Decolonizing Anthropology Theory

Catalog description

This course examines the theoretical and interpretive perspectives of contemporary anthropologists outside of the US and Europe. Disciplinary issues such as the “crises of representation” alongside the decolonization of the Global South will be explored. Writings that explore the tensions between the universal and particular, theory and practice, power and knowledge and the limits of objectivity and subjectivity will also be discussed. One of the courses satisfying the Theory requirement for the major in Anthropology. Satisfies the Justice, Equality, and Community requirement. Prerequisites & Notes ANT 101 or permission of the instructor.