(3 units). Exploration of how anthropologists' engagement with the histories of the societies they study and the history of their own discipline has significantly broadened conventional understandings of what "history" means. Examination of how increasing appreciation of the significance of history has redefined anthropological theory and practice. Topics and themes studied may include ethnohistory, regimes of historicity, and conceptions of historical time; the ethnography of the archive and of the museum, the production of historical facts and narratives; practices of commemorating and memorializing the past; experience, memory and witnessing; and contemporary movements for historical reconciliation and reparation. Course Component: Lecture Prerequisite: 9 course units in anthropology (ANT) and 54 university course units.
(3 units). Exploration of how anthropologists' engagement with the histories of the societies they study and the history of their own discipline has significantly broadened conventional understandings of what "history" means. Examination of how increasing appreciation of the significance of history has redefined anthropological theory and practice. Topics and themes studied may include ethnohistory, regimes of historicity, and conceptions of historical time; the ethnography of the archive and of the museum, the production of historical facts and narratives; practices of commemorating and memorializing the past; experience, memory and witnessing; and contemporary movements for historical reconciliation and reparation. Course Component: Lecture Prerequisite: 9 course units in anthropology (ANT) and 54 university course units.
