Anthropology 241 - ANTHROPOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT

Fall
2015
01
4.00
Elliot Fratkin
TTh 10:30-11:50
Smith College
20939-F15
SEELYE 208
efratkin@smith.edu
This course compares three explanatory models-modernization theory, dependency theory, and indigenous or alternative development-to understand social change today. Who sponsors development programs and why? How are power, ethnicity and gender relations affected? How do anthropologists contribute to and critique programs of social and economic development? The course discusses issues of gender, health care, population growth and economic empowerment with readings from Africa, Asia, Oceania and Latin America. Prerequisite: ANT 130 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 30.
Not open to first-years
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.