Anthropology of Armed Conflict

(Cross-listed as PJS 25.) Introductory-level study of armed conflict and conflict transformation from standpoint of anthropology of violence. Critical examination of causes of conflict; gendered, ethnic, cultural, and religious dimensions; globalization of conflict through media, transnational flows of commodities, international interventions; impact of 9/11 and the global "war on terror"; intersection of local, national, and international techniques of conflict transformation. Focus in depth on experience and initiatives from the ground up.