ASB 311 Principles of Social Anthropology/ASU West/Prof.
Koptiuch
Course Description, Goals:
From "Unga Bungaís" to the
Nacirema, from the Hottentot Venus to the Silicon Woman--Discover the fascinating
discipline of anthropology and its transnational perspectives on relations
of culture, power, people, and place in diverse global societies.
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develop your own critical anthropological
perspective with which to interpret and evaluate contemporary events and
issues more incisively---invaluable to any career!
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sharpen your analytical, critical
thinking, and writing skills
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explore colonial/postcolonial relations,
First/Third Worlds, modern/postmodern histories, local/global interactions,
sovereign/subaltern identities, real/surreal/hyperreal/virtual realities
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diversify your knowledge base with
historically-situated, cross-cultural research on cultural practices, social
and identity struggles, political-economic processes, global scope
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grounded in ethnographic fieldwork
research methods and observational techniques, and a critical understanding
of the poetics and politics of ethnographic representations of Otherness
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