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ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH-450

Anthropology of Power (3)

Course Level: Undergraduate

Capstone seminar for anthropology majors which explores a central question for the discipline, the exploration of power. Examines the questions of how people experience and articulate power relations, how power is legitimized, where power comes from, how power relations shift over time and place, and how the study of power enriches and infuses anthropological studies. Usually offered every spring. Prerequisite: anthropology major with at least 36 credit hours of courses in the major.