ANTH 236
Individuals in Context: Personhood, Emotion, Thought Spring 2015
Division II
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How does culture get inside our heads? How does variation between societies or social groups intersect with variation between individuals within those groups? What can ethnographic methods, in particular, tell us about the intersections between individual and culture? This course offers an introduction to the theoretical and methodological tools of psychological anthropology, a sub-field of anthropology that investigates the relationship between interior experience and social worlds. We will explore studies of personhood, emotion, socialization, and cognition across cultures, topics that draw together the individual and her broader social context. We will pair these studies with key theoretical texts from the field, and will conclude by discussing how psychological anthropology can contribute to contemporary debates about power, inequality, and social transformation.
The Class: Format: lecture
Limit: 20
Expected: 20
Class#: 4041
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: 1-page response papers (5 total, graded pass/fail); mid-term essay exam (5-7 pages); final essay exam (5-7 pages)
Prerequisites: none; open to first year students
Enrollment Preferences: Anth/Soc majors
Distributions: Division II

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