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SBS 346 - Anthropology of Time and Power


This course explores the concept of time as perceived across cultures throughout the world, and addresses just how anthropologists have studied time and its intrinsic relationship to power and control. Course content presents a crosscultural overview of concepts of time, and in so doing, explores the relationships of time and ritual; time as a structuring variable in human life; time, ecological conditions and social organization; and the interpretation of time across cultures and societies.

Typically Offered: Spring term only

Units: 3