ANT364H Summer 2015 – Environment and Globalization Dr. Dylan Clark Director of Contemporary Asian Studies University of Toronto we call land is an element of nature inextricably interwoven with man’s institutions. To isolate it and “What form a market out of it was perhaps the weirdest of all undertakings of our ancestors.” Karl Polanyi Offices: 003N Munk. TBA and by appointment. office hours” online at Blackboard: always Office hours: “Virtual glad to answer questions on our Blackboard discussion board. In this course we will ponder the cultural exchange between and We ponder how different “humans” “nature.” peoples see themselves vis a vis animals, plants, foods, and resources; how they articulate themselves as subjects, how the discern ethics, how they comprehend killing, usage, and ownership of nature. Our journey will explore classification, gender, and economic anthropology. Along the way, we’ll strive to understand cultural classification schema in terms of boundaries and boundedness; to think through how different peoples delineate human and human, how is objectified, how natural products are commodified, and how classification schemes bear on “nature” economies. Columba Gonzalez. Office hrs: Ms. Gonzales only has paid for marking exams. Teaching Assistant: none. Course grading: Midterm test: 25% Final exam: 45% Research paper: 30% Course reading: This course requires a good deal of reading. Please plan accordingly, and complete reading before class. Attendance: Attendance in all lectures is strongly recommended. Please arrive prepared to take extensive notes: the instructor seldom uses PowerPoint. Time and Place: TBA. Course texts: No texts to purchase. All texts provided through the University of Toronto Library system and Blackboard, per observation of Canadian copyright laws, in accordance with U of T guidelines. ________________________________________
ANT364H – Summer 2015 Environment and Globalization Dr. Dylan Clark Director of Contemporary Asian Studies University of Toronto “What we call land is an element of nature inextricably interwoven with man’s institutions. To isolate it and form a market out of it was perhaps the weirdest of all undertakings of our ancestors.” Karl Polanyi Offices: 003N Munk. Office hours: TBA and by appointment. “Virtual office hours” online at Blackboard: always glad to answer questions on our Blackboard discussion board. In this course we will ponder the cultural exchange between “humans” and “nature.” We ponder how different peoples see themselves vis a vis animals, plants, foods, and resources; how they articulate themselves as subjects, how the discern ethics, how they comprehend killing, usage, and ownership of nature. Our journey will explore classification, gender, and economic anthropology. Along the way, we’ll strive to understand cultural classification schema in terms of boundaries and boundedness; to think through how different peoples delineate human and how “nature” is objectified, how natural products are commodified, and how classification schemes bear on economies. Teaching Assistant: Columba Gonzalez. Office hrs: none. Ms. Gonzales only has paid for marking exams. Course grading: Midterm test: 25% Final exam: 45% Research paper: 30% Course reading: This course requires a good deal of reading. Please plan accordingly, and complete reading before class. Attendance: Attendance in all lectures is strongly recommended. Please arrive prepared to take extensive notes: the instructor seldom uses PowerPoint. Time and Place: TBA. Course texts: No texts to purchase. All texts provided through the University of Toronto Library system and Blackboard, per observation of Canadian copyright laws, in accordance with U of T guidelines. ________________________________________ human,
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