ARCL 0006 — INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

2020-2021, Term 1
Year 1 Module BA/BSc, 15 credits
Module Coordinator: Dr. José R. Oliver j.oliver@ucl.ac.uk
Post-Graduate Teaching Assistant:
J. Julian Garay-Vazquez jose.vazquez.16@ucl.ac.uk
Office Hrs. (via Teams) Tuesdays 2-3 PM & Thursdays 10-11 AM
For ‘Microsoft Teams Group’ lectures (PPTs) and live/online meetings sign-up via Moodle

Chief Sitting Bull, North America London, United Kingdom

Yanomamo (Venezuela) South America Baka women, Central African Republic

Please refer to the online IoA Student Handbook (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/current-students/ioa-student-

handbook) and IoA Study Skills Guide (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/current-students/ioa-study-skills-guide) for
instructions on coursework submission, IoA referencing guidelines and marking criteria, as well as UCL policies on penalties for
late submission.
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Potential changes in light of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Please note that information regarding teaching, learning and assessment in this module
handbook endeavours to be as accurate as possible. However, in light of the Coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic, the changeable nature of the situation and the possibility of
updates in government guidance, there may need to be changes during the course of the
year. UCL will keep current students updated of any changes to teaching, learning and
assessment on the Students’ webpages. This also includes Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQs) which may help you with any queries that you may have.

1. MODULE OVERVIEW

ASYNCHORNIC PPT LECTURES SYNCHRONIC SESSIONS/MEETING

PRE-RECORDED POWERPOINTS MONDAYS (LIVE/ONLINE)

LINK TO MICROSOFT TEAM VIA MOODLE GROUP 1: 2-3 PM
ARCL0006
GROUP 2: 3-4 PM
Discussion (Q & A) Sessions and Tutorials
Workload (ASSIGNMENTS)
Work Deadline (2020) Marked by (ca. 4 weeks)
QATI 1 October 30th November 20h
QATI 2 November 27th December 21th
QATI 3 December 23rd January 11, 2021

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1.1- Module description

Social Anthropology is the comparative study of the ways in which people live in different social
and cultural settings across the globe. Societies vary enormously in how they organise
themselves, the cultural practices in which they engage, as well as in their religious, political and
economic arrangements. This module will provide a general introduction to the main issues
studied by social anthropology and explore their relevance to archaeologists. How do different
societies classify the world? Are there any human universals? Where does nature end and culture
begin? What is religion, ritual and beliefs (e.g., witchcraft)? How ‘We/us’ relate to and interact with
‘Others’? How do people shape, and are shaped by, the material world around them?

1.2- Module Aims

This module aims to introduce the field of social anthropology and its relationship to
archaeology.

1.3- Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module students should be:

1. Familiar with the major concepts and approaches to social anthropology;

2. Aware of contentious issues arising out of the anthropological study of the topics
covered;
3. Able to engage critically with these topics and issues.

1.4- Methods of Assessment

This module is assessed by means of:
Three ‘QATI’ (Quotation-Argument-Connections-Implications) essays. These are short pieces of
writing (950-1050 words each) based on assigned readings. They are designed to help you develop
and improve your analytical skills when undertaking required readings (more in ASSESSMENT
below). The three account for 100% (i.e., 33.33+% each) of the final grade of the module. Two
examples of what a QATI essay should aspire to are provided in and can be downloaded from
Moodle in the tab “Assignment QATI 1-3” tab.

1.5- Communications
 Moodle is the main hub for this course.
 Microsoft Teams will be used for all live on-line Discussion and Q & A sessions and Tutorials
and to access weekly pre-recorded PowerPoint lectures.
 Important information will be posted by staff in the “ANNOUNCEMENTS” section of Moodle.
You will automatically receive an email notification through ‘Announcements.
 Please post any general queries relating to module content, assessments and administration
in Moodle’s Forum (“GENERAL QUESTIONS/ANSWERS FORUM”). It also allows for student
groups to communicate each other.
 For private/personal queries, please contact the co-ordinator by email j.oliver@ucl.ac.uk or
to J. Julian Garay Vázquez (PGTA) jose.vazquez.16@ucl.ac.uk
 The live/online weekly office hours are Tuesdays 2:00 – 3:00 PM and Thursdays 10:00 – 11: AM
via Microsoft Teams (URL link is found in Moodle, in the GENERAL section). You may be asked
to wait (i.e., call in later) if busy.

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1.6- Week-by-week Summary (2020)

Lectures by José R. Oliver (JRO), with PGTA online/live moderation by José Julian Garay-Vázquez (JJG)

SESSION Asynchronic Lecture (pre-recorded PowerPoint duration (two Monday Meetings: Group 1 (2-3 PM) & ASSIGNMENT
(WEEK) with video PowerPoint)* segments) Group 2 (3-4 PM) QATI Due DATE

View PPTs before next Q & A live

On file in Microsoft Teams Synchronic (live) via 'TEAMS '
session
1 (1) INTRODUCTION** given live-online 05-OCT- Live Introduction to Module
History Anthropological Thought (1) 00:47 hr 12-OCT- TUTORIAL #1: Other People's
2 (2) total: 1:29 hr
(Part-1) (2) 00:42 hr Worlds (gender/color)
History Anthropological Thought (1) 00:49 hr 19-OCT- Discussion/ Q & A: topics of
3 (3) total:1:29 hr
(Part-2) (2) 00:47 hr Sessions 2-3
(1) 00:49 hr 26-OCT- TUTORIAL #2: Nature, Nurture,
4 (4) Classifying the World total: 1:36 hr 30-OCT- QATI-1
(2) 00:47 hr Culture
Classifying Ourselves (person, (1) 00:39 hr 02-NOV- Discussion/ Q & A: topics of
5 (5) total: 1:36 hr
kinship, gender, culture) (2) 00:45 hr Sessions 4-5
X (6) 9-13 NOVEMBER- READING WEEK
Classifying Others: Ethnicity, (1) 00:34 hr 16-NOV- TUTORIAL #3: Witchcraft,
6 (7) total: 1:09 hr
Nationalism (2) 00:35 hr Rational Thought
Anthropology of Religion: witches, (1) 00:35 hr 23-NOV- Discussion/ Q & A: topics of
7 (8) total: 1:14 hr 23-NOV-QATI-2
priests, rituals, spirits (2) 00.39 hr Session 6 & 7
(1) 00:43 hr 30-NOV- TUTORIAL #4: Anthropology &
8 (9) How societies see the past total: 1:30 hr
(2) 00.31 hr Power
(1) 00:30 hr 07-DEC- Discussion/ Q & A: topics of
9 (10) Anthropology, Power & Politics total: 1:21 hr
(2) 00.51 hr Sessions 8-9
(1) 00:38 hr 18-DEC- TUTORIAL #5: Gift & Exchange
10 (11) Things and Us: Material Culture total: 1:18 hr
(2) 00.40 hr (1st 1/2 hour)
23-DEC-2020
18-DEC- Discussion/ Q & A: topic QATI-3
Session 10 + Overview (2nd 1/2 hour)
* Except for Introduction (Session/lecture 1), please view the PowerPoint BEFORE the next online/sycnhronic Q & A meeting
**Introduction (Session 1) PowerPoint will be presented live/online; it will be available for later reviewing.

1.7- Module Plan & Registration in Microsoft Teams

1.7.1- Asyncronic PowerPoint Lectures

The module consists of 10 lecture sessions over a span of 11 weeks. Week 6 is reading week. Each
pre-recorded session/week covers a different topic. The lectures for the topics of Sessions 2 to 10
(Weeks 2-11) consist of pre-recorded PowerPoints (PPTs) that will always be accessible for viewing
via the “ARCL006-Microsoft Teams PowerPoint Lectures”. The pre-recorded PPTs include a video
showing the lecturer and the slides. You can choose whether you view them with or without the
video/sound. Each lecture’s PPT is divided into two segments that you ought to have read/viewed
before the live, online meetings on Mondays. As noted, the only exception is Session/Week 1 which
will be delivered synchronic, live/online (see below). A copy of the PowerPoint presented in the
first Session will also be made accessible in Teams PowerPoint Lectures” (for later review if you
wish). The time/duration of the pre-recorded (calculated when using video/voice) PPT lectures are
provided in the table above to help you budget your time. Except for Session 1 (Week 1), which is
live, you are asked to view the PPT before the online, live ‘Discussion and Q & A’ meeting takes
place. Nonetheless, a copy of the PPT for the Session/Week 1 will be available in “ARCL0006-
Microsoft Teams PowerPoint Lectures” . To register, go to Moodle and open the tab labelled

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“Communications & Links to Microsoft Teams” and follow the instructions for “ARCL0006
Microsoft Teams PowerPoint Lectures”. Then click on the URL icon (in Moodle):

All students must join right away the “Microsoft Teams PowerPoint Lectures” group. The student
will need register to Teams and must enter (for first time only) the following code or password:

82m6fcp.
1.7.2- Live/online (Syncronic) Discussion and Q&A Sessions and Tutorial Meetings
The live, online sessions consist of two types: (i) Discussion and Question & Answer session and
(ii) the Tutorial meeting. Each live session lasts about 45 minutes is meant to be participatory (all
students and staff contribute). Because of COVID19, and to make live participation manageable,
the class has been divided into two separate groups for online/live (synchronic) session/meetings.
Each, Group 1 and Group 2, has a dedicated Teams Group, different from the “ARCL0006-Microsoft
Teams PowerPoint Lectures” (above described; this is only for viewing pre-recorded PPTs).
Students will be notified via Moodle “Announcements” which group (1 or 2) she/he should register
before the first group Introduction session (Session/Week 1) takes place on 5 October.

For Group 1 the live session will take place on Mondays from 2-3 PM and for Group 2 it will take
place on Mondays from 3-4 PM. You will be assigned by the course coordinator (and/or the PGTA)
to either Group 1 or Group 2 and notified via ‘Announcements’ in Moodle. Once assigned the
student should not switch from one group to the other. Should you be unable (with valid
cause/reason) to attend your assigned Group meeting, please send an email to the coordinator or
PGTA and await for further instructions. The instructions to register for either Group 1 or Group 1
are also found in Moodle (in the tab “START HERE: Communications & Links to Microsoft Teams”) .
The student should NOT yet register into Group 1 or Group 2 until s/he is notified to which
group s/he has been assigned.

(i) Live Discussion and Q & A Sessions. Starting in session/week 2 onwards, these live sessions
are devoted to interactive and participatory discussions of the topics covered by the pre-recorded
PPTs. Note that these Discussion and Q & A sessions take place every other Monday, alternating
with the Tutorial live meetings. Thus, for example, the discussion and questions/answers for the
PPT topics of Sessions 2 and 3 will take place on Monday the 19th of October, while those of Sessions
3 and 4 will take place on Monday the 2nd of November, and so on (see schedule on previous table,
p. 4). This means that by the 19th of October you must have already viewed the Power Points
related to Sessions/Weeks 2 and 3: ‘History of Anthropology (Part 1)’ and ‘History of Anthropology
(Part 2)’. To prepare for the live Group session, it is recommended that, beforehand, you write
down the questions that you may have or clarifications you may need about the content of the
PowerPoint lectures and of the readings (PDF texts) assigned for Sessions/Lectures 2-3 (and so on).
The student is also reminded of this in the PowerPoints themselves.

(ii) Live Tutorial Meetings. The tutorial format is similar to a “seminar”. It differs from the
“Discussion and Q & A Session” in that here students are assigned four Key Reading materials
covering a specific topic and that will be the strict focus of discussion among members of the group
(moderated by coordinator and/or PGTA). The format for the tutorial oral/live discussion echoes
that of the QATI written assignment (Quotation, Argument, Text connections and Interpretation).

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The live Tutorial meetings are meant to give you insights on how to best approach and write the
QATI essays that will be the basis of your mark/grade for the course. Note that the given Tutorial
topic may anticipate a (similar) topic covered more broadly on a later date Session lecture (PPT)
and/or the related online/live Discussion and Q & A. For example, Tutorial #1 (on 12th October), on
the topic of “Other People’s Worlds”, occurs in Week 3, but the Lectures (PPTs) that more closely
relate to this topic are for Session/Week 4 (“Classifying the World”). The Tutorial online meetings,
takes place on Mondays fortnightly (alternating with Discussion/Q & A, as seen in previous
schedule table, p. 4).

The specific instructions to register in Teams (for PPT lectures, and Group 1 or 2), are also provided
in Moodle under the tab “Communications and Links to Teams”. There you will find the
code/passwords for joining the Team Group (for all students to access PPTs) and for registering in
Group 1 or 2 for the live Discussions/Q & A and Tutorials. After the student is notified (via
Announcements in Moodle) to which group s/he belongs to, then s/he should register by clicking
on the correct link in Moodle. (Please do not register for both!):

password/code 76toh8f

password/code n649txs

1.8- Module Workload

This is a 15-credit module which equates to 150 hours of learning time including session
preparation, background reading, viewing PPTs, and researching and writing your assignments.
With that in mind you should expect to organise your time in roughly this way:

27 hours Staff-led teaching sessions (pre-recorded PPT lectures, and online/live discussion
sessions and tutorials)

60 hours Self-guided session preparation (reading, listening, note-taking and online

activities), about 6 hr./week

21 hours Preparing and writing (essay) QATI 1

21 hours Preparing and writing (essay) QATI 2

21 hours Preparing and writing (essay) QATI 3

2. ASSESSMENT
Each assignment and possible approaches to it will be discussed in advance of the submission
deadline. If you are unclear about the nature of an assignment, you should discuss this with the
Module Co-ordinator or PGTA in advance (via email in Moodle or via “Teams Weekly Office Hours”.
You will receive feedback on your written coursework via Moodle and have the opportunity to
discuss your marks and feedback with the co-ordinator during virtual office hours.

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For more details see the ‘ASSIGNMENT’ tab in Moodle. The IoA marking criteria can be found in the
IoA Student Handbook (Section 12- information on assessment) found in:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/current-students/ioa-student-handbook
and the IoA Study Skills Guide found in:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/current-students/ioa-study-skills-guide.

Three short (950-1000 word) essays (QATI) comprise 100% of your course assessment (each QATI=
33.333% of the total mark).

QATI (Quotation, Argument, Textual connection, and Implications) Essay. You must choose
one of the assigned (key) readings (Tutorials 1-5) as your central/main text from which you will
select an appropriate quotation and summarize its central argument. Then you choose one other
text (from Key readings) to make the relevant connections to the main text. The final section draws
relevant implications/conclusions derived from the comparing both texts. Please read very
carefully the detailed instructions in Moodle’s tab labelled “ASSIGNMENT QAT1-3 (short essay)”.
In this tab you will find a link (URL) for the guideline for correct referencing format (“bibliography”
and in-text citations; i.e., Harvard system). A sample of QATI essays is also provided (as PDF).

3. RESOURCES & PREPARATION FOR LECTURES & MEETINGS

The (pre-recorded PPT) lectures do not aim to teach everything there is to know about social
anthropology. The aim of these lectures is only to introduce a topic, outlining its main points and
summarising key authors. It is up to each student in readings, essays, live online discussions and
Q & A), and tutorials to expand the picture and to develop her/his own point of view on the subject.
The student is thus encouraged to read widely to broaden the scope of the lecture. Minimally, the
student ought to read the ‘☑ Key’ readings and, as far as possible, complement them with other
references provided in Additional readings (both in this document). The ‘Additional’ readings cited
in the syllabus (below) include only a selection of those used as ‘sources’ in the PPT lectures.

All the readings (‘☑ Key’ and ‘Additional’) for this course are open access and available via UCL On-
Line-Readings (within Moodle) or through the UCL Library’s Explore. All the ‘Key’ readings and
some of the ‘Additional’ readings are also included (PDF format) in folders or as files within each
Session/Week in Moodle. In addition, an extended bibliography list for social anthropology is
provided separately as a PDF (filename <<ARCL.006_Extended Bibliography>>, and found in
Moodle’s “Extended Bibliography” tab. The bibliography is divided by lecture/session number and
by sub-topics within that session’s theme. Source references cited in the PowerPoint slides can be
found in either the ‘Extended Bibliography’ or in the syllabus below. Sources cited in the slides of
the PowerPoints that are not in the Key or Additional readings can be found in this bibliography.

A number of the readings are books or book chapters that are only available only as hard (printed)
copies in the UCL library system (no open access). However, almost all readings from journals are
available ‘online’ via UCL Explore and also within Moodle by clicking on:

Currently, the UCL Library services are available for all students, staff and external users with a
borrowing account. The UCL Institute of Archaeology Library has started a “click and collect”

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service since Monday 7th of September. The collection point is the steps/foyer of the IoA building
and collect of requested item are operating from 12:00 – 15:00 Monday- Friday. Do keep tabs on
the status of UCL library services since the availability of services is updated on a weekly basis to
this link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/coronavirus-covid-19/main-and-science-library-click-
and-collect-service

3.1 Preparation for PPT Lectures and Live Online Sessions/Tutorial Meetings.

You should read the Key readings indicated for the given session/week, ideally, before
listening/viewing the pre-recorded lecture (PPT). The student should have viewed the PPT lecture
before the next live/online “Discussion/Q & A” meeting takes place. Write down questions you may
have or clarifications you might want to be addressed from the pre-recorded PPT content and the
assigned readings. These questions/clarifications can then be raised and discussed by the Group
1 and 2 members during the following live/online “Discussion and Q & A Session”. Alternatively,
the student can raise questions through Moodle’s Forum (which is texting only).

To prepare for the online (live) Tutorial meetings, which are also held fortnightly (every other
week, alternating with Discussions/Q&A sessions), you must read/take notes on at least 2 of the 4
Key readings assigned (but preferably read all four). During the Tutorial online/live meeting the
student should be ready to orally present a summary of the key, central arguments and the
conclusions reached by the author/s and be able to critically apprise or evaluate how and why the
different texts are linked (or not) in terms of the arguments.

Again, the “Discussion/Q & A” sessions and the “Tutorial” meetings are meant to be participatory,
where the students, lecturer and/or Post-Graduate Teaching Assistant (PGTA) will be actively
engaged.

3.2 Main Textbooks for Social Anthropology

There is no single textbook for the module, but the textbooks listed (box in next page) are selected
for this course. All are open access via UCL-EXPLORE & Online Reading List for this course and also
are found (PDF) in the Moodle tab labelled “Basic Texts and Online Sources” (shown below).

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COURSE MAIN TEXTBOOKS (ALL OPEN ACCESS UCL-EXPLORE & IN MOODLE)

Eriksen, T. H. (2004). What is Anthropology? London: Pluto Press. [last edition, 2017].
This text is an abridged version of Eriksen 2010 [p2015], and not all of the topics are dealt to the
same degree of detail.

Eriksen, T. H. (2010 [2015]). Small Places, Large Issues. An Introduction to Social and
Cultural Anthropology. Pluto Press: London.

This is the main, key textbook for the course.

Eriksen, T. H. & Siver Nielsen, F. (2013 [2001]). A History of Anthropology. London: Pluto
Press.
A good overview of the history of anthropological theoretical approaches, with emphasis on
social-cultural anthropology. This is particularly relevant to the topics for Sessions 2 and 3.

Gosden, C. (1999). Archaeology & Anthropology: a changing relationship. London:

Routledge
A good review of the relationship of theoretical approaches between anthropology and
archaeology.

Ingold, T. , editor (2007). Companion Encyclopedia of anthropology. London: Routledge.

This is a compilation articles covering a range of key topics in social anthropology

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4. SYLLABUS- INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

SESSION LECTURES
ONLINE/LIVE MEETINGS MONDAYS 2-3PM (Group 1) and 3-4 PM (Group 2)

Session 1 (Week 1).-Introduction to Social Anthropology Module

05th October. Online, live Introduction session (2:00-3:00 PM Group 1; 3:00-4:00 PM Group 2).

KEY READINGS
☑ Hendry, Joy. (2016 [1999]) An Introduction to Social Anthropology. [Read ‘Introduction’, pp. 1-
15].
☑ Eriksen, T. H. (2004). What is Anthropology? London: Pluto Press. [Read Chapter 1: pp. 3-18].
[Other editions may be available in open access; 2017 is most recent]
☑ Eriksen, T. H. & Sivert Nielsen, F. (2013 [2001]). A History of Anthropology. London: Pluto Press.
[Read: Chapters 1-3, pp. 1-67]
◉ Course Handout: Definitions of Culture

ADDITIONAL
Binford, Lewis (1962) Archaeology as Anthropology. American Antiquity 28(2):217-225.

Session 2 (Week 2).-A History of Anthropological thought (Part 1)

12h October. View pre-recorded lecture (PPT) in Teams.
19 October Online Discussion /Q & A Session (2:00 PM Group 1 & 3:00 PM Group 2)

KEY READINGS
☑ Eriksen, T. H. & Sivert Nielsen, F. (2013 [2001]). A History of Anthropology. London: Pluto Press.
[Chapters 1-5]
I do not expect you will read all five chapters ahead of this lecture session, but these are a
good companion to the themes covered (PowerPoint).
☑ Gosden, C. (1999). Anthropology & Archaeology: A changing relationship. London/New York:
Routledge. [Read Chapter 4 pp. 60-85].

ADDITIONAL

Session 3 (Week 3).-A History of Anthropological thought (Part 2)

19 October. View pre-recorded lecture/session PPT in Teams.
19 October Online Discussion /Q & A Session (2:00 PM Group 1 & 3:00 PM Group 2)

KEY READINGS
☑ Eriksen, T. H. & Sivert Nielsen, F. (2013 [2001]). A History of Anthropology. London: Pluto Press.
[Continue: Chapters 6-9]
I do not expect you will read all these chapters for this lecture session, but these are a good
companion to the themes covered (PowerPoint).
☑ Ortner, S.B. 1984. ‘Theory in Anthropology since the Sixties’. Comparative Studies in Society
and History 26(1), 126-166.

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☑ Gosden, C. 1999. Anthropology & Archaeology: A changing relationship. London/New York:

Routledge. [Read . Introduction to Part II, pp. 120-151]

ADDITIONAL
Bordieu, Pierre (1970). Berber House or the World Reversed. International Social Science Council,
Vol. 9 (2):151-170.
Borofsky, R. (1997). Cook, Lono, and Sahlins. Current anthropology 38(2):255-279. [Includes
comments/replies by Kawainui Kane, Obeyeskere & Sahlins]
Ewart, E. (2003). Lines and Circles: Images of Time in a Paraná Village . Royal Anthropological
Institute, 9: 261-279.
Said, Edward W. (1979) Orientalism. Vintage Books, New York.
https://monoskop.org/images/4/4e/Said_Edward_Orientalism_1979.pdf

Session 4 (Week 4) Classifying the World: things, time, space

26th October. View pre-recorded lecture/session PPT in Teams.
02 November Online Discussion /Q & A Session (2:00 PM Group 1 & 3:00 PM Group 2)

KEY READINGS
☑ Adam, B. (2002). 'Perceptions of time'. In: T. Ingold (ed.), Companion Encyclopaedia of
Anthropology. London: Routledge.
☑ Hendry, J. (2016 [2008, 1999]). An Introduction to Social Anthropology. Other People’s Worlds’
New York: Routledge. [Read Ch 1 ‘ Seeing the World’, pp.16-33; or in 2016 ed., pp. 16-36]
☑ Hirsch, E. & O’Hanlon, M., eds (1995). The Anthropology of Landscape: Perspectives on Place and
Space. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
☑ Ortner, S. (1974). ‘Is female to male as nature is to culture?’. In M. Rosaldo and L. Lamphere
(eds). Woman, culture, and society, pp.67-87. Stanford: University of California Press. [Note: it
is a Key reading for Tutorial 1]

ADDITIONAL
Bloch, M. (1977). 'The past and the present in the present' Man, 2: 278-292.
Bordieu, Pierre (1970). Berber House or the World Reversed. International Social Science Council,
Vol. 9 (2):151-170. [refers to Kabyle House].
Childe, V. G. (1950), ‘The Urban Revolution’. Town Planning Review, 21, 3–17.
Dodge, W. A. (2007) Black Rock: A Zuñi Cultural Landscape and the Meaning of Place. University
Press of Mississippi. [Relevant: Chapters 1-2]
Durkheim, E. & Mauss, M. (2009 [1901-1904]). Primitive Classification. London: Routledge.
Dorsey, James O. (1894) “A study of Siouan Cults”. In: 11th Annual Report of the Bureau of
American Ethnology, pp. 361-385 [Work heavily cited in Durhkeim & Mauss 2009]. Open Access:
https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/annualreportofbu1118891890smit
Mauss, M. (1985). A Category of The Human Mind: The Notion of the Person.: The Notion of the
Self. In: The Category Of The Person: Anthropology, Philosophy, History, edited by M. Carrithers
et al., pp. 1-25. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Farris, N. 1987. ‘Remembering the future, anticipating the past: history, time and cosmology
among the Maya of Yucatan’. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 29(3): 566-93.
Howe, L. F. (1981). The social determination of knowledge: Maurice Bloch and Balinese time. Man
1981: 220-234.

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Howell, S. 1996. "Nature in culture or culture in nature? Chewong ideas of humans and other
species. In P. Descola and G. Palsson (eds). Nature & Society: Anthropological Perspectives.
London: Routledge, pp. 127-144. [Note: it is a Key reading for Tutorial 2]
Kay, P., B. Berlin, & W. Merrifield (1991). Biocultural Implications of Systems of Color Naming.
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Vol. 1(1): 12-25.
Keen, Ian (2000) A Bundle of Sticks: The Debate over Yolngu Clans. The Journal of the Royal
Anthropological Institute, Vol. 6, No. 3: 419-436.
Leach, E.R. 1971. Rethinking Anthropology. London School of Economics-Monographs on Social
Sciences. London: The Athlone Press. [Ref.: Chapter: “Two essays on Time].
http://hiebertglobalcenter.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Reading-8-Two-Essays-
Concerning-the-Symbolic-Representation-of-Time.pdf
Levi-Strauss, C. (1963). Structural Anthropology [Ch.1 “Introduction: History and Anthropology”,
pp. 1-27]. Note: Open access in: UCL Explore open access address is incorrect. Instead go to:
https://monoskop.org/images/e/e8/Levi-Strauss_Claude_Structural_Anthropology_1963.pdf
Mauss, M. (1985). A Category of The Human Mind: The Notion of the Person: The Notion of the
Self. In: The Category of The Person: Anthropology, Philosophy, History, edited by M. Carrithers
et al., pp. 1-25. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Okely, Judith (1983) Changing Cultures: The Gypsy Travelers. Cambridge University Press.
Oliver, J.R. (2000) "Gold Symbolism Among Caribbean Chiefdoms" In: Precolumbian Gold:
Technology, Style and Iconography, edited by C. McEwan, pp. 196-219. British Museum Press.
Open access: https://ucl.academia.edu/JoseOliver
Saunders, Barbara 2007. ‘Towards a new topology of color’. In: Anthropology of color:
Interdisciplinary Multilevel Modelling, edited by R. E. MacLaury, G. V. Paramei and D. Dedrick,
pp. 467-480. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Turton, David (1980). There's No Such Beast: Cattle and Colour Naming Among the Mursi. Man,
Vol.15(2): 320-338. [Note: it is a Key reading for Tutorial 1]
Tonkin, Robert (2012). Australia. Religion and Social Justice in a Continent of Hunter -Gatherers
[Aborigines]. In: Companion to Religion and Social Justice, edited by Michael D. Palmer and
Stanley M. Burgess, Ch. 24, pp. 361-372. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Session 5 (Week 5).-Classifying ourselves: personhood, kinship, gender

02nd November. View pre-recorded lecture/session PPT in Teams.
02 November Online Discussion /Q & A Session (2:00 PM Group 1 & 3:00 PM Group 2)

KEY READINGS
☑ Carsten, J. (2003). Gender, Bodies & Kinship. In: Culture of Relatedness: New approaches to the
study of kinship, J. Carsten (ed.), [Ch. 3 The Person, pp. 57-82]. Cambridge, CUP.
☑ Eriksen, T. H. (2004) What is Anthropology? London: Pluto Press. [Chapter 6: Kinship, pp.98-
116).]
☑ Eriksen, T. H. (2010) Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social Anthropology London:
Pluto Press. [Chapter 7-9: Kinship as Descent, pp.117-135; Marriage and Relatedness, pp.
136-154; Gender & Age, pp.155-175. ].
☑ Mauss, M. (1985). ‘A category of the human mind: the notion of person; the notion of ‘self’. In
Carrithers, M., S. Collins, and S. Lukes (eds) 1985. The Category of the Person: Anthropology,
philosophy, history. Cambridge: CUP.

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ADDITIONAL
◉ Course Handout: Kinship Terminology
Ekanem, John-Bosco. (2002) Clashing Cultures: Annang Not(with)standing Christianity: An
Ethnography. Brussels: Peter Lang Publishing. (NO OPEN ACCESS- ANTHROPOLOGY QH 416
EKA). For background on Anaang people go to/ link:
https://connectnigeria.com/articles/2019/08/ethnic-groups-in-nigeria-the-anaang-people/
Escobar, Gabriel (1982). Reviewed Work: “Maidens, Meal and Money: Capitalism and the
Domestic Community” by Claude Meillassoux. American Anthropologist, Vol. 84(2):485-486.
Geertz, Armin W. (1996). Structural elements in Uto-Aztecan Mythology, Hopi Gender and
Cosmology. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 8(1): 51-64.
Gluckman, Max. (1950). Kinship and Marriage among the Lozi of Northern Rhodesia and the Zulu
of Natal. In: African Systems of Kinship and Marriage, edited by A. R. Radcliffe- Brown and D.
Forde, pp. 166-206. London: Oxford University Press for the International African Institute.
Open access (full book]:
https://ia802702.us.archive.org/27/items/africansystemsof00radc/africansystemsof00radc.pdf
Gough, Kahtleen (1959). The Nayars and the definition of marriage. Journal of the Royal
Anthropological Institute, 89(1): 23-34.
Hess, Sabine (2006) Strathern's Melanesian 'Dividual' and the Christian 'Individual': A
Perspective from Vanua Lava, Vanuatu. Oceania, Vol. 76, No.3: 285-296.
Montague, Susan (1971) Trobriand Kinship and the Virgin Birth Controversy. Man, Vol. 6 (3): 353-
368.
Ortner, Sherry B. (2014) Too Soon for Post-Feminism: The Ongoing Life of Patriarchy in
Neoliberal America. History and Anthropology, 25:4, 530-549. DOI: 10.1080/02757206.2014.930458
Paterniti, Michael (2014). The Mountains Where Women Live as Men. GQ- Gentlemen's Quarterly,
Vol. 84, Issue 3, (Mar 2014), New York. [refers to the Albanian burrnesha]
see: Short Video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G47jIVoXWM
Parkin, R. 1997. Kinship: an introduction to the basic concepts. Oxford: Blackwell. (‘Introductory’
pp.1-13).
Schlegel, Alice, editor (1977). Sexual Stratification : A Cross-cultural View. New York -Guildford:
Columbia University Press.
Vilaça, Aparecida (2002). Making Kin Out of Others in Amazonia. The Journal of the Royal
Anthropological Institute, 8(2): 347-365.
Sigal, Pete (2007). Queer Nahuatl: Sahagún’s faggots and sodomites, lesbians and
hermaphrodites. Ethnohistory. 54(1) 9-34.
Weston, Kath (1993). Lesbian/Gay studies in the House of Anthropology. Annual Review of
Anthropology, 22(1): 339-367.

WEEK 6. READING WEEK 9-13 NOVEMBER

Session 6 (Week 7).-Classifying Others: Race, Ethnicity & Nationalism

16h November. View pre-recorded lecture/session PPT in Teams.
23 November Online Discussion /Q & A Session (2:00 PM Group 1 & 3:00 PM Group 2)

KEY READINGS
☑ Anderson, B. (1991 [1983]). Imagined Communities: Reflections on the origins and spread of
nationalism’. London: Verso. [Read ‘Introduction’, pp 1-7].

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☑ Banks, M. (1996). Ethnicity: Anthropological Constructions. London: Routledge. [Ch. 2].

☑ Eriksen, T. H. (2010 [2015]). Small Places, Large Issues. An Introduction to Social and Cultural
Anthropology. [ 4th ed., 2015]. Pluto Press: London. [Ch 17: Ethnicity & Ch. 18: Nationalism]

ADDITIONAL
Cohen, Ronald (1978) Ethnicity: Problem and Focus in Anthropology. Annual Review Anthropolgy,
7:379-403.
Eriksen, Thomas H. (2015). Fredrik Barth: An Intellectual Biography. London: Pluto Press. UCL-
Open Acess: https://www-jstor-org.libproxy.ucl.ac.uk/stable/j.ctt183p5d4 [cf. Chapter 6]
Jakoubek, Marec and Lenka J. Budilová (2018). “Frederik Barth and the study of ethnicity.
Reflections on ethnic identity in a world of global political, economic and cultural changes.
Interview with Professor Emeritus Gunnar Haaland”. In: Ethnic Groups and Boundaries Today: A
Legacy of 50 Years, edited by Jakoubek, Marec & Thomas H. Eriksen, Ch. 15, pp. 187-211.
London: Routledge. Full book Open Access: https://www-taylorfrancis-
com.libproxy.ucl.ac.uk/books/e/9780429461552
Miner, Horace. Body and ritual among the Nacirema. American Anthropologist, 53(3), 503-207.
Wright, D.R. (1999). “What Do You Mean There Were No Tribes in Africa?" Thoughts on Boundaries
and Related Matters in Precolonial Africa. History in Africa 26: 409-426.

Session 7 (Week 8).- Anthropology of Religion: Beliefs, Ritual & Witchcraft

23rd November. View pre-recorded lecture/session PPT in Teams.
23 November Online Discussion /Q & A Session (2:00 PM Group 1 & 3:00 PM Group 2)

KEY READINGS
☑ Eriksen, T. H. (2010 [2015]). Small Places, Large Issues. An Introduction to Social and Cultural
Anthropology. [ 4th ed., 2015]. Pluto Press: London. [Ch. 14: Religion & Ritual, pp.264-285].
☑ Morris, Brian (2015). Religion and Anthropology : Religion and Anthropology: A Critical
Introduction Religions. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. [Introduction, pp. 1-13].
☑ Evans-Pritchard, E.E. 1976. The notion of witchcraft explains unfortunate events. In Witchcraft,
Oracles, and Magic among the Azande. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
☑ Olson E., P.Hopkins , and L. Kong (2013). Religion and Place: Landscape, Politics and Piety,
edited by P. Hopkins et al. Science+Business Media Dordrecht [Ch.1 Introduction, pp. 1-20].
☑ Stewart, Charles (2011). Creolization, Hybridity, Syncretism, Mixture. Portuguese Studies, Vol.
27(1): 48-55.

ADDITIONAL
Bird-David, N. (1999). ‘Animism revisited: personhood, environment and relational
epistemology’. Current Anthropology. 40, 67-91.
Bloch,M. (1989). Ritual, History, And Power: Selected Papers in Anthropology. London: Athlone
Press. Open Access (PDF): https://www.scribd.com/doc/69933286/Maurice-Bloch-Ritual-
History-and-Power
Geertz, H. 1975. ‘An anthropology of religion and magic’ Journal of Interdisciplinary History 6(1).
Graeber D. (1995). Dancing with Corpses Reconsidered: An Interpretation of "famadihana" (in
Arivonimamo, Madagascar). American Ethnologist, Vol. 22 (2): 258-278.
Hopkins, Peter, Lily Kong, and Elizabeth Olson (2013). Religion and Place : Landscape, Politics
and Piety. The Netherlands: Springer. [see Ch. 1]
Lewis, Gilbert (1986). The Look of Magic. Man, 21 (3): 414-437.

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Lewis, Gilbert (2007). Magic, Religion and the Rationality of Belief. In: Companion Encyclopedia of
Anthropology, edited by T. Ingold, T., pp. London: Routledge.
Morris, Brian (2015). Religion and Anthropology : Religion and Anthropology: A Critical
Introduction Religions. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. [Ch. 5: Christianity & Religion
in Africa].
Southwold, Martin (1978). Buddhism and the Definition of Religion. Man, 13(33): 362-379.

Session 8 [Week 9].- How Societies See the Past

30th November. View pre-recorded lecture/session PPT in Teams.
07 December. Online Discussion /Q & A Session (2:00 PM Group 1 & 3:00 PM Group 2)

KEY READINGS
☑ Arnold, B. (1990). ‘The Past as Propaganda: Totalitarian Archaeology in Nazi Germany’.
Antiquity 64:464-478.
☑ Bell, D.S.A. (2003). ‘Mythscapes: Memory, Mythology, and National Identity’. British Journal of
Sociology 54(1):63-81.
☑ Connerton, P. (1989). How Societies Remember. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press [Read
Chapter 1].
☑ Hobsbawm, E. (1983). Introduction: Inventing Traditions, in E. The Invention of Tradition,
Hobsbawm and T. Ranger, editors, pp. 1-14 . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
☑ Moshenska, G. (2007). ‘Oral History in Historical Archaeology: Excavating Sites of Memory’.
Oral History 35(1):91-7.

ADDITIONAL
Appadurai, Arjun (1981). The Past as a Scarce Resource. Man, Vol. 16 (2): 201-219.
Canos-Donnay, Sirio (2019). The Empire of Mali. In: Oxford Research Encyclopedias. African
History. Oxford University Press, USA. (online: oxfordre.com/africanhistory via Explore).
Santos Granero, Fernando (1998). Writing History into the Landscape: Space, Myth, and Ritual in
Contemporary Amazonia. American Ethnologist, Vol. 25 (2): 128-148.
Hill, Jonathan D and Fernando Santos-Granero, editors (2002). Comparative Arawakan histories:
Rethinking Language Family and Culture Area in Amazonia. Urbana: University of Illinois
Press.
McDonald K. et al. (2018 ). The Pays Do Mali Empire. In: Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual
Projects of the West African Past: Essays in Honour of Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias, edited
by Toby Green and Benedetta Rossi, Chapter 3, pp. 63-87. Leiden: Brill Books.
MacDonald K. et al. (2011). Sorotomo_ A Forgotten Mali Capital? Archaeology International, No.
13-14, pp. 51-64.
Peel, John David Yeadon (1984) Making History: The Past in the Ijesho Present. Man, Vol. 19 (1):
111-132.
Wright, Robin (2018). “The Kuwai Religions of Northern Arawak-Speaking Peoples: Initiation,
Shamanism, and Nature Religions of the Amazon and Orinoco”. In: Boletín de Antropología.
Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Vol. 33, N.º 55, pp. 123-150.
Wright, Robin, Omar González Ñáñez and Carlos César Xavier Leal (2017) Multi-centric
mythscapes. Sanctuaries and pilgrimages in north-west Amazonian Arawakan religious
traditions. In: Pilgrimage and Ambiguity: Sharing the Sacred. Edited by Hobart & Lancone,
Canon Pyon: Sean Kingston Publishing. [Chapter 9, pp. 201-231].

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Session 9 [Week 10].- Anthropology, Power & Politics

07th December. View pre-recorded lecture/session PPT in Teams.
07 December Online Discussion /Q & A Session (2:00 PM Group 1 & 3:00 PM Group 2)

KEY READINGS
☑ Eriksen, T. H. (2010 [2015]). Small Places, Large Issues. An Introduction to Social and Cultural
Anthropology. [ 4th ed., 2015]. Pluto Press: London. [Chapter 11 “Politics & Power, pp.194-
216; also refers to Max Weber’s ‘power’].
☑ Cheater, A., editor (1999). Power in the Post-Modern Era. In: The Anthropology of Power:
Empowerment and Disempowerment in Changing Structures, edited by A. Cheater. London:
Routledge. [ Ch.1, pp. 1-12].
☑ Gledhill, J. (2000). Locating the political: a political anthropology for today. In Power and its
disguises: anthropological perspectives on politics, edited by J. Gledhill, Ch.1, pp1-22. .
London: Pluto. 1st ed. 1994.
☑ Kapferer, Bruce (2018). Crises of power and the state in global realities In: State, Resistance,
Transformation: Anthropological Perspectives on the Dynamics of Power in Contemporary Global
Realities, edited by B. Kapferer, Canon Pyon: Sean Kingston Publishing. [Chapter 1, pp. 1-22].

☑ Wolf, E.R. (1990). ‘Facing power: old insights, new questions’. American Anthropologist, 92(3),
586-596.

ADDITIONAL
Goody, Jack (1991). Towards a Room with a View: A Personal Account of Contributions to Local
Know ledge, Theory, and Research in Fieldwork and Comparative Studies. Annual Review of
Anthropology, 20:1-23
Lingenfelter, Sherwood (1980) Reviewed Work(s): “Law as Process: An Anthropological
Approach” by Sally F. Moore and “Order and Dispute: An Introduction to Legal
Anthropology” by Roberts, Simon. American Anthropologist, 82(4):932-934.
Lovejoy, Paul E. and Stephen Baier (1975). The Desert-Side Economy of the Central Sudan. The
International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 8(4): 551-581. [Tuareg].
Web Forum: Countries and their Cultures: Tuareg. Link: https://www.everyculture.com/Africa-
Middle-East/Tuareg-Sociopolitical-Organization.html#ixzz66Dz8wyQ9
Wengrow, David and David Graeber (2015). Farewell to the ‘childhood of man’: ritual, seasonality,
and the origins of inequality. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 21, 597-619.
Woodburn, James (2005). Egalitarian Societies Revisited. In: Property and Equality Vol. I:
Ritualisation, Sharing and Egalitarianism, T. Widlock and G. Tadesse, editors, pp. 18-31.
Oxford: Berghahn Books. (Online Reading in Moodle)

Useful Textbooks on Political Anthropology (for further consultation):

Swartz, Marc J., Victor W. Turner and Arthur Tuden, eds. (1966): Political Anthropology. Chicago,
Ill.: Aldine Publishing Co. [Chapter 1, Introduction, pp. 1-39. Open Access:
https://monoskop.org/File:Swartz_Marc_Tuner_Victor_Tuden_Arthur_Political_Anthropolog
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Lewellen, T. C., (2003). Political Anthropology: An Introduction. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers,
3rd edition. (cf. Chapter 1) Open Access:
https://www.academia.edu/4098157/Political_Anthropology

Session 10 [Week 11] Material Culture

18th December. View pre-recorded lecture/session PPT in Teams.
18th December. Online Discussion /Q & A Session (2:00 PM Group 1 & 3:00 PM Group 2) for
only 1/2 hour; will be preceded by Tutorial #5 (1/2 hour)

KEY READINGS
☑ Appadurai, A. 1986. Introduction. In: The social life of things: commodities in cultural
perspective, edited by A. Appadurai, Ch-1, pp. 2-63 . Cambridge: CUP.
☑ Gosden, C. 2005. ‘What do objects want? Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
12(3):193-211.
☑ Kopytoff, Igor (1986) The Cultural Biography of Things: commoditization as a process. In: The
social life of things: commodities in cultural perspective, edited by A. Appadurai, Ch-2., pp. 66-
89. Cambridge: CUP.
☑ Olsen, B. 2003. ‘Material Culture After Text: ‘Re-membering’ Things. Norwegian Archaeological
Review, 36 (2), 87-104.
☑ Rowlands, M. (2005). A materialist approach to materiality. In: Materiality, edited by D. Miller
Durham (NC): Duke University Press.

ADDITIONAL
Friese, Heidrun (1999). Book Review: Biographical Objects. How Things Tell the Stories of
People's Lives by Janet Hoskins. Anthropos, Bd. 94, H. 4./6., pp. 605-607.
Miller, Daniel (2005). Materiality. Durham (NC): Duke University Press. [Chapter 1, ‘Materiality: An
Introduction’, pp. 1-45).
Lapavitsas, Costas (2004). Commodities and Gifts: Why Commodities Represent More than
Market Relations. Science & Society, Vol. 68 (1): 33-56.
Liana, Chua, and Mark Elliot, eds. (2015) Distributed objects: meaning and mattering after Alfred
Gell. Berghahn Books [see Chapter 1: “Introduction: Adventures in the Art Nexus”, pp.1-24].
(UCL Explore: ONLINE-READ ONLY/VLeBooks).
Mosko, Mark S. (2000). Inalienable Ethnography: Keeping-While-Giving and the Trobriand Case.
The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 6 (3): 377-396.
Oliver, José R. (2009). Cemis and Cacique Idols: The web spun by Taino Rulers in Hispaniola &
Puerto Rico. The University of Alabama Press. [see pp. 59-76]. Open Access (PDF full book):
https://www.academia.edu/3730706/Oliver_J_R_2009_Caciques_and_Cemi_Idols_The_Web
_Spun_by_Taino_Rulers_Alabama_Press
Parkin, D. (1999). ‘Mementoes as transitional objects in human displacement’. Journal of Material
Culture 4(3), 303-320.
Parry, J. 1986. “The gift, the Indian gift and the 'Indian Gift'. Man, 21 (3 ): 147-172.

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TUTORIALS (Nos. 1-5)

Live/Online (via Teams)

TUTORIAL 1: OTHER PEOPLE’S WORLDS [Genders & Colours]

12th October –Online/live meeting via Teams (2:00 PM Group 1 and 3:00 PM Group 2)

KEY READINGS (must read at least 2):

☑ Bohannan, L. 1966. ‘Shakespeare in the Bush’. Natural History Magazine.
☑ Bodenhorn, B. 1990. ‘I’m not the great hunter, my wife is”: Iñupiat and anthropological models
of gender’. Études/Inuit/Studies 14(1/2), 55-74.
☑ Biersack Aletta 1984. Paiela "Women-Men": The Reflexive Foundations of Gender Ideology.
American Ethnologist , 11(1): 118-138.
☑ Turton, D. 1980. ‘There’s no such beast: Cattle and colour naming among the Mursi’. Man 15

ADDITIONAL
Kay, P, B. Berlin & W. Merrifield (1991). Biocultural Implications of Systems Color Naming.
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Vol.1(1), pp.12-25.

TUTORIAL 2: NATURE, CULTURE & NURTURE

26th October–Online/live meeting via Teams (2:00 PM Group 1 and 3:00 PM Group 2)
KEY READINGS (must read at least 2):

☑ Boesch, C. and M. Tomasello (1998). Chimpanzee and human cultures. Current Anthropology
39:591-604.
☑ Dunbar, R. I. M. (2007). Sociality Among Humans and Non-Human Animals. In: Companion
Encyclopedia of anthropology. Ingold, T., ed. Ch 27., pp. 756-783. London: Routledge.
☑ Howell, S. (1996). "Nature in culture or culture in nature? Chewong ideas of humans and other
species'. In: Nature & Society: Anthropological Perspectives, P. Descola and G. Palsson (eds),
pp. 127-144. London: Routledge
☑ Ortner, S. (1974). ‘Is female to male as nature is to culture?’ In M. Rosaldo and L. Lamphere
(eds). Woman, culture, and society. Stanford: University of California Press.

ADDITIONAL
López, D. S. & L. Rodríguez Cuevas (2008). Sherry Ortner-Interview. Revista de Antropología
Iberoamericana, 1(1). Open Access electronic publication: www.aibr.org
[Useful if you read Ortner 1974. Here she reflects on how she has changed some of her 1974 views
and why]

TUTORIAL 3: WITCHCRAFT & RATIONAL THOUGHT

16th November. –Online/live meeting via Teams (2:00 PM Group 1 and 3:00 PM Group 2)
KEY READINGS (must read at least 2):
☑ Engler S. (2003). "Science" vs. "Religion" in Classical Ayurveda. Numen, Vol. 50, No. 4., pp. 416-
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☑ Evans-Pritchard, E.E. (1976). ‘The Notion of Witchcraft explains unfortunate events’. In:
Witchcraft among the Azande, Oxford, pp. 63-83.
☑ Harding, S. (2000). ‘Creation Museum’. In The Book Jerry Falwell. Fundamentalist Language and
Politics, pp. 210-227
☑ Quijada, J.B. (2012). Soviet science and post-Soviet faith: Etigelov’s imperishable body. In:
American ethnologist, 39(1): 138-154.

TUTORIAL 4: ANTHROPOLOGY & POWER

30th November –Online/live meeting via Teams (2:00 PM Group 1 and 3:00 PM Group 2)
KEY READINGS (must read at least 2):

☑ Gledhill, J. (2000). Anthropology and politics: commitment, responsibility and the academy
[Ch. 9] , In Power and its disguises: anthropological perspectives on politics. London/Ann Arbor,
Mi: Pluto Press, 214-242.
☑ Lewellen, T.C. (2003). ‘Ch. 7. The power of the people’. In Political Anthropology.
Westport/London: Praeger, 111-129.
☑ James, W. (1973). ‘The anthropologist as reluctant imperialist’. In: Anthropology & the colonial
encounter, edited by T. Asad, pp. 41-69. London: Ithaca Press.
☑ Dale, Ragnhild Freng (2012). Radical Potential – A sideways look at the Occupy movement.
Radical Anthropology, 6 November Issue, pp. 26-32.
https://www.academia.edu/2179733/Radical_Potential_a_sideways_look_at_the_Occupy_movem
ent

TUTORIAL 5: GIFT EXCHANGE & COURSE OVERVIEW

18th December –Online/live meeting via Teams (2:00-2:30 PM Group 1 and 3:00-3:30 PM Group 2).
[The second 1/2 hour reserved for Overview].
Readings (read at least two key readings):
☑ Mauss, M. (2002 (1929]) The Gift. London/New York: Routledge. [CHAPTER 1].
☑ Malinowski, B. (1932 [1922]). Argonauts of the Western Pacific. [Chapter 3. The Essentials of
Kula]. London: Routledge.
☑ Parry, J. (1985). The Gift, the Indian Gift and the 'Indian Gift', Man 21, pp. 453-473.
☑ Weiner, A. (1992). Inalienable Possessions. Berkeley: University of California Press. [Chapter 5.
Kula: The Paradox of Keeping-While-Giving].
Additional
Instead of Weiner 1992, you can use: Weiner, A. (1985). Inalienable Wealth. American Ethnologist
Vol. 12(2): 210-227.
Useful but not for tutorial discussion.:
Graeber, D. (2014 [2011]). Debt : the first 5,000 years. Brooklyn: Melville House. [Open Access:
Ch.2 ‘The myth of the barter’]

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