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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
1.
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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
1J
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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
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Leith% 7ennie% 1KJ0% +PThe best is yet to beP toward an anthropology
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e)ercise% aging% and psychophysical well-being in older /taliancyclists,"Medical Anthropology241-4.
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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 $ie ha#e agency&"
Monda En9ionentali&
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Te 4o$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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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
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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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Stanord 3ni#ersity Eress" $Also published as chapter 2 in =rtner S"
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o: con&e9ation 'o?ect& in A:ica, A&ia and el&e$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%
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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
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andscape in :orthern AustraliaH in Bender
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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&
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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
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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
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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&%
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