore ethnographically the actors, targets, explicit motives, practical techniques, and intended and unintended consequences. Our aim will be to link the micropolitics of lived experience and intersubjective relations to the macropolitics that structure and enable improvement projects.

When Offered Fall.

Breadth Requirement (GB)
Distribution Category (CA-AS, GLC-AS, SCD-AS)
Course Attribute (CU-SBY, EC-SEAP)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ANTHR 7437

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18881 ANTHR 4437   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18882 ANTHR 4437   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Welker, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies