BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| PERFORMING ARTS | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| SOC2052 | Political Anthropology | Spring Fall |
3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYŞEGÜL AKDEMİR |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | "." |
| Course Objectives: | The aim of this course on “Political Anthropology: Human Being, Society, Culture, Religion, Power and Security in a Globalized Context” is to investigate the construction of political power through an anthropological perspective. Moving from the most traditional anthropological approach to a more contemporary and critical one in which the main topic of the investigation of anthropology has become the study of all the inhabitants of the Planet Earth, this course want to investigate the relation and the construction of functions and structures among the human beings, their society, their culture and religion, and the consolidation of power through a security narratology in a globalized context. It is in this framework, the global one, in which the classical anthropological matrix of human being-society culture and now environment (not territory) that we find a common ground with the arguments of critical security studies in which the focus of their research as moved from the state, to the individual, and from him, to the idea of International Society and now of the World Society. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who succeeded in this course will be able to: 1)Describe the anthropological approach to studying society, culture, politics and power 2)Able to describe and compare major theories about Political Anthropology 3)Demonstrate the knowledge of the major issues, problems, and findings in Political Anthropology 4)Apply political anthropology perspectives and theories to contemporary problems in relation to the Human Being, Society, Culture, Religion, Power and Security in a Globalized Context 5)Assess the impact of culture, religion, power, and security narratology on the daily life of individuals and various social groups and the impact of globalization on local political organizations discourses 6)Describe inter-sectionality between culture, religion, power and security 7)Develop ability for critical evaluation of written materials on power, security and culture 8)Acquire the ability to discuss the social dynamics of politics, power and security with a degree of objectivity 9)Able to apply qualitative and quantitative research techniques to study state, society and culture 10)Write a research proposal and design research in the field of political anthropology |
Course Content
| The course is organized in seven modules. The first module of the course, “Methodology”, wants to introduce the student to the most recent methodologies in social science, anthropology, and discourse analysis. The second module on “Identity and Nationalism” analyses the construction of political identity through the concept of imagined community and nationalism. The third module, “Social and Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion”, first aims to introduce the student to the general topic of social anthropology and then examines the field of political anthropology as it was practiced roughly through the 1960s, when anthropologists were primarily concerned with politics in so called primitive societies, institutions of rule in societies in which the state seemed absent, and the evolutionary and historical emergence of the state. It then looks at the implications of anthropologists’ recognition of the importance of colonialism and global capitalism on the societies they studied. In order to understand the construction of structured and political order through religious believes elements of Anthropology of Religion are provided in this part of the course. “Power”, “Security and Insecurity”, and “Globalization and Culture” (fourth, fifth, and sixth module) considers the way anthropologists have rethought the concept of power, influenced by transformations in the societies they studied, security and insecurity concerns, changes in the global political economy, and ideas from thinkers outside the field of anthropology. In doing so, it examines both “formal” politics and everyday forms of power, domination and resistance and how the construction of security and insecurity narratives have contributed to solidify the power of political elites. Then we consider politics, power, and culture in an age of “globalization”- questioning that term even as we examine its implications for identity, the state, and political action, and emphasizing the ways ethnographically grounded anthropological research can shift from the micro level to illuminate large-scale, national, transnational and global processes. The final module of the course examines, and investigates three monographic aspects which summarize the essence of the course on Political Anthropology: the construction of the modern political religion (Emilio Gentile), how human crowds are constructed and manipulated by power (Elias Canetti), and how a narrative has constructed a unique space-temporal dimension in which the Jewish people live (Shlomo Sand). |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction, course outline and Philosophy of Science: Ways of Knowing – Competing Methodologies in Social and Political Research; | Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Introduction • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 1. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 1. |
| 2) | 1st Module: “Methodology: Life-Modes” State, Culture and Life-Modes | Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 1 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 2. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics.London: Pluto. Chapter 2. |
| 3) | 1st Module: “Methodology: Life-Modes State, Culture and Life-Modes | Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 2 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 3. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 3. |
| 4) | 2nd Module: Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion | Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 3 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 4. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics.London: Pluto. Chapter 4. |
| 5) | 2nd Module: Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion | Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 4 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 5. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 5 • Kitap incelemesi teslimi |
| 6) | 3rd Module: “Identity and Nationalism | Hall, Stuart, and du Gay, Paul. Ed. 2007. Questions of Cultural Identity. London: Sage Publications. • Hobsbawm, E.J.. Ed. 2010. Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality. Cambridge University Press. Chapter 6 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 6. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 6. |
| 7) | Course review and homework (project proposal) submission | Project Proposal 1 : 250-word proposal for major paper is due in this week |
| 8) | 3rd Module: “Identity and Nationalism” | Hearn, Jonathan. 2006. Rethinking Nationalism: A Critical Introduction. New York: Palgrave Macmillian. • Anderson, Benedict. Ed. 2006. Imagined Communities. London: Verso. 7 • Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 7. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 7. |
| 9) | 4th Module: “Power” Power in the Global Age | Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 8. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 8. |
| 10) | 4th Module: “Power” Communication Power | Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 9. • Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 9. |
| 11) | 5th Module: “Security and Insecurity From international to world society? - English school theory and the social structure of globalization; and Security: A New Framework for Analysis | Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 10. |
| 12) | 5th Module: “Security and Insecurity | Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 11. Proje önerisi 2: 500 kelime |
| 13) | 6th Module: “Globalization and Culture • Globalization: a critical introduction • Globalization and Culture. Oral defense of final work | Vincent, Joan. Ed. 2002. The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory, and Critique. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Chapter 32. |
| 14) | 6th Module: “Globalization and Culture •Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger • The Geopolitics of Emotion – How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope Are Reshaping the World? Oral defense of project | Vincent, Joan. Ed. 2002. The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory, and Critique. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Chapter 33 |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Philosophy of Science: Moses, Jonathon W, and Knutsen, Torbjorn. 2007. Ways of Knowing – Competing Methodologies in Social and Political Research. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Methodology: Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate. Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion: Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Bowie, Fiona. Ed. 2006.The Anthropology of Religion. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing 4. Identity and Nationalism: Hall, Stuart, and du Gay, Paul. Ed. 2007. Questions of Cultural Identity. London: Sage Publications. Hobsbawm, E.J.. Ed. 2010. Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality. Cambridge University Press. Hearn, Jonathan. 2006. Rethinking Nationalism: A Critical Introduction. New York: Palgrave Macmillian. Anderson, Benedict. Ed. 2006. Imagined Communities. London: Verso. Power: • Beck, Ulrich. Ed 2006. Power in the Global Age. Cambridge: Polity • Castells, Manuel. 2009. Communication Power. Oxford University Press. Security and Insecurity: • Buzan, Barry. 2004. From international to world society? - English school theory and the social structure of globalization. Cambridge University Press • Buzan, Barry, Ole Waever and Jaap de Wilde. 1997. Security: A New Framework for Analysis. Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc • Campbell, David. Ed. 1998. Writing Security: United States Foreign Policy and the Politics of Identity. Minneapolis/Manchester: University of Minnesota Press/Manchester University Press. • Huysmans, Jef. 2006. The Politics of Insecurity: Fear, migration and asylum in EU. London: Routledge. Globalization and Culture: • Scholte, Jan Aart. Ed. 2005. Globalization: a critical introduction. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. • Tomlinson, John, Ed. 2008. Globalization and Culture. Cambridge: Polity • Appadurai, Arjun. 2006. Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger. Duke University Press. • Moisi, Dominique, 2010. The Geopolitics of Emotion – How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope Are Reshaping the World. New York: Anchor Books. Monographic Textbooks: • Gentile, Emilio. 2006. Politics as Religion. Princeton University Press; • Gentile, Emilio. 2008. God's Democracy: American Religion After September 11 - Religion, Politics and Public Life. Greenwood • Canetti, Elias. Ed. 1992. Crowds and Power. London: Penguin Books • Sand, Shlomo, 2010. The Invention of the Jewish People. London: Verso Fiction: • Orwell, George. Ed. 2000. Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Penguin Books -Additional readings will be announced. |
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Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | % 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | % 10 |
| Project | 1 | % 10 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Project | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Total Workload | 129 | ||
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | They acquire theoretical, historical and aesthetic knowledge specific to their field by using methods and techniques related to performing arts (acting, dance, music, etc.). | 2 |
| 2) | They have knowledge about art culture and aesthetics and they provide the unity of theory and practice in their field. | 2 |
| 3) | They are aware of national and international values in performing arts. | 2 |
| 4) | Abstract and concrete concepts of performing arts; can transform it into creative thinking, innovative and original works. | 1 |
| 5) | They have the sensitivity to run a business successfully in their field. | 3 |
| 6) | Develops the ability to perceive, think, design and implement multidimensional from local to universal. | 3 |
| 7) | They have knowledge about the disciplines that the performing arts field is related to and can evaluate the interaction of the sub-disciplines within their field. | 2 |
| 8) | They develop the ability to perceive, design, and apply multidimensionality by having knowledge about artistic criticism methods. | 3 |
| 9) | They can share original works related to their field with the society and evaluate their results and question their own work by using critical methods. | 1 |
| 10) | They follow English language resources related to their field and can communicate with foreign colleagues in their field. | 1 |
| 11) | By becoming aware of national and international values in the field of performing arts, they can transform abstract and concrete concepts into creative thinking, innovative and original works. | 3 |
| 12) | They can produce original works within the framework of an interdisciplinary understanding of art. | 2 |
| 13) | Within the framework of the Performing Arts Program and the units within it, they become individuals who are equipped to take part in the universal platform in their field. | 3 |
| 14) | Within the Performing Arts Program, according to the field of study; have competent technical knowledge in the field of acting and musical theater. | 2 |
| 15) | They use information and communication technologies together with computer software that is at least at the Advanced Level of the European Computer Use License as required by the field. | 3 |