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Learn how Black theories and theorists have contributed to the history and trajectory of anthropological inquiry, methods, and theory and to understanding the human experience

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TENTATIVE: ANTH 216a - Black Anthropological Thought Syllabus

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Tentative Syllabus

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ANTH 216a - Black Anthropological Thought Syllabus_Oyarzun.docx (1)

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This course offers a counter-canon of anthropology by tracing the themes presented by Black anthropologists, especially those studying the Black diaspora.

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Graduate Student Status OR instructor permission required

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📅 Duration: 1 Semester
💻 Format: In-Person Seminar
⏰ Time: Mondays, 5:30 - 8:30 PM

💫 Credits: 4
📍 Location: Kaplan Seminar Room (Brown)

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Learn to identify and apply Black anthropological methodologies to ask (research) questions and

study culture, diversity, and difference.

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Further your knowledge about the experience(s) of Black peoples around the world and develop more nuanced understandings of:

race

diaspora

(racial) authenticity

belonging

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Learn to analytically differentiate between instances and theories of anti-blackness and/versus of Blackness, and learn major concepts related to:

violence

sovereignty

racism

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Yesmar Oyarzun

Department of Anthropology

Anthropologist of Science and Medicine and Oral Historian with work focusing on perception and constructions of race and (ab)normality in medicine and beyond.

Contact: yesmaroyarzun@brandeis.edu

Fall Office Hours: M, W 2-3pm (Brown 208)