ANTH 3730 - Social Memory and Identity

3 Credit(s) | $12 Fee

What does it mean for a society to remember or forget? Cross-culturally, the past informs the present and shapes the future. But how do people learn about their cultural pasts and how does that knowledge shape their daily lives? This course studies how different societies construct, maintain, or erase the past. We will consider what it means to remember through careful study of memory sites, discourses, images, narratives, and practices. The first course section will focus on theories of memory and the ethnographic methods anthropologists use to study those memories. The next course section consists of cross-cultural explorations of the important ways in which memory practices vary. This course is designed to give students hands-on experience with memory research. In addition to targeted lectures and interactive discussions, students will complete individual and collaborative assignments that require them to apply class concepts to the people and places in their communities. (Spring - Even Years [As Needed]) [Graded (Standard Letter)]

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1010 - Prerequisite Min. Grade: D-
Prerequisite Can Be Concurrent? Yes