This unit introduces students to the anthropology of the nation, ethnicity, and identity. The fundamental questions of this unit are why individuals identify with a particular group, what such identification means, and why claims about it (for example, by national governments) carry authority. The unit begins by examining how ideas about nation, ethnicity, and race were historically formed both in societies and in scholarship on societies. It then proceeds to deal with forms of ethnic identification that defy the idea of equating nation with territory. These include diasporas – groups that have left an historical homeland but continue to identify with it – and transnational communities,... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Gabriele Marranci
Prerequisites: ANTH150 or 12cp or admission to GDipArts
