Theory and Practice of Social Anthropology II

(4 Credits)

Focuses on a group of central anthropological concepts, examining their geneaologies and limits. Looks at the relation of theoretical and ethnographic practices as they developed in post-World War II and post-colonial contexts, primarily in the Anglophone traditions, as anthropologists grappled with rapid social change. Attention is paid to multilayered power relations, social movements, practical consciousness, practice theory, invented traditions, and the production of culture.