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ANT. 332-01 / Economic Anthropology

Description

This course provides an introduction to the anthropological analysis of the relationships between cultures and the economy. Economic anthropology is a specialized field that seeks to understand economic actions and decisions utilizing anthropological perspectives that are holistic and comparative. The goals of the course are 1) to expand the definition of the economy in order to account for human actions and decisions that do not conform to neo-classical models of economic rationality and 2) to give an account of the diversity of economic systems in the present context of a globalized world.

Themain objectives are:

  • to examine the origins and development of economic anthropology since the mid-20th century
  • to explore the ways in which economic actions and decisions can be approached and understood from an anthropological perspective
  • to explore anthropology’s contribution to the understanding of contemporary socio-economic issues and problems

Students will be introduced to the history, theories, and methods of economic anthropology through lectures, class discussion of assigned readings, invited speakers, and video presentations.

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