McKay, Kimber H.

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University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2011-2015 Fall 9-1-2015 ANTY 349.01: Social Change in Non-Western Societies Kimber H. McKay University of Montana, Missoula, kimber.mckay@umontana.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabi2011-2015 Let us know how access to this document benefits you. Recommended Citation McKay, Kimber H., "ANTY 349.01: Social Change in Non-Western Societies" (2015). University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2011-2015. 15. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabi2011-2015/15 This Syllabus is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2011-2015 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact scholarworks@mso.umt.edu. Dr. Kimber Haddix McKay/Social Change ______________________________________________________________________________ Social Change in Non-Western Societies                                      Kimber Haddix McKay, Professor Anthropology 349                                                                                                        213 Social Sciences Monday/Wednesday 11:10-12:30                                            Office hours: 9-12pm Tuesday or by appt. Fall 2015                                                                                                   kimber.mckay@mso.umt.edu    Itinerant blacksmith in Humla, Nepal Wooden bowl trade in progress  Course Description:  Anthropology 349 is a course about processes of social change in non-western societies. This semester’s focus is on social change in the two regions of the world where I am actively involved in social change research—sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.  We will examine the economic, political, demographic, and cultural factors that can become involved in social change, specifically as associated with ‘development’.  Later in the semester we’ll make a brief detour into Central America in the section on tourism and development, but mainly we’ll focus on sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.  During the semester I will be showing you a variety of short films or film clips to bring to help bring to life some of the situations and circumstances in our target regions and projects.  Some of the major forces shaping social change in recent decades are controlled by people and institutions involved in “development”.  Since WWII the so-called “development industry” has developed a life of its own, and the ways in which the major players in international development affect the lives of local people in the developing world will be an important part of the course.  We will be looking at the role and impact of the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and other bilateral aid organizations, and a variety of NGOs (non-government organizations) in recent social change in selected countries of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. We will analyze the successes and failures of a variety of development projects in these regions.    The class focuses on four main drivers of social change in the developing world: As associated with major development projects across the sectors of ‘development’, with resettlement and other forms of internal displacement, with health development projects, and with tourism.  Along the way, as we investigate these subjects, we will read a novel by Barbara Kingsolver on the lives of Christian missionaries in Congo-Kinshasa during and after decolonization—missionaries have impacted the pace and forms of social change across the globe for centuries, and their ethic underlies much of development rhetoric.    Dr. Kimber Haddix McKay/Social Change ______________________________________________________________________________ Learning Outcomes:  In this course, you will acquire:  • An understanding of how anthropology fits in the field of international development and how it supplements other social sciences concerned with the forces and consequences of social change • Writing and analytical skills focusing on the summary and critique of the role of anthropology in studies of social change • A basic understanding of the field of international development and its major sectors, placed in a cross-cultural context • A basic understanding of the major players in international development, including bilateral, multilateral and non-government entities • Knowledge of some of the seminal anthropological studies of social change  Texts:  Gardner and Lewis, Anthropology, Development, and the Post-modern Challenge, Pluto Press, 1996. Norberg-Hodge and Matthiessen, Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh, Sierra Club Books, 1991. Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible, Harper Perennial, 1998. Readings posted to the Moodle site.  Requirements:  • Class participation (and thus attendance) is mandatory.  I expect you to have read the assigned readings prior to the class for which they are assigned, and to be prepared to discuss them with your peers.  Making a few notes to yourself before class about points you find interesting in the readings will help tremendously.  Several times during the semester, your participation and preparation for class will be evaluated with discussions, debates, quizzes, problem solving activities, or short writing assignments about the films.  Keep in mind that if you miss a class, you may not make up missed class work or attendance, which ultimately lowers your grade. • There will be three non-cumulative midterm exams and a cumulative final exam • Your final grade will be calculated on the basis of attendance, class participation in discussions, and your grades on four of the five exams.  If you are satisfied with your grades on the three midterms, you can skip the final exam. • Distribution of course grade: Four exams       75% Attendance, participation, in-class assignments  25% Total        100% • Additional information: o Please feel free to come to my office hours, or to catch me before or after class with questions.  You can also schedule an appointment to meet outside of office hours. o Make up exams – only with a documented health issue or with prior permission.  If you cannot come to an exam, you must tell me before on or on the day of the exam that you will be absent.  Make ups will be scheduled at my convenience within one week of the scheduled exam. o If you’re taking this class pass/no pass, a pass > 69%.    Dr. Kimber Haddix McKay/Social Change ______________________________________________________________________________ Schedule:   Week/Date  Topic  Reading/Notes 1  31 Aug and 2 Sept  Monday: Class structure and description of material   Wednesday:  Theoretical background and a Ted talk     Gardner and Lewis, Chpt 1  2  7 and 9 Sept Monday: Labor Day   Wednesday: Theoretical background, continued and the Major Players: World Bank, IMF, USAID, etc.   Gardner and Lewis, Chpt 3  Moodle: Greg Palast and Gilbert and   3  14 and 16 Sept  Monday: Inside the World Bank and USAID     Wednesday: Local participation in rural development – importance of gender and other forms of power  Moodle: Peters  Moodle: Mehta Moodle: Bossen Moodle: Lynam and Gilbert   Moodle: Armbrecht Forbes Moodle: Michaels and Napolitano 4  21 and 23 Sept  Monday:  Who is local? The example of water-related development   Wednesday: Kariba dam and ‘The cutting edge of progress’ – who benefits, who suffers?  Gardner and Lewis, Chpt 4   Moodle: Colson 5  28 and 30 Sept   Monday: First exam   Wednesday:  History of missions in SSA   First exam Monday in class   Kingsolver Books 1-3  6  5 Oct and 7 Oct  Monday: Review exam. Settlements & missions  Wednesday:  Settlements and missions  Kingsolver Books 4-5   Kingsolver Books 6-7 7  12 and 14 Oct  Monday:  ‘Traditional’ vs ‘modern’ health and health-seeking behavior – valid categories for the Buganda people of Uganda?  Wednesday: Health development in Nepal—barriers vs. mere challenges Moodle: Mungwini Moodle: Chapman   Moodle: Katz & Biesele  Moodle: Nichter & Nichter   Dr. Kimber Haddix McKay/Social Change ______________________________________________________________________________ 9  19 and 21 Oct  Monday: Health development in Nepal—successes  Wednesday:  Second Exam  Moodle: Walter Moodle: Haddix McKay  Second exam Wednesday in class  10  26 and 28 Oct  Monday:  Review exam and begin “Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh”  Wednesday: Social change brought by ‘modernization’ in Ladakh  First ¼ Norberg Hodges   Second ¼ Norberg Hodges   11  2 and 4 Nov Monday: Are there lessons in Ladakh? The diseases of development  Wednesday: Case study – Permaculture and the Sunrise Farm Third ¼ Norberg Hodges    Finish Norberg Nodges   12  9 and 11 Nov  Monday: Film and discussion on social change via education and economic development -- ‘The Economics of Happiness”  Wednesday: Veterans Day  Moodle: Petry  13  16 and 18 Nov Monday: Continue discussion of syncretic social change   Wednesday: Third exam      Third exam Wednesday in class 15  23 and 25 Nov   Monday: Social change and the environmental movement—‘The spirit of Kuna Yala’   Wednesday: Thanksgiving Travel Day  Gardner and Lewis, 103-135 Gardner and Lewis, Chpt 7 Moodle: Finnis 16  30 Nov and 2 Dec  Monday: Managing environmental impacts through tourism development  Wednesday: How to do ‘good development’.  The ethics of involvement in development by anthropologists  Moodle: Smith          Moodle: Maclaren Moodle: Bennett    17  7 and 9 Dec Monday: Fourth exam  Wednesday: Review exam four, review for final, course evaluations  Fourth exam Monday in class 18  15 Dec Tuesday: Final @ 8:30am   

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