Anthropology Course

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Social Anthropology 1B 2011-12

SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1B(SCAN08002)

2011/2012

COURSE GUIDELINES, LECTURE PROGRAMME,

READING LIST

THE UNIVERSITYof EDINBURGH

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

*This booklet should be read in conjunction with the 2011-12, Social and Political

Science, Stdent !and"oo# - a guide to common inormation and procedures or

students in irst and!or second year courses throughout the School" There you will

ind detailed inormation on a wide #ariety o topics $including assessment o

coursework% criteria or grading work% plagiarism% study skills% course e#aluation%

etc"&" $$$%&'&%ed%ac%#())data(a&&et&($od)doc(000+(2.(SPS/ea1)and)2!-

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'hat is Social Anthropology(

Social Anthropology is the comparati#e study o human conduct and thought in their

social conte)t" Societies around the world #ary enormously in their social% cultural

and political orms% and their indi#idual members display an initially o#erwhelming

di#ersity o ideas and beha#iour" The study o these #ariations% and the commonhumanity which underlies them and renders them intelligible to sympathetic outsiders%

lies at the heart o Social Anthropology" Anthropologists ac*uire their inormation

through a distincti#e method termed +participant obser#ation," This means that they

spend many months or e#en years li#ing among the people with whom they are

researching% sharing their e)periences as ar as possible% and hence attempting to gain

a well-rounded understanding o that society and o the acti#ities and opinions o its

members"

The remainder of this booklet* provides:

*a map detailing the location of Social Anthropology and the lecture theatre*details concerning the teaching of the course

*details concerning the assessment of the course

*communication between students and teaching staff

* a guide to Reading Materials

* a week-by-week course programme

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Social Anthropology is located at

C&tal Macillan 3ildin4 5CM36

17A Geo4e S8ae

The lectures will be held in

Da9id !e To$e, Lecte Teate A

Monda& and T&da&, 1.%10-1%00

The #ideos will be held in

Da9id !e To$e, Lecte Teate C

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A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO T!E COURSE

I% Ai&, Leanin4 Otcoe&, Tan&:ea"le S#ill&

1% Ai&

This semester-long course aims to help students de#elop a sound basic knowledge and

a critical understanding o the rele#ance o the academic discipline o Social

Anthropology to de#elopmental challenges worldwide" /t emphasises the practical

rele#ance o Social Anthropology to the challenges o promoting de#elopment% social

justice% and well-being" /t e)plores both the actual and potential beneits o

ethnography $o places organiations% and kinds o acti#ity&% o analytical and

conceptual anthropology% and o anthropological methods and #alues" /t also e)plores

the actors that limit or acilitate the potential practical #alue o anthropology% and

compares the respecti#e contributions o anthropologists working rom within and

outside academia"

2% Leanin4 Otcoe&

Students will gain an understanding o ethnography as both process and product an

historical appreciation o the de#elopment o the concepts o ieldwork and begin to

apply that understanding to ethnographic works" They will become amiliar with

more o the basic anthropological concepts and the analysis o cultural materials rom

around the world"

;% Tan&:ea"le S#ill&

'hile studying Social Anthropology% students will be encouraged to gain or urther

de#elop a range o other useul skills

reading and writing skills - e)ercising and impro#ing their skills in reading

unamiliar and oten comple) material% students are e)pected to order their own

arguments and present them in the orm o written essays" eturned with

comments% these essays will orm an important part o the o#erall assessment"

oral skills - de#eloping urther their skills in communicating comple) material in a

clear and engaging way% students are e)pected to participate in the tutorial

discussions which are ocused on the oral presentation o sophisticated argumentsand debates"

bibliographical skills - in presenting their written and oral work% students are

e)pected to learn how to use the #arious libraries at the 3ni#ersity and to

amiliarie themsel#es with the ways in which bibliographical inormation should

be compiled% edited and presented"

word-processing skills - with easy access to computers and a #ariety o computing

courses% students are e)pected to word-process their essays and learn to use email

$in order to contact tutors&"

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using the 'eb - becoming accustomed to accessing rele#ant web sites $both in the

conte)t o tutorial discussions and the writing o essays& constitutes an important

part o this course"

II% Teacin4

1% Lecte&

There are two 50 minute lectures e#ery week Monda& < T&da&, 1.%10 to

1%00"

2% Lecte Otline

Intodction $6r 7oost 8ontein 9 6r :eil Thin&

3ette Li9in4 To4 Anto'olo4= Co&&-cltal Stdie& o: >ell"ein4

$6r :eil Thin&

Although more commonly associated with the study o harm and its mitigation% social

science can help us understand how people conceptualise and try to achie#e good

li#es and good societies" The distincti#e contributions o anthropology come rom

holistic andcross-cultural studies which e)plore the interplay between uni#ersals anddi#ersity in the ways in which wellbeing is anticipated% e)perienced% and e#aluated%

and in the ways in which it eatures in ideas about what a good society should be like"

This section o the course in#ites you to consider not only the contributions

anthropology has made and could make to understanding well-being and the

conceptualisation o indi#iduals and their li#es and e)periences% but also whether the

study o anthropology could help you lead a better lie and help others to do so too"

En9ionent&, Land&ca'e& < O"?ect&$6r 7oost 8ontein&

Stu matters" 'e all e)ist materially and in a material world% and these dimensions o

peoples, li#es are not separate rom culture% history or politics but undamentally

intertwined with them" The lectures in this hal o the course will in#ite you to

consider how anthropology has engaged with three important and inter-related aspects

o what we might loosely call material culture these are landscapes% en#ironments

and objects" 'e begin by considering en#ironmentalism by ocusing particularly on

*uestions o nature 9 culture% the cultural construction o nature 9 gender and the

politics o conser#ation" The ne)t three lectures will e)plore the anthropology o

landscape% the connection between landscape and memory% and the power inherent inspace and particularly maps" The last three lectures will look at objects% beginning

with an e)ploration o how political ideologies can be embedded in public and pri#ate

spaces% ollowed by an e)ploration o the social li#es o things% and inishing with a

discussion o how objects dothings $ie ha#e agency&"

;% Ttoial&

Tutorials pro#ide an opportunity or you to discuss your own ideas and your reaction

to the readings and lectures" The tutors will also assist you in the organiation o your

essays and preparation or the e)am at the end o the year"

;ach tutorial consists o 10-15 students" Tutorials meet weekly% starting in the second

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week o the course" Thus% o :i&t ttoial ta#e& 'lace in te $ee# &tatin4

Monda, 2; @ana 2012"

Tutorial attendance and the prompt submission o coursework are re*uirements or all

students" Students who ail to attend at least si) out o nine tutorials without good

reason will ha#e their inal mark reduced by one percentage point or eachunappro#ed absence abo#e the threshold% and will not ha#e their inal marks raised i

their perormance o#erall is borderline"

Please note that pressure of work or problems of time management are not

considered an acceptable reason for non-attendance at tutorials or for late

submission of work.

!o$ to &i4n '

By the time you read this you should $i pre-registered or the course& ha#e recei#ed

an email asking you to sign up or a tutorial online using


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1% E&&a

ou are re*uired to write one essay% with the ollowing task

Write a review essay focusing mainly on O! ethnographic monograph" payingparticular attention to whether and how it reveals the #uality of people$s lives and

e%periences&

The essay is to be submitted by 12 noon on


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is considered one o the most serious oences in the academic world" /t is dealt with

accordingly" 6o not copy work rom other sources% including the internet" See the

link $http!!www"sps"ed"ac"uk!undergrad!yearF1F2!whatFisFplagiarism& or urther

inormation on the policy on plagiarism% and how to a#oid plagiarism in your work"

!O> TO SU3MIT /OUR ESSA/ ELECTRONICALL/

TnitinF

The School is now using the +Turnitin, system to check that essays submitted or irst

and second-year courses do not contain plagiarised material" Turnitin compares e#ery

essay against a constantly-updated database% which highlights all plagiarised work"

In&tction& :o &"ittin4 o e&&a

/o &t &"it one 'a'e co' o: o e&&a in te e&&a "o $Dround 8loor

@og in to 'eb@T #ia


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H%=n returning to the assignment inbo)% you can #iew your submission to make sure

e#erything is as it should be"

10%@licking on the title you ga#e your assignment opens a #iewer that displays your

submission and also contains the paper /6 which can be used by the administrators o

the system to identiy your work i there is a problem"

11%@licking on the document icon in the contents column allows you to see your

work in its original submitted ormat"

ou can also ollow this link or more detailed instructions

http!!www"ed"ac"uk!polopolyFs!1"22.?4Iile


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2% Te inal Ea Pa'e

The ;)amination consists o one paper and takes place at the end o: te &ee&te" /t

will pro#ide ?0Q o your 6egree ;)amination mark" /n your tutorials% towards the

end o the course% you will ha#e the opportunity to prepare or the e)am by re#iewing

course materials% considering re#ision strategies% practising e)am *uestions% and soon" 6etails o the e)am will be pro#ided at a later date"

our inal grade will be decided between your tutor% the course organier% and the

Board o e)aminers" /n the course o the tutorials you will ha#e the opportunity to

discuss criteria and processes o assessment" Lnowing how you are being assessed

ought to help you produce work that we will be glad to gi#e a high markI

Note egistration or degree e)aminations is handled automatically by the

3ni#ersity,s student record system" ou are% howe#er% responsible or checking that

the details against your own name are correct" ou should do this #ia the ;dinburgh

Student Eortal around the third or ourth week o semester 2 and ad#ise your 6irector

o Studies i there are any discrepancies"

In ode to acie9e a De4ee Pa&& in Social Anto'olo4 13 &tdent& &t 'a&&

te Eaination% Te 'a&& a# i& 0% See Scool "oo#let :o detail& o: :te

e8ieent& :o a co&e 'a&&%

I% Conication&

/ you ha#e any problems% they should be taken irst o all to your tutor" The easiest

time to see your tutor is just beore or ater a tutorial" iaison @ommittee meets to discuss students, ideas about the teaching o the

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R Access to lots o good anthropology te)ts #ia AnthroSource

www"anthrosource"net

By way o introduction to the subject% you may ind the ollowing books helpul

Barnard% A" 2000 Social Anthropology A .oncise 2ntroduction for Students&Somerset Studymates

@arrithers% ughod% >" $1KJJ& 7eiled Sentiments honor and poetry in a /edouin society"

Berkeley 3ni#ersity o @aliornia EressAdelson% :aomi% 2000%/eing Alive Well 6ealth and the olitics of .ree Well-/eing&

3ni#ersity o Toronto Eress

Ahmed% Amineh $200J& Sorrow and 1oy among Muslim Women )he ukhtuns of

orthern akistan&@ambridge 3ni#ersity Eress

Becker% Day $1KJ.& 8rowing Old in Silence&Berkeley 3ni#ersity o @aliornia Eress

Becker% Day $1KKC& 3isrupted +ives 6ow eople .reate Meaning in a .haotic

World& Berkeley 3ni#ersity o @aliornia Eress

Benedict% uth $1K.5&atterns of .ulture" >ondon outledge

Boddy% 7anice $1KJK& Wombs and Alien Spirits Women" Men" and the 9:r .ult in

orthern Sudan"


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;der% 7ames 8 $1KJC& On the road to tribal e%tinction depopulation" deculuration"

and adaptive well-being among the /atak of the hilippines& Berkeley

3ni#ersity o @aliornia Eress 8T online

http!!publishing"cdlib"org!ucpressebooks!#iew(

doc/dUt5s200C01*ueryUbrandUucpress

;pstein% Arnold >" $1KK2&2n the Midst of +ife Affect and 2deation in the World of the

)olai& Berkeley 3ni#ersity o @aliornia Eress

;#ans-Eritchard% ;";" $1K.C& Witchcraft" Oracles" and Magic Among the A0ande "

=)ord @larendon Eress

8ong% Manessa $2004& Only 6ope .oming of Age under .hina$s One-.hild olicy"

Stanord Stanord 3ni#ersity Eress

Dardner% Laty $2002& Age" arrative and Migration )he +ife .ourse and +ife

6istories of /engali !lders in +ondon" =)ord Berg

Dee% 8rancis >im Lhek% 200J% 2magining the 8ood +ife egotiating .ulture and

3evelopment in epal 6imalaya&>eiden Brill

Deert% @liord $1K?0& )he Religion of 1ava" @hicago 3ni#ersity o @hicago Eress

Dregor% Thomas $1KJ5&An%ious leasures the Se%ual +ives of an Ama0onian eople"

@hicago 3ni#ersity o @hicago Eress

Drima% Benedicte $1KK2& )he erformance of !motion among a%tun Women&Austin

3ni#ersity o Te)as Eress

Oochschild% Arlie " $1KJ.& )he Managed 6eart .ommerciali0ation of 6uman

,eeling&Berkeley% 3ni#ersity o @aliornia Eress

Oowell% :ancy $2010& +ife 6istories of the 3obe =>ung ,ood" ,atness" and Well-being over the +ife-span&3ni#ersity o @aliornia Eress

Oowell% :ancy $2010&+ife 6istories of the 3obe =>ung ,ood" ,atness" and Well-

being over the +ife-span&3ni#ersity o @aliornia Eress

7osephides% >isette $200K&Melanesian Odysseys egotiating the Self" arrative" and

Modernity" =)ord Berghahn

Laperer% Bruce% 1KJ.%A .elebration of 3emons&/ndiana 3ni#ersity Eress

Layser-7ones% 7eanie S $1KJ1& Old" Alone" and eglected .are of the Aged in the

?nited States and Scotland" Berkeley 3ni#ersity o @aliornia Eress 8T online

at http!!publishing"cdlib"org!ucpressebooks!#iew(doc/dUt1c?00.)?>amb% Sarah% $2000& White Saris and Sweet Mangoes Aging" 8ender" and /ody in

orth 2ndia& Berkeley 3ni#ersity o @aliornia Eress 8T online at

http!!publishing"cdlib"org!ucpressebooks!#iew(

doc/dUt45J00?c0*ueryUmangoesbrandUucpress

>amb% Sarah% $200K&Aging and the 2ndian 3iaspora .osmopolitan ,amilies in 2ndia

and Abroad" Bloomington /ndiana 3ni#ersity Eress

>e#y% obert /"% $1KC.& )ahitians Mind and !%perience in the Society 2slands&

@hicago 3ni#ersity o @hicago Eress

>im% Dee $200J&2magining the 8ood +ife egotiating .ulture and 3evelopment inepal 6imalaya&>eiden Brill

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>ock% ondon

;arthscan

Turnbull% @olin ampala Women 8etting by Wellbeing in the )ime of

A23S&>ondon 7ames @urrey

'eston% Lath $200J& )raveling +ight On the Road with America$s oor& Boston%


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>ondon 3ni#ersity o @hicago Eress

please note that a large number o e)cellent ethnographies are a#ailable to download

ree at http!!publishing"cdlib"org!ucpressebooks

/n addition% you may like to look at some o the ollowing ethnographic monographs

which are rele#ant to the second hal o the course

Bender Barbara $1KKJ& Stonehenge Making space% >ondon Berg

8ontein% 7oost $200?& )he Silence of 8reat 9imbabwe .ontested +andscapes and the

olitics of 6eritage% >ondon 3cl Eress

>an% 6a#id $1KJ5& 8uns C Rain% =)ord 7ames @urrey

>atour% Bruno and Ste#e 'oolgar $1KCK&+aboratory +ife )he Social .onstruction of

Scientific ,acts" Be#erly Oills Sage Eublications


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>ee# 1

Monda Co&e Intodction

1. @an D Neil Tin < D @oo&t ontein

3ETTER LIING T!ROUG! ANT!ROPOLOG/= CROSS-CULTURALSTUDIES O >ELL3EING

>ee#& 1-7

T&da 1H @ana - T&da 1. e"a 5H lecte&6

D Neil Tin

Social science tends to be associated with social problems with the study o harm

and its mitigation" But it can also help us understand how people conceptualise and

try to achie#e good li#es and good societies" To sketch out possibilities or social

progress re*uires recognition and analysis o both suering and wellbeing% o

pathologies and social goods" The distincti#e contributions o anthropology comerom holistic and cross-cultural studies which e)plore the interplay between

uni#ersals and di#ersity in the ways in which wellbeing is anticipated% e)perienced%

and e#aluated% and in the ways in which it eatures in ideas about what a good society

should be like" This section o the course in#ites you to consider the contributions

anthropology has made and could make to understanding well-being and the

conceptualisation o indi#iduals and their li#es and e)periences" ou are also in#ited

to think about whether the study o anthropology could help you lead a better lie and

help others to do so too"

T&da Roantici& and citi8e& o: odenit

1H @an

A 4eat deal o: eal etno4a' $a& co'o&ed a& an antidote to

$e&ten etnocentic &4ne&& and aci&% Man &eeed to

:ollo$ an n$itten le tat o cold "e citical o: $e&ten

clte "t not o: non$e&ten clte% Teatent o: $ell-"ein4

$a& tee:oe na9el oantic, e9en i: it al&o o::eed &oe

&e:ll 'o9ocati9e callen4e& to $e&ten conce't& o: 'o4e&&%

Je eadin4

Sahlins% ondon Ta#istock

http!!www"appropriate-economics"org!materials!Sahlins"pd

Laplan% 6a#id% 2000% +The darker side o the P=riginal Aluent

SocietyP,"1ournal of Anthropological Research5?%..01-.24

te eadin4

'ilk% ichard% 1KKK% +Wuality o lie and the anthropological

perspecti#e"N,eminist !conomics 5%2 K1-K.

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>ee% ichard B"% 1KK2% +Art% science% or politics( The @risis in Ounter-

Datherer Studies,"American Anthropologist K4% 1 .1-54

Monda Teoetical a''oace& to $ell"ein4

2; @anAnto'olo4ical teatent o: a''ine&& in co&&cltal

'e&'ecti9e i& onl 9e ecentl "e4innin4 to ee4e, alto4

ti& tee $a& 'oinent in &ocial and oal 'ilo&o' in te

1Htcent% Ti& ne$ tend i& intodced, alon4 $it &oe #e

de"ate& in te co&&-cltal &td o: '&colo4ical $ell-"ein4 and

tei i'lication& :o 'olic%

Je eadin4

@hristopher% 7ohn @"% 1KKK% +Situating psychological well-being

e)ploring the cultural roots o its theory and research", 1ournal of.ounseling and 3evelopmentCC% 2141-152

te eadin4

Thin% :eil% 200J% +Dood eelings and good li#es why anthropology

can ill aord to ignore well-being," /n D"


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Di&c&&ion o: a''ine&& o o: te 4oodne&& o: li:e e8ie& &oe

conce't o: te indi9idal $o&e $ell-"ein4 i& "ein4 con&ideed% >e

e'loe ee &oe o: te di9e&it in &el:-conce't& and in

e9alation o: te &el: tat need to "e con&ideed i: $e ae to

de9elo' co&&-cltal nde&tandin4 o: a''ine&&%

Je eadin4

ell"ein4 to4 te li:e co&e 1 /ot

;0 @an

>ell"ein4 tee& a9e "een &li4tl oe 'oinent in

anto'olo4ie& o: cildood tan in ote aea& o: anto'olo4%Di&co&e& o: 'aentin4, &coolin4, and cildcae 4i9e &ton4 cle&

a"ot cltal 9ale&% 3t oden &ocial &cience and &ocial 'olic

a9e intodced ne$ 'ediatic and 'eda4o4ical di&co&e& $ic

a9e &teeed o attention :o cildood a''ine&& to &::ein4

and acadeic acie9eent% Cildood i& an el&i9e conce't "ot

a li:e &ta4e in it& o$n i4t and a 'elde to adltood%

Je eadin4

Eanter-Brick% @atherine% 2002% +Street children% human rights% and

public health a criti*ue and uture directions," Annual Review ofAnthropology.114CC1

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adhakrishnan% E" 9 @han% 6" L-S"% 1KKC% +@ultural dierences in the

relation between sel-discrepancy and lie satisaction e)amining

personal and parental goals", 2nternational 1ournal of sychology".2

.JC-.KJ

>ut% @atherine% 1KJ.% NEarental goals% ethnopsychology and thede#elopment o emotional meaningN"!thos11%4%24?-2?2

Monda >ell"ein4 to4 te li:e co&e 2 idli:e ci&i&

. e"

Li:e &ta4e& and tan&ition& can "e a''oaced a& "iolo4ical,

conolo4ical, &ociolo4ical, o cltal 'enoena% Ti& lecte

e'loe& &oe etno4a'ie& o: coon idli:e ci&i& and $at

te tell & a"ot conce't& o: li:e co&e and $ell"ein4 in di::eent

cltal contet&%

Je eadin4

Becker% Day% 1KK4% +


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/ntimacies Between >o#e and Se) Around the 'orld" '" 7ankowiak%

ed" @olumbia 3ni#ersity Eress% pp" 1-.?

www"pstc"brown"edu!nmu!introQ20intimaciesF'7ankowiak"pd

Oatield% ;laine% and ichard >" apson $2002&" +Eassionate lo#e and

se)ual desire @ross-cultural and historical perspecti#es", /n A"Mangelisti% O" T" eis% 9 e

$ill al&o loo# at &oe o: te liteate on o$ e9oltiona :acto&

in:lence o e'eience o: te natal en9ionent%

Je eadin4

>ansing% 7" Stephen $1KJC& +Balinese water temples and the

management o irrigation," American AnthropologistJK% .2?-41

ichards% Eaul $1KK.& +@ulti#ation knowledge or perormance(, in ondon

outledge" Eages ?1-CJ e-book accessible #ia >ibrary @atalogue

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te eadin4

:esse% andolph 2004 N:atural selection and the elusi#eness o

happinessNhilosophical )ransactions of the Royal Society of +ondon&

Series B http!!www-personal"umich"edu!Xnesse!Articles!:esse-

;#ol;lusi#eOappiness-ErocoyalSoc-2004"pd

Drinde% Bjorn% 1KK?% +6arwinian happiness biological ad#ice on the

*uality o lie",1ournal of Social and !volutionary Systems"1K% . or

Drinde% BjYrn% 2005% N6arwinian happiness can the e#olutionary

perspecti#e on well-being help us impro#e society(N" World ,utures

?1%4.1C-.2KZ

@harlton% Bruce D% 2001% +'hat is the meaning o lie( Animism%

generalised anthropomorphism and social intelligence,

Buss% 6a#id ansing% ichards% or any other li#elihood-related

Di&c&&ion ethnography% discuss the processes% relationships% and products through

which li#elihoods contribute to wellbeing"

T&da >ell"ein4 to4 te li:e co&e ; etno4eontolo4

1. e"

Te &td o: cltal conce'tion& o: old a4e 4i9e& & i'otant

cle& a& to te cltal in:lence& on $ell"ein4% !ee $e e'loe

etno4a'ie& and di&co&e& on te acie9eent o: citical

tan&ition& and 'e'aation :o deat, &ocial e-'o&itionin4,

ein9ention o: te &el:, and lin#& "et$een "od, en9ionent, tie,

and $ell"ein4%

Je eadin4

>amb% Sarah% 1KKC% +The making and unmaking o persons notes on

aging and gender in north /ndia", !thos252CK.02 and!or see either

o her ethnographies listed abo#e White Saris" orAging and the 2ndian

3iaspora&D

te eadin4

Leith% 7ennie% 1KJ0% +PThe best is yet to beP toward an anthropology

o age",Annual Review of Anthropology" K..K-?

Tsuji% ohko% 2005% +Time is not up temporal comple)ity o older

Americans, li#es,"1ournal of .ross-.ultural 8erontology20%1.2?

'hitaker% ;liabeth 6"% 2005% +The bicycle makes the eyes smile

e)ercise% aging% and psychophysical well-being in older /taliancyclists,"Medical Anthropology241-4.

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>uborsky% ee#F din4 $ic

tee ae no noal cla&&e& "t tee $ill "e &e9eal e9ent& elatin4 to &ocial

anto'olo4 and &ocial &cience oe 4eneall &ee $$$%&'&%ed%ac%# :o oe

in:oation%

REMEM3ER T!E ESSA/ IS DUE ON MONDA/ 2 E3RUAR/ 2012 AT 12NOON% ONE COP/ MUST 3E SU3MITTED IN T!E ESSA/ 3OQ AND ONE

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ENIRONMENTS, LANDSCAPES < O3@ECTS

>ee#& . - 10

Monda 2 e"a - Monda 2. Mac 510 lecte&6D @oo&t ontein

Stu matters" 'e all e)ist materially and in a material world% and these dimensions o

peoples, li#es are not separate rom culture% history or politics but undamentally

intertwined with them" The lectures in this hal o the course will in#ite you to

consider how anthropology has engaged with three important and inter-related aspects

o what we might loosely call material culture these are landscapes% en#ironments

and objects" 'e begin by considering en#ironmentalism by ocusing particularly on

*uestions o nature 9 culture% the cultural construction o nature 9 gender and the

politics o conser#ation" The ne)t three lectures will e)plore the anthropology o

landscape% the connection between landscape and memory% and the power inherent inspace and particularly maps" The last three lectures will look at objects% beginning

with an e)ploration o how political ideologies can be embedded in public and pri#ate

spaces% ollowed by an e)ploration o the social li#es o things% and inishing with a

discussion o how objects dothings $ie ha#e agency&"

Monda En9ionentali&

2 e"

Te 4o$t o: En9ionentali&t o9eent& on te latte 'at o:

te 20tcent a& not "een i4noed " anto'olo4i&t&% In ti&

lecte $e "e4in to con&ide anto'olo4ical citi8e& o:

en9ionentali& tat ee4ed in te 1HH0& a& 'at o: $ide

8e&tionin4 o: te 'e&ed ni9e&alit o: te Nate(Clte

di&tinction, $ic &till lie& "eind c en9ionentali&t tin#in4%

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ondon outledge

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Dro#e-'hite " 1KK. G;n#ironmentalism A new discourse or

technological societyH in


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6escola 9 Ealsson 1KK? G/ntroductionH in 6escola 9 Ealsson $eds&

ature C Society Anthropological perspectives >ondon outledge

T&da Nate, clte < 4ende1Mac

Te anto'olo4ical citi8e o: te Nate (clte di&tinction

ee4ed at #e teoetical oent in anto'olo4, $en

&tctali&t anal&i& incea&in4l 4a9e $a to 'o&t&tctali&t

citi8e% Ti& $a& al&o a oent $en eini& ad a 4e

i'act on anto'olo4, and o:ten te t$o coincided% Ti& lecte

e'loe& o$ eal :eini&t anto'olo4 $o#in4 $itin o

in:lenced " a &tctali&t 'e&'ecti9e, $a& &oon &"?ect o:

'o:ond anto'olo4ical citi8e on te "a&i& o: it& 'o"leatic

ei:ication o: te Nate(Clte di&tinction%

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" >amphere $eds& Woman .ulture and Society& Stanord

Stanord 3ni#ersity Eress" $Also published as chapter 2 in =rtner S"

1KK?" Making 8ender )he olitics and !rotics of .ulture Boston

Beacon Eress"&

Dillison D" 1KJ0 G/mages o nature in Dimi thoughtH in


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o: con&e9ation 'o?ect& in A:ica, A&ia and el&e$ee% Te&e

eco4ni&ed tat not onl $ee colonial and 'o&tcolonial

con&e9ation 'o?ect& o:ten "a&ed on "ad &cienceF, "t al&o tat

te o:ten ?&ti:ied dee'l ecl&ioni&t 'olicie&, $ic a9e &een

:ae&, ede& and indi4eno& 'eo'le& "laed :o

en9ionental de4adation, and eo9ed :o land&ca'e& tea9e lon4 ana4ed and indeed :o4ed%

Je Readin4

8airhead 9 >each 1KK? Gethinking the 8orest-Sa#anna each and andscape andscapesH in Bender $ed& +andscapes"

olitics and erspectives =)ord Berg

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6aniels S" 9 @osgro#e 6" 1KJJ G /ntroductionH in 6aniels 9 @osgro#e

$ed& )he 2conography of +andscape @ambridge @ambridge 3ni#ersity

Eress ;sp" /ntroduction 9 selected chapters

/ngold 1KK. GThe Temporality o >andscapeH in World Archaeology

25 $2& 152-C4

Ttoial Oow is the nature!culture distinction rele#ant to the anthropology o

Di&c&&ion landscape(

Monda Land&ca'e, Meo < te Pa&t

12 Mac

It i& o:ten a&&ed tat 'lace& and land&ca'e& act a& a e'o&ito

:o tin4& :o te 'a&t, and &o can ti44e eoie& tat ae

&toed in o ind&, c li#e a co'te &toe& in:oation%Ti& lecte di&c&&e& o$ te anto'olo4ie& o: land&ca'e and o:

eo a9e con9e4ed to deli9e a c nanced nde&tandin4

o: te elation&i' "et$een 'lace and te 'a&t% Land&ca'e& do not

&i'l contain te 'a&tF, o act a& ti44e& :o eoie& &toed in

o ind&, &o c a& ta#e 'at in co'le, on4oin4 and al$a&

'olitici&ed 'oce&&e& o: ia4inin4, e'odcin4, ee"ein4 and

:o4ettin4%

Je Readin4&

andscape in :orthern AustraliaH in Bender

+andscape" olitics C erspectives =)ord Berg

8ontein% 7" 200? GDreat Vimbabwe in >ocal Oistory-scapesH in )he

Silence of 8reat 9imbabwe .ontested +andscapes and the ower of

6eritage >ondon 3@> Eress

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Simon Oarrison 2004 G8orgetul and memorious landscapesH in Social

Anthropology $2004&% 12 1.5-151

T&da Ma'& < 'o$e:l &'ace&

17 Mac

Not onl ae land&ca'e& :inel inte$o9en in co'le 'olitic& o:te 'a&t, te ae al&o :ndaentall entan4led in te 'olitic& o:

te 'e&ent to4 $ic te $old and o9eent& to4 it i&

odeed, con&tained and endeed eanin4:l% Ti& i& "e&t

ill&tated to4 a con&ideation o: te 'o$e o: a'&%

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Oarley 7"B 1KJJ Gayton 1KKK )he archaeology and Anthropology

of landscape >ondon outledge

'orby ;" 1KK5 +


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andscapes o Separation elections on theSymbolism o By-pass roads in EalestineH in 'iner 9 Bender 2001

.ontested +andscape Movement" !%ile" lace

Oarrison% ie o Things"

@ambridge @ambridge 3ni#ersity press

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Appadurai A" 1KJ0 G/ntroduction commodities and the politics o

#alueH in Appadurai A" $ed& 1KJ? )he Social +ife of )hings"

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a4enc, c li#e an &"?ect&% Te&e ne$ a''oace& "ild

'on ealie citi8e& o: te Nate (Clte di&tinction, and

e'loe te $a in $ic &"?ect& and o"?ect&, 'eo'le and tin4&

ae "ond ' in tal elation&i'& $ic de: coon 'lace

nde&tandin4& tat di::eentiate "et$een acti9e and con&cio&

&"?ect&('e&on& and 'a&&i9e o"?ect&(tin4&%

Je Readin4

eed% A" +Smuk is king, the action o cigarettes in Eapua :ew Duinea

prison, in Oenare% A" Oolbraad%

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