ANTHRCUL 101 1st Edition Lecture 33Outline of Last LectureI. Cannibal ToursII. Film NotesIII. “Modern” ProjectsOutline of Current LectureI. Modern Projects ct’dII. Medical AnthropologyIII. How Does Culture Affect Public/Private Space?IV. Problems of Hope: Emerging Anthropologically (GG)Current Lecture4/15: The Anthropology of HopeI. Modern Projects ct’da. What do Polaroid and Kiva incorporate into their social visions?i. Features of neoliberal cultural forms1. Free trade best way for nation’s economy to develop 2. The fewer restrictions on manufacturing the better3. No barriers or regulations to commerce is helpful4. “Individual” focused concept of personhooda. Individual as unit of analysis in contrast to families, groups,etc. b. Often Essentialized: Taken to be a fixed, natural categoryb. Also: Ethnography on the Movei. Increasing corporate use of anthropological methods1. Ethnography tools being used by others, becomes part of happenstance – taking things that appear to be very different and combining them with some sort of error of chanceii. Seeking out the new ethnographersiii. Anthropology of Development1. Unintended consequences of development projects like Kayapo, etc. almost always seen as negative – start out with good intentions, end up causing problemsiv. Medical Anthropology1. Tools of ethnography on the move in the field of medicine II. Medical AnthropologyThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.a. The study of:i. How culture influences health, illness, death1. The sick role: A culturally negotiated agreement acknowledging an illness as legitimate, shifting roles and responsibilities off of a sick person.a. Don’t have to go to work, take exams, perform usual responsibilities ii. How doctors establish authority1. Historically, medicine within US and Europe medical institutions are the only institutions that can maintain separation from the state, have power over the state because of their expertise and knowledgeiii. How doctors and patients interactiv. The production of medical knowledgev. The formation of disease classifications, whether historically or emerging…vi. and more….III. How Does Culture Affect Public/Private Space?a. From bum-proof benches (rounded so homeless people can’t sleep on them) to bullet proof dining (restaurants with bulletproof glass in front of the server)i. Architecture and design affect concepts of public space b. Not everybody is included in public spaces – homeless, transient, youths, etc. i. Not everybody excluded in the same wayIV. Problems of Hope: Emerging Anthropologically (GG)a. Constructions of Identityi. Invisibility and Visibility: Definitely one of the sadder ethnographies you’ll ever read.1. Rodney’s death – kind of total invisibility 2. Annie’s Birthii. The role of police in framing social divides1. Your relationship to the police and understanding of who the police are is based on your place in societyb. “Almost like an ethnographer…”i. Discussing Rodney’s brother Antonio1. No longer almost an ethnographer after Rodney’s deathii. Everyday Anthropology1. Provoking distance from your everyday world (defamiliarization)2. In order to make connections (familiarization)c. The hope of education?i. What if you were to view college ethnographically?1. Education and its returns2. Deep play, deep value3. Reflexive modernization: The rise of “individual choice”a. Individual choice takes on new meaning – we can choose things that we used to just be born into4. Reflecting on human existencea. From Monkey in the Mirror realizing that he is an individual to the “You” in YouTube5. Internet as part of reflexive
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