ANTH2625 - Culture and Development

Semester 1, 2013  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Robbie Peters
Phone: +61 2 9036 9399
Email: robbie.peters@sydney.edu.au

Description

The 1949 speech by US president, Harry Truman, declared his country's commitment to the 'development' of the Third World, and began what many consider to be development as an institutional approach to non-Western societies. Anthropology, well established in its study of non-Western societies, was able to offer a rich ethnographic insight into the developing world. Combining ethnographic detail with social science concepts, this unit covers topics such as food crisis, land, environment, cities, fair trade, migration, nation-state, NGOs, poverty and informal economy.

Assessments

1x1500wd essay (30%), 1x2500wd essay (45%), 1x500wd tutorial presentation (15%) tutorial participation (10%)

Classes

1x2hr lecture/week, 1x1hr tutorial

Prerequisites

12 Junior credit points from Anthropology

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