Anthropology 353cc - Seminar: Topics in Anthropology-Cannabis as Catalyst

Sem: T-Cannabis as Catalyst

Fall
2021
01
4.00
Caroline M. Melly

TH 9:25 AM - 12:05 PM

Smith College
ANT-353cc-01-202201
Seelye 102
cmelly@smith.edu
Once maligned as a dangerous "gateway drug" and as a troubling sign of social decay, cannabis is increasingly regarded as a potent and future-focused remedy for a range of medical and social ills. This course considers this rapid and dramatic cultural, legal, and political transformation and what it has to teach us about much broader social shifts and tensions. Our study of cannabis will be a starting point for thinking about a variety of crucial anthropological topics, including human-plant relations, legality and illegality, race and (in)justice, pharmaceuticals and botanical treatments, kinship and care, science and expertise, and disability activism. ​

[CE] JR/SR only

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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