This course is available on the BA in Anthropology and Law, BA in Social Anthropology, BSc in Social Anthropology, Exchange Programme for Students in Anthropology (Cape Town), Exchange Programme for Students in Anthropology (Fudan), Exchange Programme for Students in Anthropology (Melbourne) and Exchange Programme for Students in Anthropology (Tokyo). This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students. Optional for BA/BSc Social Anthropology and BA Anthropology and Law.? Also available to students on other degree programmes as an outside option, and to General Course students.
This course is available on the BA in Anthropology and Law, BA in Social Anthropology, BSc in Social Anthropology, Exchange Programme for Students in Anthropology (Cape Town), Exchange Programme for Students in Anthropology (Fudan), Exchange Programme for Students in Anthropology (Melbourne) and Exchange Programme for Students in Anthropology (Tokyo). This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students. Optional for BA/BSc Social Anthropology and BA Anthropology and Law.? Also available to students on other degree programmes as an outside option, and to General Course students.
10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the LT. This course has a reading week in Week 6 of LT.
Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the LT.
This course will be based on the close reading of the following three ethnographic monographs: Earle, Duncan, & Simonelli, Jeanne. (2005). Uprising of Hope: Sharing the Zapatista Journey to Alternative Development. Walnut Creek: Altamira Press. Lan, David. (1985). Guns and Rain: guerrillas and spirit mediums in Zimbabwe. Berkeley: University of California Press. Shah, Alpa (2018) Nightmarch: Among India's Revolutionary Guerillas. London: Hurst Publishers
Take-home assessment (100%) in the LT. The take home exam will be held the week following the end of the LT.