Anthropology of Cities
ANTH 230
Fall 2019
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01
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| Certificates: International Relations, International Relations Minor |
| Course Cluster: Urban Studies |
This course is an introduction to the practice of urban anthropology. Attention is placed on the intellectual challenges recent local and global urbanization trends present to us in our attempts to think and write about cities today. We will reflect upon the production of space and place, the creation of "other spaces" through borders and limits, and the making of meaning through everyday practices and experiences in the city. We will consider how cities become foremost spaces for the exercise and contestation of power, for social cohabitation and conflict, and for cultural creation and repression. Class discussions will also focus on fieldwork methods and problems of ethnographic representation and writing in preparation for a research project that will culminate in an urban mini-ethnography. |
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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)(HRAD-MN)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Less than 50% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Ethnographic works by William Foote Whyte, Filip DeBoek, Marc Augé, Setha Low, Teresa Caldeira, Jõao Biehl, and others in addition to a selection of urban theory texts.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Fieldwork exercises, short conceptual papers, class presentations, and final ethnographic paper. |
| Instructor(s): Gandolfo,Daniella Times: ...W.F. 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: FISK122; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 7 | | |
| Seats Available: 3 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 3 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 8 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 5 |
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