Apr 18, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 [Archived Catalog]

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ANTH 4250 - Ethnographies of Global Capitalism


This course explores ethnographies and histories of capitalism across different cultural contexts, past and present. We look at the dynamics of capitalist production, circulation, and consumption; the intersections between local and global economies; the cultural features of different kinds of markets (street bazaars, trading rooms, informal markets, etc); the uneven distribution of development across the global North and South. We assess forms of inclusion and exclusion in the contemporary global economy.

Requisites: ANTH 1010
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to define different social science approaches to the study of capitalism, such as Marxist, formalist/substantivist, world systems, feminist, social studies of finance approaches
  • Students will be able to assess a wide range of ethnographic studies of capitalist societies across the global south and the global north
  • Students will be able to describe different experiences of capitalism in different cultural, political, historical contexts
  • Students will be able to examine the relations between capitalist economic systems and cultural practices across different contexts
  • Students will be able to assess how global economic systems are intertwined across time and space
  • Students will be able to analyze the dynamics of global economic and cultural circulations, exchanges, frictions in the broader historical context of postcolonial, postsocialist, and post-development contexts



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