ANTH 216a - Black Anthropological Thought by Yesmar Oyarzun https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/iezy1ynnk10oq8pb Course on Black anthropology, Blackness, and anti-Blackness en-us 2024-11-05 19:33:42 UTC 2025-04-24 13:16:57 UTC hello@padlet.com Why Choose This Course? yesmaroyarzun2 https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/iezy1ynnk10oq8pb/wish/3203078034 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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💻 Format: In-Person Seminar
⏰ Time: Mondays, 5:30 - 8:30 PM

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

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]]> 2024-11-05 19:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/iezy1ynnk10oq8pb/wish/3203078052 Unit 1: Black Methodologies yesmaroyarzun2 https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/iezy1ynnk10oq8pb/wish/3203095570 Learn to identify and apply Black anthropological methodologies to ask (research) questions and

study culture, diversity, and difference.

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  • race

  • diaspora

  • (racial) authenticity

  • belonging

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  • violence

  • sovereignty

  • racism

]]> 2024-11-05 19:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/iezy1ynnk10oq8pb/wish/3203096110 Overview yesmaroyarzun2 https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/iezy1ynnk10oq8pb/wish/3203107135 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

]]> 2024-11-05 19:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/iezy1ynnk10oq8pb/wish/3203107135 Instructor yesmaroyarzun2 https://padlet.com/yesmaroyarzun2/iezy1ynnk10oq8pb/wish/3224903978 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)

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