Undervisningsplan

Gruppe 1 "Spr?k, tanke, handling: perspektiver i kognitiv antropologi", undervisningsplan:

Seminarleder: Halvard Vike

I seminaret tar vi for oss et utvalg sentrale perspektiver i kognitiv antropologi. De mest sentrale tekstene i kurset er Kronenfelds "Plastic Glasses and Church Fathers" og Strauss & Quinns "A Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning". I seminaret vil det bli lagt spesiell vekt p? disse perspektivenes implikasjoner for v?r forst?lese av spr?k, og p? v?r mulighet til ? anvende spr?klige data som innfallsvinkel til ? forst? kulturelle modeller.

Alle deltagerne oppfordres til ? v?re forberedt til det f?rste seminaret, og anbefales ? begynne med ? gj?re seg kjent med Kronenfelds bok. Seminaret vil starte med en forelesning, deretter legges st?rre vekt p? deltaegernes egne presentasjoner av utvalgte deler av litteraturen, og diskusjoner i plenum.

Noen av seminarene vil g? p? engelsk.

Velkommen.

Gruppe 2 "Antropologiske klassikere: Kj?nnsantropologi", Undervisningsplan:

Seminarledere: Elisabeth L'orange F¨¹rst og Cecilie ?ien

Kurset forutsetter aktiv studentdeltakelse med obligatoriske oppm?ter og studentinnlegg. F?rste gang fordeles pensumstekstene mellom studentene etter prinsippet "f?rstemann til m?lla¡­". Kursets kvalitet avhenger av at alle leser tekstene som er satt opp til hver gang. Melhuus og Lewins introduksjonstekster benyttes som felles tekstgrunnlag hele veien.

Gruppe 3 "Ethnographies of an uncertain present - the anthropology of neoliberalism", undervisningsplan:

Seminarleder: Wenzel Geissler

In the beginning of the new millennium, the concept of ¡®neoliberalism¡¯ and its synonyms ¨C ¡®late capitalism¡¯, millennial capitalism¡¯ etc. have featured, often centrally, in ethnographic studies by leading anthropologists working across the five continents. These studies, which all share a renewed interest in political economy, as well as in questions of government, statehood, sovereignty and citizenship, in conjunction with thorough cultural and social analyses, try to make sense the world at this particular historical juncture. Some of them could be described as post-post-socialist, in that they combine in their work the lessons of cultural studies and postmodernism with new readings of Marx and other modern theorists ¨C and with thorough ethnography. They all search for new concepts that match the radically new social, cultural, economic and political forms that in the aftermath of ¡®1989¡¯ have arisen in Borneo as well as Ukraine, Denmark and Irak, Zambia and Brasil. Indeed, it is one of the characteristics of these new forms, that they seem to occur between different places, through wide ranging networks, which is why they sometimes are referred to as ¡®globalisation¡¯. Yet, they are assembled in new shapes and to different effects in different localities. In this course we will read four recent monographs by leading anthropologists, which all deal ethnographically with ¡®neoliberalism¡¯, as it unfolds in four very different parts of the world. Our aim will be twofold: to share their concepts and analyses in order to inform our own ethnographic research; and to examine these ethnographies as texts, attending to writing styles and structure, to find inspiration for our own ongoing work. Presentations and discussion will aim to draw lines between the texts and the concepts they introduce, and the participants research projects in different parts of the world.

Form of the course: 3 sesions @ 4 hours, 10.30-12.30 and 2 ¨C 4 pm. We will read together four monographs. Participants are requested to have a thorough look at all the books (which will be available in the library, but cannot be borrowed) before the beginning of the course. In the first session we will distribute the tasks. Each participant will be asked to prepare a very short presentation and less than one-page discussion point for each session. Accordingly, all participants will be expected to read all the texts.

The first session will consist of an introduction to the subject and agreement on workplan and distribution of tasks. Then we will discuss the texts of he day and view a film. The second and third session will consist of two parts, each dealing with one monograph.

Gruppe 4 Natur og samfunn: "Making Places"

Seminarleder: Rune Flikke

Gruppe 4 vil m?tes i forbindelse med de vanlige m?tene til SAIs forskningsseminar Natur og samfunn, som har sitt utspring i et av instituttets kjerneomr?der. Vitenskapelige ansatte og stipendiater vil ogs? delta i gruppen. Gruppen m?tes 2 timer, annenhver uke.

Artiklene fra Ethnos og Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute er tilgjengelig for nedlasting p? bibliotekets hjemmesider. Artikkelen til Hirsch kan kopieres ved henvendelse til ekspedisjonen.