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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Spring 2021 |
Registration ID | ANTHB241001 |
Course Title | Archaeologies of Gender |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Gender and Sexuality Studies |
Instructor | Norman,Scotti Michelle |
Times and Days | TF 09:40am-11:00am
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Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1538 This course foregrounds gender as a structuring part of past lives and explores the construction of gender in archaeological interpretations across time and space. We begin with an overview of how gender has been theorized in archaeology as a discipline, including more recent theoretical approaches which incorporate feminist and queer theory. Drawing on case studies from diverse geographic locations and time periods, we will consider how studies of gender can be practically applied to archaeological investigations of labor, mortuary analysis, space and landscape, and feasting and religious practices. This engendered perspective, which includes women, men, and nonbinary genders, promotes more nuanced understandings of social complexity and diversity of past communities. Potential topics to be considered include: theories of gender, non-binary genders and masculinities, mortuary analysis, labor and technology, space and landscape, feasting and ritual, gender and hierarchies, and colonialism and transformation of gendered identities. A running theme throughout this course will consider who is responsible for the production of knowledge, if the concept of positivism is inherently male, and how we can build feminist and community ideals into scientific investigations. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC), Inquiry into the Past (IP); Haverford: Social Science (SO) ( ) Enrollment Cap: 25. If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the following criteria will be used for the lottery: Major/Minor/Concentration, Senior, Junior, Sophomore or permission of instructor. Remote w/ option to hybrid mid semester as conditions permit in the Spring. |
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