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UniversityofGroningen

CoursemanualJointMaster'sProgrammeinInternationalHumanitarianAction

Anthropology in HA Semester1,block2

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Modulecoordinator: Ms.RelindeReiffers,MAe-mail:R.A.Reiffers@rug.nlphone:06-41435280

Creditsawarded: 3.33ECTS,equivalentto93workhours(1ECTS=28hours);AnthropologyinHAformstogetherwithPublicHealthinHAandPsychologyinHAthe10ECTScourseSocialandMedicalSciencesinHumanitarianAction

Period: Firstsemester,block2

Venue&hours: v.d.Leeuwzaal/v.d.Leeuw-room,Broerstraat5,Academybuilding13:00-16:00onFridays

A. IntroductionThe module Anthropology in Humanitarian Action is an element of the second component(Core Course, 25 ECTS) of the NOHA Joint Master’s Degree in International HumanitarianActiontobecompletedduringthefirstsemester.ItformsarecognisedpartofthecurriculumandisarequirementforobtainingtheNOHAMaster’sdegree.Thecourse introducesculturalanthropology, its research fieldsaswellas itsmethodologicaland analytical approaches. It explores the relevance of anthropological perspectives andfindings in international humanitarian action. The course also pays attention to links withpublichealthandpsychology,allpartofSocialandMedicalSciencesinHumanitarianAction.Humanbeingsallovertheworldhavedevelopedanenormousvarietyintheirformsofsocialorganisation, cultural features and world views. Cultural anthropology documents andanalyses cultural/social flows, processes and formations shaping localities, communities andsocieties.Themainobjectivesofanthropologyare:1)studyingfirsthandandreportingabouttheexperiences,dailypracticesandstrategies,beliefsandlifestylesofparticularhumancommunities;(2)comparingdifferentsocialandculturalformations,tofindsimilaritiesanddifferencesanddiscussprinciplesthatmightoperateuniversallyinhumanculture;(3)tryingtounderstandhowvariousdimensionsofhumanlife–economics,kinshiprelations,politics,religion,art,communication–relatetooneanotherinparticularculturalsystems;(4)understandingthecausesandconsequencesofculturalorsocialchangeonthemicro-levelandonmacro-levels,i.e.region,nation,theemergingglobalsociety;(5)tracingtranslocal/transnational/globalinterconnectednessasakeyconditionofcontemporarylocalitiesorhumangrouping;(6)takinganethnographicalperspectiveonthelocaleffectsofglobalprocessesandfieldsofpower;and(7)makingthegeneralpublicmoreawareandtolerantofculturaldifferencesandtounderstandthattheirownvalues,worldviewsandbehavioursareaproductoftheirsocialpositioninaparticularsocietyandculture.

Withtheirexpertiseandapproaches,culturalanthropologistscancontributetothediscussionandsolutionofproblems.Theyprovideanunderstandingofcommunities,translocalconnectionsandunexpectedeffectsofinternationalaidinterventions,helpinghumanitarianaidagenciestojointlyintegratetheirprojectsintolocalconditionsandneeds.

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B. LearningoutcomesThe objective of the Anthropology module is to have students familiarise themselves withmain approaches and central concepts of anthropology and to enable them to apply theseconceptstoconcretedisastersituations.Forthisreasonand inconformitywiththe learningoutcomessetoutbytheNOHAnetwork,theparticipants intheAnthropologymoduleshouldachievethefollowing learningoutcomesbytheendofthemodule:• Hasshownanarticulatedunderstandingoftheimportanceofidentifyingunderlying

economicmechanisms,socialstructures,ideasandvaluesrelatedtodifferentgroupsandsocieties.

• Hasshowntherelevanceofspecialistethnographicknowledgeandhowthisappliesforinstancetolandscape,causesofnaturaldisasters,theimportanceofcommonvs.codifiedlaw;kinshipvs.citizenship;health/diseasemodelspredicatedonmoralnotionsofevil/goodnessvs.allopaticmedicine.

• Hasshownkeyskillsnecessaryforempoweringbeneficiariesbysupportinglocalparticipation.

• Hasdemonstratedtheskillstounderstandandcommunicatewithbeneficiaries,authoritiesanddonorsfromdifferentculturesandsocialandpoliticallevelsand/ordifferentpre-establishedsituations.

• Hasshownappreciationofthedelicatesubtletiesanddifficultiesinworkinginmulticulturalandmultidisciplinaryteams.

• Hasdemonstratedthecapacitytocommunicatewithaudiencesinanethicalmannerandbeyonddescription.

• HasdemonstratedagoodunderstandingofsocialrelationshipsinHAinterventionsituationsatvariouslevels.

C. CoursematerialWeek1CompulsoryreadingBenoist,O.(2015).‘Chapter2:Anthropologicalperspectives’in:NOHATextbookAvailableintheNOHAsecretariat.Eriksen,T.H.(2001).SmallPlaces,LargeIssues.AnIntroductiontosocialandculturalAnthropology.SecondEdition.London:PlutoPress,2001.Chapter1.AvailableintheuniversitylibraryoftheRUG.MacClancy,J.(2002).‘Introduction.TakingPeopleSeriously’,in:Exoticnomore:anthropologyonthefrontlines.ChicagoUP2002,pp.1-14.AvailableintheuniversitylibraryoftheRUG.Persson-Fischier,U.(2015).‘Chapter1:Anthropology–abriefintroduction’in:NOHATextbookAvailableintheNOHAsecretariat.Sluka,J.A.&Robben,A.C.G.M.(2012).‘Anthropology:anIntroduction’,in:EthnographicFieldwork,AnAnthropologicalReader.Oxford:JohnWiley&Sons,Inc.AvailableintheNOHAsecretariat.

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RecommendedreadingEriksen,T.H.(2001).SmallPlaces,LargeIssues.AnIntroductiontosocialandculturalAnthropology.SecondEdition.London:PlutoPress,2001.Chapter2,3.Week2CompulsoryreadingCahill,K.M.(2003).Traditions,ValuesandHumanitarianAction.NewYork:FordhamUniversityPressandtheCenterforInternationalHealthandCooperation.Introduction.Website:http://fordham.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=human_affairsGumucio-Castellon,J.C.(2015).‘Chapter5:Ananthropologicalperspectiveontheapparenttime-lineofhumanitarianinterventions’in:NOHATextbookAvailableintheNOHAsecretariat.Minn,P.(2007)‘TowardanAnthropologyofHumanitarianism’,in:TheJournalofHumanitarianAssistance.FeinsteinInternationalCenter,pp.1-16.Website:http://sites.tufts.edu/jha/archives/51Redfield,P.&Bornstein,E.(2010).‘AnIntroductiontotheAnthropologyofHumanitarianism’,in:ForcesofCompassion.HumanitarianismBetweenEthicsandPolitics.SantaFe:SARPress.Website:https://sarweb.org/media/files/sar_press_forces_of_compassion_chapter_1.pdfRecommendedreadingBarnett&Weis(2011).‘Humanitarianism’spastandpossiblefutures,Tenguidingquestions’,in:HumanitarianismContested.RoutledgeGlobalInstitutions.Week3CompulsoryreadingEbrahim,S.(2012).‘TheWorldWillNeverKnow:AnAnthropologicalViewofHumanitarianAidinResponsetothePakistanFloods’,in:HarvardCollege,GlobalHealthReview2012.Website:http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hghr/print/student/humanitarian-aid-pakistan/Henry,D.(2005).‘AnthropologicalContributionstotheStudyofDisasters’,in:Disciplines,DisastersandEmergencyManagement:TheConvergenceandDivergenceofConcepts,IssuesandTrendsFromtheResearchLiterature.D.McEntireandW.Blanchard,eds.Emittsburg,Maryland:FederalEmergencyManagementAgency.AvailableintheuniversitylibraryoftheRuG.Website:http://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCgQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftraining.fema.gov%2Femiweb%2Fedu%2Fdocs%2FEMT%2FAnthropology%2520and%2520Disasters.doc&ei=kHlfVLOWBsjyPMTBgPAK&usg=AFQjCNF8AurHE69UCXvm8EAceZt_4ye9MA&bvm=bv.79189006,d.ZWUHoffman,S.M.&Oliver-Smith,A.(2002).‘Introduction.WhyAnthropologistsShouldStudyDisasters’,in:CatastropheandCulture.TheAnthropologyofDisaster.SantaFe:SchoolofAmericanResearchPress/Oxford:JamesCurrey.Website:http://faculty.washington.edu/stevehar/O-S&H.pdfOliver-Smith,A.(1999).‘Whatisadisaster?In:A.Oliver-Smith&S.Hoffman(eds.),TheAngryEarth.DisasterinAnthropologicalPerspective,NewYork:Routledge,pp17-34.

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AvailableintheuniversitylibraryoftheRUG.RecommendedreadingOliver-Smith,A.(1996).‘AnthropologicalResearchonHazardsandDisasters’,in:AnnualReviewofAnthropology,Vol.25.(1996),pp.303-328.Week4CompulsoryreadingAgier,M.(2002).‘Betweenwarandcity.Towardsanurbananthropologyofrefugeecamps’,in:Ethnography,Vol.3(3):317-341,2002,London:ThousandOaks.Website:http://faculty.washington.edu/plape/citiesaut11/readings/Agier%20BETWEEN.pdfBauman,Z.(2002).‘IntheLowlyNowherevillesofLiquidModenity’,in:Ethnography,Vol.3(3),343-349,London:SagePublications.AvailableintheNOHAsecretariat.Colson,E.(2003).‘ForcedMigrationandtheAnthropologicalResponse’,in:JournalofRefugeeStudies,Vol.16,No.1,2003.Website:http://web.mnstate.edu/robertsb/308/forced%20migration%20and%20the%20anthropological%20response.pdfMalkki,L.H.(2002).‘Newsfromnowhere,massdisplacementandglobalizedproblemsoforganization’,in:Ethnography,Vol.3(3),351-360,London:SagePublications.Website:http://www.mcrg.ac.in/AddReading/2008/H_maalki_camps.pdfReiffers,R.(2015).‘Chapter4:Forcedmigrationandrefugeesettingsfromananthropologicalperspective’,in:NOHATextbookAvailableintheNOHAsecretariat.RecommendedreadingAgier,M.(2002).‘Stillstuckbetweenwarandcity.AresponsetoBaumanandMalkki’,in:Ethnography,Vol.3(3):361-366,2002,London:ThousandOaks.ValentineDaniel,E.(2002).‘TheRefugee:ADiscourseonDisplacement’,in:Exoticnomore:anthropologyonthefrontlines.ChicagoUP.Week5CompulsoryreadingDonini,A.(2012).‘Humanitarianism,Perceptions,Power’,in:IntheEyesofOthers.HowPeopleinCrisesPerceiveHumanitarianAid.MSF.Website:www.alnap.org/pool/files/msf-in-the-eyes-of-others.pdfHarrell-Bond,B.(2002).‘CanHumanitarianWorkwithRefugeesbeHumane?’,in:HumanRightsQuarterly,Vol.16,No.1,2003.AvailableintheNOHAsecretariat.Lee,A.C.K.(2008).‘LocalperspectivesonhumanitarianaidinSriLankaafterthetsunami’,in:PublicHealth,122(12).pp.1410-1417.Website:https://www.eisf.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/0293-Lee-2008-Local-Perspectives-on-Humanitarian-Aid-in-Sri-Lanka-after-the-Tsunami.pdf

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Roepstorff,K.(2015).‘Chapter3:ArmedConflictsandHumanitarianCrises:InsightsfromtheAnthropologyofWar’,in:NOHATextbookAvailableintheNOHAsecretariat.Waal,de.A.(2002).‘AnthropologyandtheAidEncounter’,in:Exoticnomore:anthropologyonthefrontlines.ChicagoUP2002.AvailableintheuniversitylibraryoftheRUG.Wilder,A.&Morris,T.(2008).‘Localswithinlocals:Culturalsensitivityindisasteraid’,in:AnthropologyToday,June2008–vol24–no3,pp.1-3.AvailableintheNOHAsecretariat.RecommendedreadingEriksen,T.H.(2001).SmallPlaces,LargeIssues.AnIntroductiontosocialandculturalAnthropology.SecondEdition.London:PlutoPress,2001.Chapter11.Kosmatopoulos,N.(2012).‘TheGazaFreedomFlotilla:EthnographicNoteson“OtheringViolence”,in:EthnographicFieldwork,AnAnthropologicalReader.Sluka,J.A.&Robben,A.C.G.M.Oxford:JohnWiley&Sons,Inc.Week6CompulsoryreadingCohen,R.A.(2013).‘CommonThreads:arecoveryprogrammeforsurvivorsofgenderbasedviolence’,in:Intervention,2013,Volume11,Number2,pp.157-168.Website:http://www.ourmediaourselves.com/archives/112pdf/Common_Threads___a_recovery_programme_for.4.pdfTankink,M.&Richters,A.(2007).‘SilenceasaCopingStrategy:TheCaseofRefugeeWomenintheNetherlandsfromSouth-SudanwhoExperiencedSexualViolenceintheContextofWar’,in:VoicesofTrauma.Treatingsurvivorsacrosscultures.EditedbyJohnP.Wilson&BorisDroždek,2007,pp.191-210.NewYork:Springer.AvailableintheNOHAsecretariat.RecommendedreadingCharliCarpenter,R.(2006).‘RecognizingGender-BasedViolenceAgainstCivilianMenandBoysinConflictSituations’,in:SagePublications,onbehalfofInternationalPeaceResearchInstitute,Oslo.SAGEPublications,Vol.37(1):83-103.Eriksen,T.H.(2001).SmallPlaces,LargeIssues.AnIntroductiontosocialandculturalAnthropology.SecondEdition.London:PlutoPress,2001.Chapter14.Week7CompulsoryreadingAger,A.&Ager,J.(2011).‘FaithandtheDiscourseofSecularHumanitarianism’,in:JournalofRefugeeStudies,OxfordUniversityPress.Website:http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/3/456.full.pdf+htmlBenthall,J.(2003).‘HumanitarianismandIslamafter11September’,inHumanitarianpolicyGroup,Number11,July2003.

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Website:http://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/287.pdfDeng,F.M.(2003).‘TheWorldofDinka:APortraitofaThreatenedCulture’,inTraditions,ValuesandHumanitarianAction.EditedbyKevinM.Cahill,2003,pp.53-82.Chapter4.Website:http://fordham.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=human_affairsGrandjean,D.etal.(2008).‘Thewrathofthegods:appraisingthemeaningofdisaster’,in:SocialScienceInformation,Vol.47–No2,pp.187-204.Website:http://cms2.unige.ch/fapse/neuroemo/pdf/Grandjean_etal_SSI_2008.pdfRamsay,T.(2011).‘Resilience,spiritualityandposttraumaticgrowth:reshapingtheeffectsofclimatechange’,in:ClimateChangeandHumanWell-Being,Springer.Website:scholar.google.nl/scholar?hl=en&q=Ramsay%2C+T.+%282011%29.+‘Resilience%2C+spirituality+and+posttraumatic+growth%3A+reshaping+the+effects+of+climate+change’%2C+in%3A+Climate+Change+and+Human+Well-Being%2C+&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=RecommendedreadingChhean(2007).‘ABuddhistperspectiveoncopingwithcatastrophe’,in:Southernmedical,journal,LWW.Schafer,A.(2010).‘Spiritualityandmentalhealthinhumanitariancontexts:anexplorationbasedonWorldVision’sHaitiearthquakeresponse’,in:Intervention,Volume8,Number2,pp.121-130.D. TeachingandlearningmethodologyForasuccessfulcompletionofthismodule,thestudentsareofferedseveralteachingactivitiesinthefollowingform:• 7lectures/tutorialswithinteractiveclassdiscussions,inwhichaselectionofstudentsmay

berequestedtoprepareandintroduceaselectionoftheliterature(week1-7);• Obligatory/suggestedreadingsanddocumentaries,includinghomeworkassignmentsand

preparationandintroductionofaselectionoftheliterature;• Afinalgroupassignmentwitha)grouppresentationinafinalsessionandb)oneindividual

writtenassignmentpaperbasedonthegroupworkandfinalpresentations(week8).E. ProgrammeandtrainingactivitiesWeek1Time:Fridaythe18thofNovember2016;13:00–16:00hrs.Venue:v.d.Leeuwzaal/v.d.Leeuw-room,Broerstraat5,AcademybuildingIntroductiontoculturalanthropologyDescriptionThissectionstartswithacourseintroduction:purpose,contents,workload,contributionsandexpectationsofparticipants.Furthermoreitwillprovideanoverviewoforigins,keyquestions,methodologyandresearchfieldsofculturalanthropology.

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CompulsoryreadingBenoist,O.(2015).‘Chapter2:Anthropologicalperspectives’in:NOHATextbookEriksen,T.H.(2001).SmallPlaces,LargeIssues.AnIntroductiontosocialandculturalAnthropology.SecondEdition.London:PlutoPress,2001.Chapter1.MacClancy,J.(2002).‘Introduction.TakingPeopleSeriously’,in:Exoticnomore:anthropologyonthefrontlines.ChicagoUP2002,pp.1-14.Persson-Fischier,U.(2015).‘Chapter1:Anthropology–abriefintroduction’in:NOHATextbookSluka,J.A.&Robben,A.C.G.M.(2012).‘Anthropology:anIntroduction’,in:EthnographicFieldwork,AnAnthropologicalReader.Oxford:JohnWiley&Sons,Inc.RecommendedreadingEriksen,T.H.(2001).SmallPlaces,LargeIssues.AnIntroductiontosocialandculturalAnthropology.SecondEdition.London:PlutoPress,2001.Chapter2,3.AssignmentPleasechooseoneofthetwofollowinghomeworkassignments:Week1assignment1:“Culturalautobiography”orassignment2:“Minifieldwork”.SeeappendixIforfurtherdetails.Week2Time:Fridaythe25thofNovember2016;13:00–16:00hrs.Venue:v.d.Leeuwzaal/v.d.Leeuw-room,Broerstraat5,AcademybuildingTheanthropologyofhumanitarianismDescriptionThissectionincludesanintroductionintocurrentanthropologicalresearchabouthumanitarianactionandhumanitarianism.Itaddressestheroleandcontributionofanthropologyinthefieldofhumanitarianaction.CompulsoryreadingCahill,K.M.(2003).Traditions,ValuesandHumanitarianAction.NewYork:FordhamUniversityPressandtheCenterforInternationalHealthandCooperation.Introduction.Gumucio-Castellon,J.C.(2015).‘Chapter5:Ananthropologicalperspectiveontheapparenttime-lineofhumanitarianinterventions’in:NOHATextbookMinn,P.(2007)‘TowardanAnthropologyofHumanitarianism’,in:TheJournalofHumanitarianAssistance.FeinsteinInternationalCenter,pp.1-16.Redfield,P.&Bornstein,E.(2010).‘AnIntroductiontotheAnthropologyofHumanitarianism’,in:ForcesofCompassion.HumanitarianismBetweenEthicsandPolitics.SantaFe:SARPress.RecommendedreadingBarnett&Weis(2011).‘Humanitarianism’spastandpossiblefutures,Tenguidingquestions’,in:HumanitarianismContested.RoutledgeGlobalInstitutions.AssignmentWeek2homeworkassignment:“Newsthroughananthropologicalperspective.”SeeappendixIIforfurtherdetails.

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Week3Time:Fridaythe2ndofDecember2016;13:00–16:00hrs.Venue:v.d.Leeuwzaal/v.d.Leeuw-room,Broerstraat5,AcademybuildingGuestlectureLeslieSnider,MD,MPHDisastersandtheanthropologicalperspectiveDescriptionThissectionwilladdresstheanthropologicalresearchonhazardsanddisastersaswellasculturalresponsestodisasterandhowhumanitarianactioncanbuildontheseresponses.CompulsoryreadingEbrahim,S.(2012).‘TheWorldWillNeverKnow:AnAnthropologicalViewofHumanitarianAidinResponsetothePakistanFloods’,in:HarvardCollege,GlobalHealthReview2012.Henry,D.(2005).‘AnthropologicalContributionstotheStudyofDisasters’,in:Disciplines,DisastersandEmergencyManagement:TheConvergenceandDivergenceofConcepts,IssuesandTrendsFromtheResearchLiterature.D.McEntireandW.Blanchard,eds.Emittsburg,Maryland:FederalEmergencyManagementAgency.Hoffman,S.M.&Oliver-Smith,A.(2002).‘Introduction.WhyAnthropologistsShouldStudyDisasters’,in:CatastropheandCulture.TheAnthropologyofDisaster.SantaFe:SchoolofAmericanResearchPress/Oxford:JamesCurrey.Oliver-Smith,A.(1999).‘Whatisadisaster?’In:A.Oliver-Smith&S.Hoffman(eds.),TheAngryEarth.DisasterinAnthropologicalPerspective,NewYork:Routledge,pp17-34.Snider,L.etal(2010).‘SupportingChildrenAfterHurricaneKatrina.ReflectionsonPsychosocialPrinciplesinPractice.’In:Kilmer,R.P.(Ed);Gil-Rivas,V.(Ed);Tedeschi,R.G.(Ed);Calhoun,L.G.(Ed),Helpingfamiliesandcommunitiesrecoverfromdisaster:LessonslearnedfromhurricaneKatrinaanditsaftermath.,(pp.25-51).Washington,DC,US:AmericanPsychologicalAssociation,xiv,340pp. RecommendedreadingOliver-Smith,A.(1996).‘AnthropologicalResearchonHazardsandDisasters’,in:AnnualReviewofAnthropology,Vol.25.(1996),pp.303-328.Week4Time:Fridaythe9thofDecember2016;13:00–16:00hrs.Venue:v.d.Leeuwzaal/v.d.Leeuw-room,Broerstraat5,AcademybuildingForcedmigrationandtheanthropologicalperspectiveDescriptionThissessionfocusesonanthropologicalworksandresearchthatfocusonrefugeesandforcedmigration,addressingdynamicsinculturalprocessesandindifferentactors.

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CompulsoryreadingAgier,M.(2002).‘Betweenwarandcity.Towardsanurbananthropologyofrefugeecamps’,in:Ethnography,Vol.3(3):317-341,2002,London:ThousandOaks.Bauman,Z.(2002).‘IntheLowlyNowherevillesofLiquidModenity’,in:Ethnography,Vol.3(3),343-349,London:SagePublications.Colson,E.(2003).‘ForcedMigrationandtheAnthropologicalResponse’,in:JournalofRefugeeStudies,Vol.16,No.1,2003.Malkki,L.H.(2002).‘Newsfromnowhere,massdisplacementandglobalizedproblemsoforganization’,in:Ethnography,Vol.3(3),351-360,London:SagePublications.Reiffers,R.(2015).‘Chapter4:Forcedmigrationandrefugeesettingsfromananthropologicalperspective’,in:NOHATextbookRecommendedreadingAgier,M.(2002).‘Stillstuckbetweenwarandcity.AresponsetoBaumanandMalkki’,in:Ethnography,Vol.3(3):361-366,2002,London:ThousandOaks.ValentineDaniel,E.(2002).‘TheRefugee:ADiscourseonDisplacement’,in:Exoticnomore:anthropologyonthefrontlines.ChicagoUP.Week5Time:Fridaythe16thofDecember2016;13:00–16:00hrs.Venue:v.d.Leeuwzaal/v.d.Leeuw-room,Broerstraat5,AcademybuildingPolitics,perceptionsandpower:theanthropologicalperspectiveDescriptionThissectionaddressespoliticalperceptionsandpowerondifferentlevels,withattentiontothelocalperspectives.Theanthropologyofwarwillalsobeaddressed.CompulsoryreadingDonini,A.(2012).‘Humanitarianism,Perceptions,Power’,in:IntheEyesofOthers.HowPeopleinCrisesPerceiveHumanitarianAid.MSF.Harrell-Bond,B.(2002).‘CanHumanitarianWorkwithRefugeesbeHumane?’,in:HumanRightsQuarterly,Vol.16,No.1,2003.Lee,A.C.K.(2008).‘LocalperspectivesonhumanitarianaidinSriLankaafterthetsunami’,in:PublicHealth,122(12).pp.1410-1417.Roepstorff,K.(2015).‘Chapter3:ArmedConflictsandHumanitarianCrises:InsightsfromtheAnthropologyofWar’,in:NOHATextbookWaal,de.A.(2002).‘AnthropologyandtheAidEncounter’,in:Exoticnomore:anthropologyonthefrontlines.ChicagoUP2002.Wilder,A.&Morris,T.(2008).‘Localswithinlocals:Culturalsensitivityindisasteraid’,in:AnthropologyToday,June2008–vol24–no3,pp.1-3.

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RecommendedreadingEriksen,T.H.(2001).SmallPlaces,LargeIssues.AnIntroductiontosocialandculturalAnthropology.SecondEdition.London:PlutoPress,2001.Chapter11.Kosmatopoulos,N.(2012).‘TheGazaFreedomFlotilla:EthnographicNoteson“OtheringViolence”,in:EthnographicFieldwork,AnAnthropologicalReader.Sluka,J.A.&Robben,A.C.G.M.Oxford:JohnWiley&Sons,Inc.Week6Time:Fridaythe6thofJanuary2017;09:00–12:00hrs.Venue:v.d.Leeuwzaal/v.d.Leeuw-room,Broerstraat5,AcademybuildingFaithandsecularisminhumanitarianaction:ananthropologicalperspectiveDescriptionThissectionaddressestheroleoffaithandsecularisminhumanitarianactionfromananthropologicalperspectiveandhowthiscanbetakenintoaccountintheanalysisoflocalandinternationalsettingsaswellasinthedesignofhumanitarianinterventions.CompulsoryreadingAger,A.&Ager,J.(2011).‘FaithandtheDiscourseofSecularHumanitarianism’,in:JournalofRefugeeStudies,OxfordUniversityPress.Benthall,J.(2003).‘HumanitarianismandIslamafter11September’,inHumanitarianpolicyGroup,Number11,July2003.Deng,F.M.(2003).‘TheWorldofDinka:APortraitofaThreatenedCulture’,inTraditions,ValuesandHumanitarianAction.EditedbyKevinM.Cahill,2003,pp.53-82.Chapter4.Grandjean,D.etal.(2008).‘Thewrathofthegods:appraisingthemeaningofdisaster’,in:SocialScienceInformation,Vol.47–No2,pp.187-204.

Ramsay,T.(2011).‘Resilience,spiritualityandposttraumaticgrowth:reshapingtheeffectsofclimatechange’,in:ClimateChangeandHumanWell-Being,Springer.RecommendedreadingChhean(2007).‘ABuddhistperspectiveoncopingwithcatastrophe’,in:Southernmedical,journal,LWW.Schafer,A.(2010).‘Spiritualityandmentalhealthinhumanitariancontexts:anexplorationbasedonWorldVision’sHaitiearthquakeresponse’,in:Intervention,Volume8,Nr.2,Page121-130.Week7Time:Fridaythe13thofJanuary2017;09:00–12:00hrs.Venue:v.d.Leeuwzaal/v.d.Leeuw-room,Broerstraat5,AcademybuildingGuestlectureDr.MarianTankink,medicalanthropologistGenderinconflictandhumanitariansettings:ananthropologicalperspective

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DescriptionThissectionaddressesgenderissuesinconflict,withspecialattentiontosexualviolenceandwhatthismeansintermsofcopingandinterventionsinhumanitarianaction.CompulsoryreadingCohen,R.A.(2013).‘CommonThreads:arecoveryprogrammeforsurvivorsofgenderbasedviolence’,in:Intervention,2013,Volume11,Number2,pp.157-168.Tankink,M.&Richters,A.(2007).‘SilenceasaCopingStrategy:TheCaseofRefugeeWomenintheNetherlandsfromSouth-SudanwhoExperiencedSexualViolenceintheContextofWar’,in:VoicesofTrauma.Treatingsurvivorsacrosscultures.EditedbyJohnP.Wilson&BorisDroždek,2007,pp.191-210.NewYork:Springer.RecommendedreadingCharliCarpenter,R.(2006).‘RecognizingGender-BasedViolenceAgainstCivilianMenandBoysinConflictSituations’,in:SagePublications,onbehalfofInternationalPeaceResearchInstitute,Oslo.SAGEPublications,Vol.37(1):83-103.Eriksen,T.H.(2001).SmallPlaces,LargeIssues.AnIntroductiontosocialandculturalAnthropology.SecondEdition.London:PlutoPress,2001.Chapter14.Week8Time:Fridaythe20thofJanuary2017;10:00–17:00hrs.Venue:v.d.Leeuwzaal/v.d.Leeuw-room,Broerstraat5,Academybuilding AnthropologyfinalpresentationsFinalpresentationsDescriptionThismoduleendswithafinalpresentationwithgrouppresentationsandwiththecompletionofanindividualfinalpaper.SeeappendixIVforfurtherdetails.F.Workload• 7lectures/tutorialswithinteractiveclassdiscussions(21hours,week1-7);• Compulsoryreadingsanddocumentaries,incl.homeworkassignments(52hours);• Afinalassignmentwithgrouppresentationinafinalsessionandwithindividualpaperof

2000words(10hours)basedonthegroupworkandfinalpresentations(week7;10hourspreparationandpresentation).

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G.AssessmentmethodsBesidesactiveparticipationinclass,studentsarerequiredtofulfiltwohomeworkassignments,oneindividualassignmentsandonegroupassignment:• Ahomeworkassignment‘Culturalbiography’or‘Minifieldwork’andahomework

assignment‘Newsthroughananthropologicalperspective’(assessedbutnotgraded).• Afinalgrouppresentation(30%)andfinalwrittenindividualpaper(70%),inwhich

- duringthefinalpresentationeachgroupwilladdress,exploreandanalyseadesignatedthemetobepresentedtotheclassinapanelanddiscussedwiththeclass.

- inthefinalindividualpapereachstudentwilldemonstratetohaveunderstoodthemainconceptualissuesofthecourse,reflectedonthefinalpresentationsandfeedbackfrompeers,andproducehis/herownanalysisofthetopic.

Intheappendicesattachedtothiscoursemanualyoucanfindinstructionsfortheassignments.H.AssessmentcriteriaHomeworkassignmentsHomeworkassignmentsaregiventopromoteactivethinking,discussionandexperienceinrelationtothetopicspresented.HomeworkiscompulsoryandshouldbehandedinonBlackboardbeforeWednesday17.00hrs.(unlessotherwiseindicated).Theassignmentswillbediscussedduringthenextclass.Homeworkassignmentsarenotgraded,butconsideredaspassed(i.e.completedanddeliveredaccordingtotheinstructions),orfailed(i.e.notcompletedordelivered).Inthelattercasethecoordinatorwillgiveanalternativeassignmentthatshouldbehandedinthesubsequentweek.Allassignmentshavetobepassedinordertofulfilthismodule’srequirements!Groupwork,finalgrouppanel&presentation(30%)&individualpaper(70%)Theanthropologymoduleendswithfinalgrouppresentationsandwiththecompletionofanindividualwrittenpaper.Finalpresentation:30%ofthegradeThestudentswillbedividedintogroupstoformpanelsforthefinalpresentationstobeheldinweek8.Eachgroupwilladdress,exploreandanalyseadesignatedtheme.Toprepare,youwillreadeachother’spapers,draftanintroductorystatement,andpreparequestionstodiscusswiththeaudience.Finalindividualwrittenpaper(about4pages,approximately2000words):70%ofthegradeInthefinalpaperyouwilldemonstratethatyouhaveunderstoodthemainconceptualissuesofthecourse,reflectedontheconferencepresentationsandfeedbackfromyourpeers,andproduceyourownanalysisofyourtopic.Thefinalpaperwillbeanextensionandrevisionofyourfirstdraftthatyoumadeforthefinalpresentation.Inthefinalpaperanthropologicalperspectivesandconsiderationsofthestudentsareintegratedinaclearargumentation.Thefinalpaperisbasedupon(1)materialpresentedduringsessions,(2)thecourseliterature,(3)aspecificliteratureresearchcarriedoutbythestudentsthemselves.Thepaper’saimistoreachadeeperandactivelyacquiredunderstandingoftheareaspresentedduringthemoduleandthespecificthemeaddressedinthegroup.ThefinalpapershouldbehandedinonBlackboardatthelatestonthe3rdofFebruary2017.

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I.AppendicesAppendixI:Homeworkassignmentweek1Pleasechooseoneofthetwofollowinghomeworkassignments:Week1homeworkassignment1:“Culturalautobiography”.

A. Intendedlearningoutcome:Toreflectonone’sownculturalbackground;the(specific)valuesandnormswhichare/wereimportantinone’sfamily/upbringing.Toreflectonone’sownsocializationprocess.

B. Requestedactivity:Writeyour‘curriculumvitae’/‘culturalautobiography’.Takethefollowingquestionsasyourpointofdeparture:

a. Whatwasthecontextinwhichyougrewup?Whenanswering,thinkofaspectsas:village/town,religion(s),politics,large/smallfamily,growingupinoneplace/severalplaces(movingoftenornot),socialbackground(notonlyyourown,butalsothatofyourparents)….

b. Whowere,nexttoyourparents,involvedinyourupbringing?c. Towhich‘culturalgroup’doyourparentsbelong–whatmakesthem,accordingto

you,membersofthatgroup?Don’tthinkonlyintermsof“Dutch”,“Zulu”,butalsoin‘subculturalgroups’withinthesecategories.Formulateyourdefinitionof‘culture’/’culturalgroup’!

d. Doyoubelongtothesamegroupasyourparentsorthepeoplewhobroughtyouup?Motivateyouranswer!

e. Whichnorms/valuesareimportantforyounow?Motivateyouranswerbyusingexamples.Pleasenote:Itisnottheintentionthatyoumention‘correct’valuesornorms.Mostpeople,forinstance,willagreethat‘honesty’isimportant.Thequestionisinstead:didhonesty(tousethisexample)playanimportantroleinyourupbringing?Thiscanbethecasebutoftenothervaluesareemphasized,suchas“workinghard”,“achievingsocialstatus”or“justbeyourself’,“besomeonespecial”,“knowmuchabout…”(art,books,sports,religion,etc.).

Thepaperhastobeclearlystructuredon1page,approximately500words.IthastobehandedinonBlackboardatthelatestonWednesdaythe23rdofNovember2016,17:00hours.Youshouldbepreparedtoshortlyreportonyourexperiencesduringthenextlecture.Week1homeworkassignment2:“MiniFieldwork”.PleaseconductasmallethnographicfieldresearchinGroningenoroneofitssurroundingvillagestooneofthefollowingtopics:1.GRONINGENTRANSLOCAL-sites,communities,meetingsorsituations,whichareclearlylocalisedinGroningen(oritsneighbouringvillages)butstronglyinfluencedorevencharacterizedbyitstranslocalconnections.2.COMMUNITYORCOMMUNITYBUILDING-situations,localities,places,events,fieldsofaction,inwhichformalorinformalprocessesofcommunitybuildingcanbeobserved.Yourworkshouldbestructuredbyapplicationofthemethod“participantobservation”.PROCEDURE:Yourresearch-projectshouldbestructured(moreorless)bythefollowingsteps:1.identificationofanappropriatesite,organisation,event,communitytoworkononeofthepredefinedtopics.2.firstapproachtothechosensite-insomecasesaformalcontactingmightbenecessary;inothercasesyouhavetofindoutaboutconcretevenuesordates;ifyourchosensiteispublicorsemi-publicthatkindofpreparationisnotnecessary.3.“entry”-insomecasesitcouldbeappropriatetoannounceyourparticipationoreventoaskforapermission;ifyoursiteisopentothepublic,inmostcasesyoucanjustgothereand

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takepartintheeventorthenormallifeatthisplace.4.participation/observation-oncepresenttrytoapplythemethod“participantobservation”,thus:observethescenery,thestructureoftheplace,actionsandinteractionsofthepeople,thecourseofevents;takepartasfarasitseemsappropriate5.writingoffieldnotes-writedownyourobservationsassoonaspossibleafterhavingleftyourfieldresearchsite.Youcouldconcentrateonthefollowingaspects:-Howwastheplacestructuredorstyled?-Howwastheatmosphere?-Whowaspresentatyourchosensite?Whotookpart?-Whatweretheydoing?-Howdidtheyinteract?-Whatwassaid?-Whatwasthecourseofevents?-Whatwasmissing?RESULTS:Youshouldbepreparedtoshortlyreportonyourexperiencesduringthenextlecture.Pleasehandinyourfieldnotesofabout1page,approximately500words,atthelatestbythe23rdofNovember2016,17:00hours.AppendixII:Homeworkassignmentweek2Week2homeworkassignment:“Newsthroughananthropologicalperspective.”Pleasefollowthenewsonhumanitariandisastersorinterventions–innewspapers,ontheinternet,ontelevision–andlookatitfromananthropologicalperspective.Howcanthesituationofaffectedpeople/communitiesbeunderstoodfromananthropologicalperspective?Whatcantheanthropologicalvoiceaddtothedebatesanddiscussions?Pleasehandinyournotes/findingsonBlackboardatthelatestbythe30thofNovember2016,17:00hours.Youshouldbepreparedtoshortlyreportonyourfindingsduringthenextlectureandforinstancebringanewspaperarticleand/oryournoteswithobservationstothelecture.AppendixIII:finalgrouppresentationsandfinalindividualpaperThisanthropologymoduleendswithfinalgrouppresentationsandwiththecompletionofanindividualpaper.

Finalgrouppresentations:30%

Thestudentswillbedividedintogroupstoformpanelsforthefinalclasspresentationstobeheldinweek8,the20thofJanuary2017.Eachgroupwilladdress,exploreandanalyseadesignatedtheme.Toprepare,youwillreadeachother’spapers,draftanintroductorystatement,andpreparequestionstodiscusswiththeaudience.

FinalIndividualPaper(about4pages,approximately2000words):70%

Inthefinalpaperyouwilldemonstratethatyouhaveunderstoodthemainconceptualissuesofthecourse,reflectedonthefinalpresentationsandfeedbackfromyourpeers,andproduceyourownanalysisofyourtopic.Thefinalpaperwillbeanextensionandrevisionofyourfirstdraft.Inthefinalpaperanthropologicalperspectivesandconsiderationsofthestudentsareintegratedinaclearargumentation.Thefinalpaperisbasedupon(1)materialpresentedduringsessions,(2)thecourseliterature,(3)aspecificliteratureresearchcarriedoutbythestudentsthemselves.Thepaper’saimistoreachadeeperandactivelyacquiredunderstandingoftheareaspresentedduringthemoduleandthespecificthemeaddressedinthegroup.

ThefinalpapershouldbehandedinonBlackboard;atthelatestonthe3rdofFebruary2017.