ANT 219 - Catastrophes across Cultures: The Anthropology of Disaster at Princeton University | Coursicle Princeton
ANT 219 at Princeton University (Princeton) in Princeton, New Jersey. What is the relationship between 'catastrophe' and human beings, and how has 'catastrophe' influenced the way we live in the world now? This course investigates various types of catastrophes/disasters around the world by mobilizing a variety of theoretical frameworks and case studies in the social sciences. The course uses an anthropological perspective as its principal lens to comparatively observe often forgotten historical calamities throughout the world. The course is designed to explore the intersection between catastrophe and culture and how catastrophic events can be a window through which to critically analyze society and vice versa. Types of catastrophes and disasters investigated in this course include earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, oil and chemical spills, wars, nuclear disasters, etc. Students will exercise ethnographic methods through a hazard map project in which groups of students will explore Princeton's campus emergency policy and produce their own campus hazard map. Satisfies all tracks in the ANT major. Approx. 120 pages of reading per week. At least 10 Canvas postings (15%); take-home midterm exam (4-6 pages, 20%); final paper (6-8 pages, 25%); Hazard Map group project (25%); class participation (15%).
ANT 219 at Princeton University (Princeton) in Princeton, New Jersey. What is the relationship between 'catastrophe' and human beings, and how has 'catastrophe' influenced the way we live in the world now? This course investigates various types of catastrophes/disasters around the world by mobilizing a variety of theoretical frameworks and case studies in the social sciences. The course uses an anthropological perspective as its principal lens to comparatively observe often forgotten historical calamities throughout the world. The course is designed to explore the intersection between catastrophe and culture and how catastrophic events can be a window through which to critically analyze society and vice versa. Types of catastrophes and disasters investigated in this course include earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, oil and chemical spills, wars, nuclear disasters, etc. Students will exercise ethnographic methods through a hazard map project in which groups of students will explore Princeton's campus emergency policy and produce their own campus hazard map. Satisfies all tracks in the ANT major. Approx. 120 pages of reading per week. At least 10 Canvas postings (15%); take-home midterm exam (4-6 pages, 20%); final paper (6-8 pages, 25%); Hazard Map group project (25%); class participation (15%).