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| - | # Around the world in 13 weeks # | ||
| - | ## Around the world in 13 weeks ## | ||
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| - | Ryan Schram | ||
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| - | October 31, 2018 | ||
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| - | ryan.schram@sydney.edu.au | ||
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| - | Social Sciences Building 410 (A02) | ||
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| - | Available at http:// | ||
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| - | ## Global forces and cultural differences | ||
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| - | * Capitalism | ||
| - | * Colonialism | ||
| - | * Global religions, e.g. Christianity and Islam | ||
| - | * transcultural discourses of conservation and sustainability | ||
| - | * global warming and its effects on local environments | ||
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| - | ## Capitalism is a culture | ||
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| - | * Capitalism is a culture, not a space of " | ||
| - | * In a capitalist system, people must play the role of the individual. | ||
| - | * Capitalism creates illusions, e.g. commodity fetishism. | ||
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| - | ## The conjuncture of cultures | ||
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| - | * No society exists in isolation; everyone lives in an intersection of | ||
| - | two or more systems. | ||
| - | * Contemporary societies are all different, but we can understand them | ||
| - | all as variations on the encounter of reciprocity and | ||
| - | commodification. | ||
| - | - Efflorescence | ||
| - | - Tension, conflict, segregation | ||
| - | - Transformation | ||
| - | * Global forces are context for local cultural systems, and vice | ||
| - | versa. | ||
| - | * This is not just true about global capitalism; we can apply the same | ||
| - | perspective to any global movement, even climate change. | ||
| - | - Climate migration | ||
| - | - "Gone the bull of winter" | ||
| - | - The fantasy that indigenous people are wise prophets of sustainability | ||
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| - | ## The snake and the mongoose ## | ||
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| - | Once upon a time there was a snake and a mongoose... | ||
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| - | Many opposites - values, ideas, institutions - are not binary, | ||
| - | either-or. They are contradictions and they exist in an ambiguous | ||
| - | tension which is both a source of conflict but also creativity. | ||
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| - | ## Snake and mongoose ## | ||
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| - | That is, contemporary life is defined by its contradictions. There are | ||
| - | co-present forces in tension, leading to conflict and also unexpected | ||
| - | side-effects. | ||
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| - | * Globalization involves change in societies. | ||
| - | * Globalization allows people to recreate a coherent cultural order | ||
| - | with new materials. | ||
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| - | ## Everything is mixed ## | ||
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| - | Categories are not dichotomous; | ||
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| - | * Tradition / modernity | ||
| - | * Developed / undeveloped | ||
| - | * Custom / rationality | ||
| - | * Gift / commodity | ||
| - | * Love / money | ||
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| - | Each society, big or small, is also a microcosm of the whole world. | ||
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| - | ## Majoring in anthropology | ||
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| - | ### If you started in 2018 | ||
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| - | A major consists of 48 credit points (eight units) at three levels. The requirements for a major in anthropology are: | ||
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| - | * ANTH 1001 and 1002 (ANTH 1001 is also offered in the summer) | ||
| - | * Two 2000-level units (e.g. culture and development, | ||
| - | * Four 3000-level units (e.g. Indigenous Australians Today, The Social Production of Space) | ||
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| - | ### If you started before 2018 | ||
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| - | A major consists of 36 " | ||
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| - | * One senior unit from each of three types: regional (Southeast Asia, Indigenous Australia), thematic (medical anthropology, | ||
| - | * One 3000-level unit, typically either ANTH 3601 (contemporary theories) or ANTH 3602 (reading ethnography) | ||
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| - | ## Honours in anthropology: | ||
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| - | Doing an honours year in anthropology is an opportunity to carry out an original project, working one on one with a supervisor. To qualify for honours entry, you need: | ||
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| - | * a credit average of 70 or better | ||
| - | * across 42 senior credit points of anthropology | ||
| - | * including ANTH3601 and ANTH3602 | ||
| - | * (if you began your course in 2018) two majors | ||
| - | * you need to be keen and have an idea for a project! (Discuss with the honours coordinator and potential supervisors!) | ||
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| - | Now, for a special message about our world-renowned honours program in anthropology, | ||
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| - | ## References ## | ||
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| - | Lacock, Hennie. 2013. Cobra and Mongoose. Caters New Agency. http:// | ||
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| - | ## A guide to the unit ## | ||
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