Explore the evolution of anthropological thought in this 18-hour course that challenges traditional approaches. Delve into Tim Ingold's "Perception of the Environment" and examine critical questions about culture, nature, and human ecology. Investigate topics such as hunting and gathering, domestication, and horticulture while critically analyzing stereotypes and Western thought. Engage with Yarimar Bonilla's "Non-Sovereign Futures" to understand contemporary anthropological perspectives. Examine the interplay between technology, society, and nature, and explore concepts of time, work, and industry. Develop a deeper understanding of human perception, skilled practices, and the dynamics of technical change. Conclude by reflecting on modern human concepts and the relationship between speech and writing as skilled practices.
Overview
Syllabus
Teaching the _Perception of the Environment_ by Tim Ingold.
Lecture on part 1 of “Culture, nature, environment: Steps to an ecology of life" by Tim Ingold.
Class on part 2 of “Culture, nature, environment: Steps to an ecology of life" by Tim Ingold.
Comment on February 2022 Turmoil in Anthropology.
Decisions, Rationality, Natural Selection.
Is the natural world culturally constructed?.
Answering the "Vital Questions" of Hugh Brody's Maps & Dreams.
The Conceptual Place of Hunting & Gathering in Western Thought.
From Hunting to Herding.
Will the stereotype become the truth?.
Domestication & Horticulture.
Tim Ingold and the Romanticism Critique.
Ingold Genealogical & Relational.
Tim Ingold, "A Circumpolar Night's Dream".
Tim Ingold on “Totemism, animism & the depiction of animals” (part 1).
Tim Ingold on “Totemism, animism & the depiction of animals” (part 2).
Tim Ingold, “Culture, perception and cognition”.
Reflecting on Preface & Introduction of Non-Sovereign Futures by Yarimar Bonilla.
Tim Ingold on "The temporality of the landscape".
Thoughts on "The Wake of Disenchantment" chapter 1 in Yarimar Bonilla's _Non-Sovereign Futures_.
Thoughts on "Strategic Entanglements" chapter 2 in Yarimar Bonilla's _Non-Sovereign Futures_.
Tim Ingold on “Building, dwelling, living”.
Tim Ingold on "Globes and Spheres".
An attempt to tackle Tim Ingold's “To journey along a way of life”.
Bonilla's "Route of History" with Ingold's “Tools, minds and machines”.
Riffing on “Society, nature and the concept of technology” by Tim Ingold.
Understanding “Work, time and industry” by Tim Ingold.
Musing on "On weaving a basket" by Tim Ingold.
Comments on “Of string bags and birds’ nests” by Tim Ingold.
Attempting “The dynamics of technical change” by Tim Ingold.
Thinking through "'People like us': The concept of the anatomically modern human" by Tim Ingold.
Speech & Writing as Skilled Practice.
Concluding _The Perception of the Environment_ & _Looking Like a Language_.
Taught by
Living Anthropologically
