Culture and Power

Catalog description

Culture and Power FA3 (3) This course explores how we can understand human social and cultural diversity, as well as related issues such as race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and inequality. It asks what is culture, how do we make sense of human behavior that appears to be radically different than our own, and how power relations shape human lives and human behavior. Students have an opportunity to practice the methodology of ethnography, which aims to understand the lives of others by living with and participating actively in their lives, thus attempting to see and experience the world as they do. Ultimately, the course shows how anthropology and related social sciences and humanities offer tools not just to better understand others but also to better understand oneself. AU Core Habits of Mind: Cultural Inquiry. AU Core Integrative Requirement: Diversity and Equity. Usually Offered: fall, spring, and summer.