Reading Ethnography: Toward an Otherwise Anthropology
ANTH 309
Spring 2026
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In this reading-centered seminar, we will consider the potential of ethnography as a way of knowing, form of argument, and genre of writing. We will take up contemporary interventions and critical turns including decolonizing and abolitionist anthropology, the politics of witnessing and ethnographic refusal, approaches to more-than-human anthropologies, queer/ing anthropology, and the craft of ethnographic storytelling and experiments in ethnographic poetry, prose, and fiction. Our seminar emphasizes collaborative close reading and discussion of a range of cutting-edge ethnographies that challenge the boundaries of disciplinary practice and seek to open up an anthropology that might enable us to think and know otherwise. |
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SBS ANTH |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (Anthropology) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
TBD, potentially Jafari Allen, THERE¿S A DISCO BALL BETWEEN US; Adrie Kusserow, TRAUMA MANTRAS; Joey Russo, HARD LUCK AND HEAVY RAIN; Damien M. Sojoyner, JOY AND PAIN; Alan Klima, ETHNOGRAPHY #9; Jason Pine, THE ALCHEMY OF METH; Ruth Behar, TIA FORTUNA¿S NEW HOME; Lucas Bessire, RUNNING OUT; Ana-Maurine Lara, QUEER FREEDOM : BLACK SOVEREIGNTY; Laurence Ralph, THE TORTURE LETTERS; Nomi Stone, KILL CLASS, PINELANDIA; Elizabeth Povinelli, THE INHERITANCE; Savannah Shange, PROGRESSIVE DYSTOPIA; Anna Tsing, et al, FERAL ATLAS; Miyarrka Media, PHONE & SPEAR; E. Patrick Johnson, SWEET TEA; Maya Stovall, LIQUOR STORE THEATER; Carole McGranahan, WRITING ANTHROPOLOGY; and essays by Deb Thomas, Sherine Hamdy, Aimee Meredith Cox, John Jackson, Joel Robbins, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Anand Pandian, Kamala Visweswaran, Audra Simpson, Ryan Cecil Jobson. Students will have the opportunity to choose some readings collaboratively.
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| Instructor(s): Weiss,Margot Times: ....R.. 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 12 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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