The Ethics, Methods, and Practices of International Development International development through the lenses of volunteer tourism, philanthropic projects, cultural and social immersion programs, NGO work, para-professional or professional affiliation with a global institution, and academic fieldwork in sites throughout the Global South are some of the main vectors through which poverty action has been imagined and practiced.

This course introduces Division II students to ethnographic methods through the specific study of the powerful institutions of law, science, and medicine. Through the critical reading and analysis of ethnographic texts, students will learn about the substantive areas of political and legal anthropology, science studies, and critical medical anthropology. Students will also build a methodological toolkit for investigating complex social problems in the areas of law, science, and medicine.

The last three decades have seen the rapid integration of markets across national borders. This has been accompanied by dramatic changes in the organization of production and in employment conditions. In both high- and low-income countries, these processes have led to profound changes in the distribution and location of women's work.

This course explores central topics in contemporary Latin American society and politics by reading recent ethnographic works. The course does a very brief historical introduction to the region and then moves on to analyze current issues by focusing on two recurring problems/themes throughout Latin American history: modernity and nation-making. Although the course will allow students with no previous knowledge of Latin America history or politics to become acquainted with the region, prior work in/about Latin America is recommended.

The question of how to resist, survive and challenge retaliatory violence directed against African American communities has always been central to the history of African decedents in the U.S. The extent to which the active role of women had been central to this history has been rarely acknowledged.

How have people fallen in love and with whom? What can we learn about our society and culture through examinations of the history of our dating practices and trends? This is an introductory social and cultural history course that explores the changes and continuities of dating and courtship beginning in the 19th century to the present.

Using primary and secondary materials as well as documentaries and feature films, this course explores conceptualizations and representations of race and sex in various domains of scientific thought. We begin by looking at the histories of race and sex in Western science. We will examine gendered and racialized pathologies, such as hysteria and drapetomania, and consider how scientific thought intersected with larger political and economic movements. We will then move into a discussion of the uses of race and sex in the contemporary life sciences.

This course will examine how the beliefs and practices of Buddhism adapted to and influenced Asian societies and their religious (and political) cultures. Rather than defining Buddhism strictly as a scriptural religious philosophy, this course will move beyond canonical boundaries and focus on historical and contemporary practices. We will begin with the history of how Buddhism spread across Asia and adapted to each new society.

Tumultuous and robust, American cities have certainly enjoyed a rich history. As this course is primarily a writing seminar, we're particularly interested in how Americans have given voice to their urban experience, beginning with the literary realism of the late 19th century and culminating in the various expressions of the hip-hop culture of today. Are there universals in the urban story? How and why do shifting populations tell different stories?

This course is primarily concerned with the study of cities. A considerable amount of work has primarily been focused on cities of the Global North. While the course will initially investigate the cities of Paris, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles, the course will shift its theoretical and methodological intentions toward cities of the Global South. Through a diverse set of case studies in cities such as Manila, Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro, Dubai, Mexico City, and Shanghai, the course examines historical and contemporary patterns of urbanization and urbanism.