POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (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.

Code: 
AN2003
Name: 
POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Discipline: 
AN (Anthropology)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

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

Offering(s)

Term Code Name
Fall 2024 AN2003 POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

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