ANTHR 4437
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Classes
ANTHR 4437
Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.
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)
Comments Co-meets with ANTHR 7437.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 7437
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Uris Hall 382
Instructors
Welker, M
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Additional Information
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