Development, Disasters, and Beyond: The Global Politics of Aid
ANTH 259
Spring 2024
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ENVS 259 |
Development is one of the most important ideas of our times. It is a powerful way of reorganizing the world into the Global South and the Global North (or the Third and First Worlds) and promising modernity to "backward" places and people. It is an equally powerful way of intervening in "underdeveloped" regions in the name of progress and beneficence through aid programs. Our purpose in this course is to use the spy lens of anthropology to critically examine the global politics of development aid, whether given for poverty alleviation, infrastructure projects, disease and healthcare, or disaster relief. While development aid is certainly a potent way to exert power over and regulate Third World Others, it is also a fiercely contested space of struggle. This course approaches it as a "problematic"--an unsettled, contentious, and unpredictable formation. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS ANTH |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ANTH)(ENVS-MN)(ENVS)(FGSS)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
: James Ferguson, Arturo Escobar, Naomi Klein, Arundhati Roy, Gustavo Esteva, James Scott, Laura Pulido, Joao Biehl, Vincanne Adams, Peter Redfield, Ilana Feldman, Macarena Gomez-Barris, Subcomandante Marcos (the Zapatistas), and M.K. Gandhi.
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Examinations and Assignments:
several short essays
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| Instructor(s): Sharma,Anu (Aradhana) Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: BOGH115; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 10 | FR: X |
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