Anthropology 353 - SEM: TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY

Topics course. What does it mean to belong ? to a city, a nation, a global community ? from an anthropological perspective? How do passports, blood tests, border checkpoints, and voting ballots produce and reinforce ideas about citizenship? How are global movements of people and capital transforming notions of belonging? How does globalization challenge conventional understandings of citizenship as a particular relationship to a nation-state? This seminar considers the political, cultural and economic dimensions of citizenship and belonging. Our perspective will be global and will take into account both national and transnational identities and practices.

Topic: Citizenship and Belonging. Instructor Permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores