Advanced Research Seminar on Settler Colonialism: Studying Sociopolitical Phenomena at Scale
ANTH 399
Spring 2027
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 330A |
How can we locate settler colonialism? How can we better understand a structure that exists simultaneously at the level of the personal, the social, the political, the structural, and the cultural? How, that is to say, do we study complex phenomena in the social sciences at multiple scales? This course attempts to answer these questions via an interdisciplinary and experimental approach, inspired by what Indigenous scholars Jean O'Brien and Chris Andersen have termed the "methodological promiscuity" of Indigenous Studies. As part of this process, we will engage deeply with scholars whose work attempts to better understand settler colonial dynamics, exploring how they each attempt to deal with the problem of analytical scale -- with a particular focus on Wesleyan's own faculty, who will be frequent guests in the class. We will also develop our own research projects, working together to think about scale so that you will gain greater purchase on how to do multi-sited and interdisciplinary research projects. This advanced research seminar meets on twelve designated dates throughout the semester rather than weekly. Sessions are held January 25, 27, and 29; March 22, 24, 26, 29, and 31; and April 2, 26, 28, and 30, with class meetings scheduled Monday evenings (7:10-10:00 p.m.), Wednesday mornings (8:50-11:40 a.m.), and Friday afternoons (1:20-4:10 p.m.). |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS ANTH |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (American Studies)(Anthropology)(Social, Cultural and Critical Theory Certificate) |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
How Settlers Think, Joseph Weiss. Degrees of Empire, Abigail Boggs. Territorial Discontents, Kristin Oberiano. Schooled, Khalil Johnson, and additional work by K Brewer-Ball and others.
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This advanced research seminar meets on twelve designated dates throughout the semester rather than weekly. Sessions are held January 25, 27, and 29; March 22, 24, 26, 29, and 31; and April 2, 26, 28, and 30, with class meetings scheduled Monday evenings (7:10-10:00 p.m.), Wednesday mornings (8:50-11:40 a.m.), and Friday afternoons (1:20-4:10 p.m.). |
| Instructor(s): Weiss,Joseph Times: TBA; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 3 | | |
| | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 2 | FR: 0 |
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