Nov 10, 2024
OHIO University Graduate Catalog 2024-25
ANTH 5250 - Ethnographies of Global Capitalism
This course explores ethnographies and histories of capitalism across different cultural contexts, past and present. We look at the dynamics of capitalist production, circulation, and consumption; the intersections between local and global economies; the cultural features of different kinds of markets (street bazaars, trading rooms, informal markets, etc); the uneven distribution of development across the global North and South. We assess forms of inclusion and exclusion in the contemporary global economy.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to define different social science approaches to the study of capitalism, such as Marxist, formalist/substantivist, world systems, feminist, social studies of finance approaches
- Students will be able to assess a wide range of ethnographic studies of capitalist societies across the global south and the global north
- Students will be able to describe different experiences of capitalism in different cultural, political, historical contexts
- Students will be able to examine the relations between capitalist economic systems and cultural practices across different contexts
- Students will be able to assess how global economic systems are intertwined across time and space
- Students will be able to analyze the dynamics of global economic and cultural circulations, exchanges, frictions in the broader historical context of postcolonial, postsocialist, and postconflict contexts
- Students will be able to compare and contrast different perspectives on the social and cultural aspects of capitalist economies.
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