POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY in Fall 2024 (AN2003)

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Using ethnographic case studies, considers issues of power and political institutions from the cross-cultural and holistic perspectives of anthropology. Discusses diverse definitions of power, authority, and charisma and relates them to the development of a variety of approaches in the field of anthropology, and the social sciences more generally.

Course Master: 
POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (AN2003)
Term: 
Fall 2024
Discipline: 
AN (Anthropology)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Exam Date: 
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 - 12:30
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Students taking this course will learn how to read/understand the history of region and critically asses the impact it has on the development of a society
  2. Students will become aware of the Western bias of historical and political trajectories in order to analyze the colonial/post colonial violence inflicted on different people
  3. Students will learn to analyze a specific conflict through the lens of political anthropology
  4. Student will learn assemble material in the form of a portfolio in order to understand a conflict or issue in depth

Syllabus

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Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, September 2, 2024
End Date: 
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
12:10
13:30
Q-509
Friday
12:10
13:30
Q-509