ANY2530

Tradition and change: culture, colonialism and modernity

(ART)

Penelope Graham

8 points + 3 hours per week + First semester + Clayton + Prohibition: COS2530

Synopsis: Connections between travel, anthropology, colonialism and modernity focusing on colonialism as a set of cultural processes. The notion of /tradition0 and the emergence of /modern0 identities in various parts of the Asian and Pacific regions. The culture of colonialism as depicted in ethnographic accounts of the modern period. Forms of religious and secular colonisation, theories of colonial discourse, the critique of colonial categories and the instigation of regimes of work and cultures of fear in parts of Asia and Africa, South and Central America.

Assessment: Tutorial participation: 10% + Book review (1000 words): 15% + First essay (1500 words): 25% + Second essay (2000 words): 30% + Examination (1.5 hours): 20%