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Anthropology+202+ Socio-Cultural+Anthropology& & Fall&2019& Professor&Eduardo&Kohn& T/Th&&1:05-2:25& ADAMS&AUD& Professor’s&Office&Hours:&TBA& &

Course+Description& What&does&it&mean&to&be&human?&&Socio-cultural&anthropologists&offer&a&distinctive&approach& to&this&question.&&We&have&developed&a&variety&of&techniques&for&immersing&ourselves&in&the& messiness& and& strangeness& of& lived& reality& in& ways& that& force& us& to& suspend& our& taken& for& granted&assumptions&about&the&worlds&we&encounter&and&those&who&live&there.&&Our&hope&is& that&through&this&process&we&might&learn&to&listen&for&another&–unexpected–&kind&of&wisdom.&& Anthropology,&as&a&field&is&unique.&&Simultaneously&a&science&and&a&humanity,&it&is&a&pursuit& that&is&at&once&on&the&ground&and&gritty,&reflective&and&philosophical,&and,& always,&through& and& through,& deeply& personal.& & This& course& is& intended& as& a& general& introduction& to& anthropological& ways& of& understanding& the& world& and& our& place& in& it.& & But& it& is& also& an& introduction& to& an& anthropological& way& of& being& in& the& world& –a& way& of& being& that& might& teach&us&to&better&attend&to&others&in&ways&that,&in&the&process,&might&also&allow&us&to&better& make&sense&of&ourselves&and&the&worlds&we&fashion&with&one&another.&&& &

General+Information& McGill&University&values&academic&integrity.&&Therefore&all&students&must&understand&the& meaning&and&consequences&of&cheating,&plagiarism&and&other&academic&offences&under&the&Code& of&Student&Conduct&and&Disciplinary&Procedures&(see&www.mcgill.ca/students/srr/honest/&for& more&information).& & If&you&have&a&disability&please&contact&the&instructor&to&arrange&a&time&to&discuss&the&situation.&&It& would&be&helpful&if&you&contact&the&Office&for&Students&with&Disabilities&at&398-6009&(online&at& www.mcgill.ca/osd)&before&you&do&this.& & In&accord&with&McGill&University’s&Charter&of&Students’&Rights,&students&in&this&course&have&the&right&to& submit&in&English&or&in&French&any&written&work&that&is&to&be&graded.& &

Course+Goals+and+Objectives& Students&will&receive&a&broad&and&general&introduction&to&the&vibrant&field&of&socio-cultural& Anthropology,&through&critical&engagement&with&select&readings,&lectures,&class&discussions,&and&

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writing&assignments.&&By&the&end&of&this&course&students&should&improve&their&analytical&and& expressive&skills&and&they&should&also&deepen&their&understanding&of&the&field&of&Anthropology.&&& &

Instructional+Method& Lecture&and&discussion.& &

Course+Materials& -A&required&course&pack&is&available&from&the&McGill&University&Bookstore&(3544&Ave&du&Parc).&& (Please¬e&that&course&packs&from&previous&years&are&acceptable).& -Additional&(optional,&and&occasionally&required)&readings&may&be&posted&on&Web&CT.& -The&following&required&book&is&available&from&Paragraphe&Bookstore&(2220&McGill&College&Ave):& -Reflections-on-Fieldwork-in-Morocco,&by&Paul&Rabinow& &

Assignments+and+Evaluation& Your&course&grade&will&be&based&on&two&short&essays&and&one&final&exam&as&described&below:& & Assignment+#1+& Science+Fiction+Treatment+(15%+of+grade):+Due+Tuesday,+September+24th+& You&will&conceive&of&and&write&a&treatment&for&a&Science&Fiction&television&series&or& movie.&Instructions&will&be&given&in&class.&A&handout&describing&the&assignment&will&be& posted.& & Assignment+#2& Ways+of+Ethnographic+Listening+(35%+of+grade):+Due+Tuesday,+October+29th++ You&will&conduct&field&“observation”&somewhere&in&Montreal&and&write&anðnographic& description&based&on&this.&Instructions&will&be&given&in&class.&A&handout&describing&the& assignment&will&be&posted.&&& & Final+Exam+(50%+of+grade)& The&final&exam&will&be&cumulative.&It&will&cover&lectures,&discussion&and&films&shown&in& class&as&well&as&course&materials.&The&exam&will&consist&primarily&of&multiple-choice& questions.&It&may&also&include&short&answers&and&essay&questions.& & Evaluation& Students&who&fulfill&the&course&requirements&and&do&good&work&will&receive&a&B,&those&who&fulfill& the&requirements&and&do&excellent&work&will&receive&an&A,&and&those&who&fall&short&in&any&aspect& of&the&course&will&receive&significantly&lower&grades.&&&Please¬e&that&late+essays+will+be+docked+ a+third+of+a+letter+grade+for+each+day+late+including+weekend+days.&&Please&contact&your&TA&if& you&foresee&any&problems.& & &

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Absences+and+Lateness& If&you&have&to&miss&class&it&is&your&responsibility&to&get&materials,&assignments,&and&class¬es& from&other&students&(and¬&from&the&Professor&or&Teaching&Assistant).&Please&do¬&be&late&to& class.&It&is&disruptive&and&will&be¬iced.& &

Use+of+Electronic+Devices& The&use&of&all&electronic&devices&is&strongly&discouraged.&If&laptops&must&be&used,&for¬e&taking& only,&please&use&them&in&such&a&way&that&does¬&disturb&your&neighbor.&&Please&turn&off&all&cell& phones&and&smart&phones&for&the&duration&of&the&class.&Calls&and&incoming&messages&are& distracting&to&others.& & Office+Hours& Office&hours&and&office&locations&of&the&teaching&assistants&will&be&provided&during&the&first& weeks&of&class.&You&are&expected&to&consult&(via&meetings&and&emails)&TAs&first®arding& questions&about&course&content—lectures&and&readings—and&your&graded&material.&If&you&have& additional&questions&or&concerns&please&see&Professor&Kohn&during&office&hours.& &

Schedule+of+Lectures+and+Readings& Note:&It&is&difficult&to&predict&with&precision&the&amount&of&time&required&for&many&of&the& following&subjects.&You&can&anticipate&that&some&lectures&will¬&coincide&with&the&scheduled& dates.&&&Please&arrive&to&lecture&having&done&the&readings.&&The&lectures&are&designed&with&the& assumption&that&you&have&engaged&with&the&materials&before&coming&to&class.& &

General+Course+Outline& The&course&is÷d&into&the&following&four&units:& I++ + Making+the+strange+familiar+(and+the+familiar+strange)& II++ The+anthropological+vocation& III++ The+one+and+the+many& IV++ Natures& & On&the&following&page&there&is&an&outline&of&the&course.&&Some&modification®arding&topics&and& reading&assignments&may&occur&in&the&course&of&the&semester.&&It&is&possible&that&some&additional& reading&assignments&will&be&posted&on&WebCT.& &

Please-note-that-in-the-event-of-extraordinary-circumstances-beyond-the-University’scontrol,-the-content-and/or-evaluation-scheme-in-this-course-is-subject-to-change.& &

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Anthropology:+an+introduction+& & 1)!The!riddle!of!the!sphinx& Tuesday,&September&3& &

I)+Making+the+strange+familiar+(and+the+familiar+strange)& & 2)!Strangeness!and!depth& Thursday,&September&5& & Reading:& Geertz:&Deep&play:¬es&on&the&Balinese&cockfight& & Film:&& Gardner:&Forest&of&Bliss& & 3)!Ways!of!anthropological!knowing& Tuesday,&September&10& & Reading:& Rosaldo:&Grief&and&a&Headhunter’s&Rage&&& & Films:&& Asch:&The&Ax&Fight& Deren:&Divine&Horsemen:&The&Living&Gods&of&Haiti&(clips)& & 4)!Becoming!strange& Thursday,&September&12& & Readings:&& Boas:&&On&Alternating&Sounds& Mead:&Introduction,&Coming&of&Age&in&Samoa& Miner:&Body&Ritual&Among&the&Nacirema& & & Film:&&& Birdwhistell&and&Van&Vlack:&Microcultural&Incidents&in&Ten&Zoos& & Assignment
&Sci&Fi&Treatment&(POSTED)& & & & 5)!S.F.!(speculative!fabulation)!& Tuesday,&September&17& & Readings:&&

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Borges:&Funes&the&Memorious& Rabinow:&Reflections&on&Fieldwork&in&Morocco,&Forward,-Introduction.&

+ II)+The+anthropological+vocation& & 6)!The!making!of!an!anthropologist& Thursday,&September&19& & Readings:&& Lévi-Strauss:&The&Making&of&An&Anthropologist& Rabinow:&Reflections&on&Fieldwork&in&Morocco,&Chs.-1-3.& & 7)!Ethnographic!fieldwork& Tuesday,&September&24& & Readings:& Malinowski:&Introduction,&Argonauts&of&the&Western&Pacific& Rabinow:&Reflections&on&Fieldwork&in&Morocco,&Chs.-4-6.& & Assignment
&Sci&Fi&Treatment&(DUE)& & 8)!Fieldnotes!and!writing& Thursday,&September&26& & Readings:&& Malinowski:&&A&Diary&in&the&Strict&Sense&of&the&Term& Lévi-Strauss:&A&Writing&Lesson& Taussig:&I&Swear&I&Saw&This,&Ch.-1-& Rabinow:&Reflections&on&Fieldwork&in&Morocco,&Chs.-7,8,-Conclusion.& & 9)!Engaged!anthropology& Tuesday,&October&1& & Reading:&& D’Andrade,&Scheper-Hughes&and&commentators:&Objectivity&and&Militancy:&A&Debate& & 10)!Ways!of!listening& Thursday,&October&3& & Reading:& Agee&and&Evans:&Let&Us&Now&Praise&Famous&Men&(selections)& & Film:&& Taylor:&Sweetgrass&(selected&clips)& & Soundscapes:&& Feld:&Rainforest&Soundwalks&(selections);&The&Time&of&Bells&(selections)&

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& Assignment:&Ways&of&Ethnographic&Listening&&(POSTED)& &

III)+The+one+and+the+many& & 11)!Making!people& Tuesday,&October&8& & Reading:& Turner:&The&Social&Skin&& & 12)!Relating…and!detaching& Thursday,&October&10& & Reading:& & Gershon:&Breaking&Up&Is&Hard&To&Do& & 13)!Structures!of!power& Tuesday,&October&15& & Readings:& Hertz:&The&Pre-eminence&of&the&Right&Hand& Mintz:&Time,&Sugar,&and&Sweetness& & 14)!Globals!and!locals!& Thursday,&October&17& & Reading:& Hacking:&Making&Up&People& & Film:&& Wiseman:&High&School& & 15)!Making!up!people!I& Tuesday,&October&22& & Film:&& Wiseman:&High&School& & 16)!Making!up!people!II& Thursday,&October&24& & Readings:&& Bestor:&&Supply-Side&Sushi& & 17)!Violence& Tuesday,&October&29&

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& Reading:&& Taussig:&Terror&as&Usual& & Assignment:&Ways&of&Ethnographic&Listening&(DUE)& & 18)!Memory& Thursday,&October&31& ! & Reading:&& Behar:&The&Girl&in&the&Cast& & Film:&& Stevenson&and&Kohn:&El-Reflejo& & 19)!Individuality& Tuesday,&November&5& & Readings:& Wilson:&Indulgence& Schull:&Digital&Gambling& & Film:&& Schull:&Buffet& & &

IV)+Natures& & 20)!Race& Thursday,&November&7& & Readings:& Pierpont:&The&Measure&of&America& American&Anthropological&Association:&Statement&on&Race& & 21)!Genders& Tuesday,&November&12& & Readings:& Kulick:&The&Gender&of&Brazilian&Transgendered&Prostitutes& Thompson:&Quit&Sniveling&Cryobaby& & 22)!The!problem!with!twos& Thursday,&November&14& & Reading:& & Scheper-Hughes&and&Lock:&The&Mindful&Body&

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& Tuesday+November+19+(In+Class+Review+Session)+ + Thursday+November+21+(No+Class)+ + 23)!Humanimality!and!the!Living!Thought& Tuesday,&November&26& & Reading:&& Haraway:&The&Companion&Species&Manifesto&(selections)& Deacon:&Symbols&aren’t&Simple&(begin&reading)& Freud:&The&Forgetting&of&Proper&Names& & Videos:& Grandin:&The&World&Needs&All&Kinds&of&Minds&(clips)& &

Closing+remarks& & 25)!Riddles!of!the!sphinx& Thursday,&November&28& &

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Filmography/Discography+and+Bibliography+of+Assigned+Books+and+ Readings+in+the+Course+Pack& & Filmography/Discography& Asch,&Timothy,&et&al.& &

1989& The&Ax&fight.&In&Yanomamo&film&series.&Watertown,&Mass.:&Documentary&Educational& Resources,.& Barbash,&Ilisa,&Lucien&Taylor,&and&Cinema&Guild.& & 2009& Sweetgrass.&New&York:&distributed&by&The&Cinema&Guild,.& Birdwhistell,&Ray&L.,&Pennsylvania.&Eastern&Pennsylvania&Psychiatric&Institute&Philadelphia.&Dept.&of&Studies& in&Human&Communication.,&and&Psychological&Cinema&Register&(Pennsylvania&State&University)& & 2005& Microcultural&incidents&in&ten&zoos&an&illustrated&lecture.&University&Park,&PA:&Penn&State& Media&Sales,.& Deren,&Maya,&Teiji&Ito,&and&Cherel&Ito& & 1986& Divine&horsemen&the&living&gods&of&Haiti.&New&York:&Mystic&Fire&Video.& Feld,&Steven& & 2001& Rainforest&soundwalks&ambiences&of&Bosavi,&Papua&New&Guinea.&[s.l.]:&Earth&Ear,.& Feld,&Steven& & 2006& The&time&of&bells.&4&soundscapes&of&Italy,&Denmark,&Finland,&Japan,&and&Iraq/USA.&[S.l.]:& VoxLox,.& Gardner,&Robert,&et&al.& & 2001& Forest&of&bliss.&Cambridge,&Mass.:&Harvard&Film&Archive&:&Distributed&by&Harvard& University&Press,.& Grandin,&Temple& & & 2010& The&World&Needs&All&Kinds&of&Minds.&TED&Talks.&February&2010.& http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html& Schull,&Natasha&Dow& & 2006& Buffet.&[S.l.]:&Binge&Productions.& Stevenson,&Lisa&and&Eduardo&Kohn& & 2010& El&Reflejo.& Wiseman,&Frederick& & 1996& High&school.&Cambridge,&MA:&Zipporah&Films.&

& Book& Rabinow,&Paul& 1977&

Reflections&on&Fieldwork&in&Morocco.&Berkeley:&University&of&California&Press.&

& Bibliography+(by+unit+and+date)& & Making+the+strange+familiar+(and+the+familiar+strange)& Geertz,&Clifford& & 2005& Deep&play:¬es&on&the&Balinese&cockfight.&Daedalus&(Fall&2005):56-86.& Rosaldo,&Renato& & 1989& Introduction:&Grief&and&a&Headhunter's&Rage.&In&Culture&and&Truth:&The&Remaking&of& Social&Analysis.&Pp.&1-21.&Boston:&Beacon&Press.& Boas,&Franz& & 1889& On&Alternating&Sounds.&American&Anthropologist&11:47-54.& Mead,&Margaret& & [1928]&2006&& Coming&of&Age&in&Samoa.&In&Readings&for&A&History&of&Anthropological&Theory.&

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P.A.&Erickson&and&L.D.&Murphy,&eds.&Pp.&124-129.&Peterborough,&Ont.:&Broadview&Press.& Miner,&Horace& & 1956& Body&Ritual&among&the&Nacirema.&American&Anthropologist&58:503-507.& Borges,&Luis& & 1998& Funes,&The&Memorious.&In&Fictions.&A.&Kerrigan,&ed.&Pp.&97-105.&Paris,&New&York:&Calder& Publications.&

& The+anthropological+vocation& Levi-Strauss,&Claude& & 1955& The&Making&of&an&Anthropologist.&In&Tristes&Tropiques.&Pp.&51-60.&New&York:&Penguin& Books.& Malinowski,&Bronislaw& & 1922& Introduction:&The&Subject,&Method&and&Scope&of&this&Inquiry.&In&Argonauts&of&the& Western&Pacific:&An&Account&of&Native&Enterprise&and&Adventure&in&the&Archipelagoes&of& Melanesian&New&Guinea.&Pp.&1-25.&Long&Grove:&Waveland&Press,&Inc.&.& Malinowski,&Bronislaw& & 1967& A&Diary&in&the&Strict&Sense&of&the&Term.&N.&Guterman,&transl.&Pp.212-223.&Stanford:& Stanford&University&Press.&& Levi-Strauss,&Claude& 1955& A&Writing&Lesson.&In&Tristes&Tropiqes.&Pp.&294-304.&New&York:&Penguin&Books.& Taussig,&Michael& & 2011& Chapter&1.&In-I&Swear&I&Saw&This.&Pp.&1-9.&Chicago:&University&of&Chicago&Press.&& D’Andrade,&Roy& 1995& Moral&Models&in&Anthropology.&Current&Anthropology&36(3):&399-408.& Scheper-Hughes,&Nancy& 1995& The&Primacy&of&the&Ethical:&Propositions&for&a&Militant&Anthropology.&Current& Anthropology&36(3):&409-440.& Agee,&James,&Walker&Evans& & 1939& Let&Us&Now&Praise&Famous&Men.&Pp.&xiii-xiv,&7-36,&47.85.&New&York:&Ballantine&Books&Inc.&&

& The+one+and+the+many& Turner,&Terence&S.&& & 2007& The&Social&Skin.&In&Beyond&the&Body&Proper.&M.&Lock,&Judith&Farquhar,&ed.&Pp.&83-103.& Durham&and&London:&Duke&University&Press.& Hacking,&Ian& & 2007& Making&Up&People.&In&Beyond&the&Body&Proper.&M.&Lock,&Judith&Farquhar,&ed.&Pp.&150163.&Durham&and&London:&Duke&University&Press.& Gershon,&Ilana& 2010& Breaking&Up&Is&Hard&to&Do.&Journal&of&Linguistic&Anthropology&20(2):&389-405.& Hertz,&Robert&

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The&Pre-eminence&of&the&Right&Hand:&A&Study&in&Religious&Polarity.&In&Beyond&the&Body& Proper.&M.&Lock,&Judith&Farquhar,&ed.&Pp.&30-40.&Durham&and&London:&Duke&University&Press.& Mintz,&Sidney&W.& 1997& Time,&Sugar,&and&Sweetness.&In-Food&and&Culture:&A&Reader.&Carol&Counihan,&Penny&Van& Esterik,&ed.&Pp.&357-369.&New&York,&London:&Routledge.&&

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Bestor,&Theodore&C.& & 2001& Supply-Side&Sushi:&Commodity,&Market,&and&the&Global&City.&American&Anthropologist& 103(1):74-95.& Taussig,&Michael& & 1992& Terror&as&Usual:&Walter&Benjamin's&Theory&of&History&as&State&of&Siege.&In&The&Nervous& System.&Pp.&11-35.&New&York,&London:&Routledge,&Chapman&and&Hall&Inc.& Behar,&Ruth& & 1996& The&Girl&in&the&Cast.&In&The&Vulnerable&Observer:&Anthropology&That&Breaks&Your&Heart.& Pp.&104-135.&Boston:&Beacon&Press.& Wilson,&Margaret& & 2005& Indulgence.&In&Fat:&The&Anthropology&of&an&Obsession.&D.&Kulick,&Anne&Meneley,&ed.&Pp.& 153-167.&New&York:&Penguin&Group&(USA)&Inc.& Schull,&Natasha&Dow& & 2005& Digital&Gambling:&The&Coincidence&of&Desire&and&Design.&Annals&of&the&American& Academy,&American&Academy&of&Political&and&Social&Science&(597):65-81.&

& Natures& Pierpont,&Claudia&Roth& & 2004& The&Measure&of&America.&In&The&New&Yorker.&March&8,&2004.&Pp.&48-63.& American&Anthropological&Association& & May&17,&1998& American&Anthropological&Association&Statement&on&"Race".& Kulick,&Don& & 1997& The&Gender&of&Brazilian&Transgendered&Prostitutes.&American&Anthropologist&99(3):574585.& Thompson,&Charis& & 2007& Quit&Sniveling,&Cryo-baby,&We'll&Work&Out&Which&One's&Your&Mama!&In&Beyond&the&Body& Proper.&M.&Lock,&Judith&Farquhar,&ed.&Pp.&623-639.&Durham,&London:&Duke&University&Press.& Scheper-Hughes,&Nancy,&Margaret&M.&Lock&& & 1987& The&Mindful&Body:&A&Prolegomenon&to&Future&Work&in&Medical&Anthropology.&Medical& Anthropology&Quarterly&1:6-41.& Haraway,&Donna&Jeanne& & 2003& The&Companion&Species&Manifesto:&Dogs,&People,&and&Significant&Otherness.&&Pp.&1-5,&4042.&Chicago:&Prickly&Paradigm&Press.& Deacon,&Terrence&William& & 1997& Symbols&Aren't&Simple.&In&The&Symbolic&Species:&the&Co-evolution&of&Language&and&the& Brain.&Pp.&69-101.&New&York,&&London:&W.W.&Norton.& Freud,&Sigmund& [1901]&1989&&&The&Forgetting&of&Proper&Names.&In&The&Psychopathology&of&Everyday&Life.&J.& Strachey,&ed.&Pp.&9-17.&The&standard&edition&of&the&complete&works&of&Sigmund&Freud.&New&York,& London:&W.W.&Norton.&...