ANY3530

Modernities in the Making: Indigenous Peoples and Colonial Cultures (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: Penelope Graham

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: On completion of this subject students should be able to: 1. Analyse socio-cultural aspects of emergent modernities in selected ethnographic settings around the globe. 2. Demonstrate a knowledge of recent trends in the anthropological and sociological literature on colonial cultures and differing forms of modernity. 3. Critique unduly dichotomous accounts of colonial/pre-colonial and Western/non-Western social formations.

Assessment: Tutorial participation: 10% + Oral presentation (equivalent to 1000 words): 25% + Book review (1000 words): 25% + Essay (2000 words): 40% + Third-year students must additionally locate two published reviews and contrast these with their own reading of the ethnography they have chosen.

Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week

Prerequisites: A first-year sequence in Anthropology or History or Politics or Sociology or a cognate discipline or by permission

Prohibitions: ANY2530/COS2530/COS3530