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Бакалавриат 2021/2022

Социальная и экономическая антропология

Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»
Статус: Курс обязательный (Социология)
Направление: 39.03.01. Социология
Когда читается: 2-й курс, 3 модуль
Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории: для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Преподаватели: Кормина Жанна Владимировна, Круглова Анна Борисовна
Язык: английский
Кредиты: 3
Контактные часы: 40

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This is an introductory course in social and cultural anthropology. The goal of the course is to familiarize sociology students with anthropological approach to researching social life, and with anthropology as a particular genre of writing in social and historical sciences. By the end of the course, the students will be equipped with the basic analytics, skills and research principles used by anthropologists in international settings. The course is subdivided into two blocks. First part is dedicated to the history of emergence of anthropology as the knowledge of the Other. In this part, the goal is to interiorize the key concepts and the specifics of anthropological optic, and to understand the general logic of development of the discipline’s theory and methods. Second part is an introduction to some classical themes and topics that continue to be productive for anthropologists working in every part of the world. We shall explore the ways in which the insights and debates originating in very specific and localized contexts, can contribute to our understanding of humanity as a whole, and vice versa. The course is especially useful for those who intend to specialize in long-term qualitative, theoretically inspired and empirically grounded research, and interested in the creative side of scientific writing.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Providing students with the basic theories and paradigms used by transnational, contemporary academic anthropologists (as exemplified by the international top-10 journals in the discipline)
  • Teaching students to use basic methods and analytical tools specific to the anthropology as a discipline, with special attention to their difference and complementarity to those in sociology.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Be able to apply anthropological analysis for studying any aspect of social life
  • Be able to discern the advantages and disadvantages of anthropological optic
  • Know the historical development of the field of anthropology
  • Know the main frameworks and optics of anthropological analysis
  • to see the problems of contemporary life in their anthropological interconnectedness, in cultural and historical contexts
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Anthropology, Origins and Key concepts
  • Theory and Methods
  • Identity. Constructing social and cultural boundaries
  • Reciprocity. Value.
  • Kinship and family.
  • Ritual action
  • Rationality. Magic, science and religion
  • Nature and culture.
  • Globalization. Imitation and power.
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • blocking Final exam
    Final grade is calculated based on the results for the midterm exam and final exam: G final for the course = 0,40*G midterm test + 0,60*G exam The grade decimals are rounded according to math rules, with the exception of G final exam < 4 which is not rounded and is a fail grade. For example 3,999 is rounded to 3, but 4,51 is rounded to 5.
  • non-blocking Mid-term test
    Mid-term tests cannot be re-taken. If a student missed the mid-term test on account of illness or other circumstances stipulated in HSE rules as valid reasons to miss an examination, there will be an opportunity to take a make-up test within two weeks of the original test date. All tests are taken online, on Google forms. The questions for the make-up test will come from a pool of questions different from the original test.
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2021/2022 3rd module
    0.6 * Final exam + 0.4 * Mid-term test
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Bourgois, P. I., & Schonberg, J. (2009). Righteous Dopefiend. Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=407430
  • Eriksen, T. H. (2015). Small Places, Large Issues - Fourth Edition : An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology (Vol. 4th ed). London: Pluto Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1057037

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Buriticá López, I. C., & Kulick, D. (2008). Travesti: sex, gender and culture among brazilian transgendered prostitutes. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.93D56AE5
  • Patico, J. (2009). For Love, Money, or Normalcy: Meanings of Strategy and Sentiment in the Russian-American Matchmaking Industry. Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology, 74(3), 307–330. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141840903053097