Exploration of the relationship between
colonialism, knowledge production, and power in
anthropology and associated fields. Critical
approaches to the study of imperial ideologies,
colonial representation, colonial resistance, and
postcolonial identity. Consideration of how
anthropology has variously operated as a tool of
colonial control and a critique of continuing
forms of colonial power. Recent and contemporary
efforts to redress enduring colonial aspects of
anthropological methods, theories, and aims.
colonialism, knowledge production, and power in
anthropology and associated fields. Critical
approaches to the study of imperial ideologies,
colonial representation, colonial resistance, and
postcolonial identity. Consideration of how
anthropology has variously operated as a tool of
colonial control and a critique of continuing
forms of colonial power. Recent and contemporary
efforts to redress enduring colonial aspects of
anthropological methods, theories, and aims.
- Teacher: Oren Kosansky