Section Info: ANTHR-216HR-01

Course Title: Special Topics in Anthropology: 'Anthropology and Human Rights'
Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024
Term: Fall Semester 2024
Description: This course explores anthropological approaches to human rights -- a key theme of transnational politics and international law. Anthropologists have contributed to discussions on human rights since the UN Declaration and the field has provided a vibrant platform to analyze ideologies, politics, and practices surrounding human rights. We will survey an array of anthropological studies that approach human rights from the perspective of cultural relativism, contextualization, advocacy, and practice. Students will gain a critical perspective on the seemingly universal rhetoric of human rights by learning how it produces diverse effects in places such as Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Nadia Latif             nlatif@mtholyoke.edu  

Matthew Watson (email: mcwatson@mtholyoke.edu, phone: 0) may also be contacted for registration permissions and registration questions.
Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024   Lecture   Tuesday and Thursday   10:30AM - 11:45AM   TBA   TBA   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
Prereq: ANTHR-105. Take previously   Required  

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
NXLAR0001   NXLAR: Nexus in Law, Public Policy, and Human Rights   This course is approved for the Law, Public Policy, and Human Rights Nexus track.  
NXDEV0001   NXDEV: Nexus in Development Studies   This course is approved for the Development Studies Nexus track.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted     Capacity: 20     Enrollment: 17     Available: 0     Waitlist: 7
Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
To be determined.                    

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.