Topics in Anthropology

Trump's followers say the 2024 election is their "last chance" to "save" America. A coalition of anti-Trump Republicans, Democrats, and academics have coalesced as the "pro-democracy movement," warning that electing Trump threatens American democracy. For all, the 2024 election will be unique and consequential. This semester we will follow the election as anthropologists, completing a participant observation research project. Reading will focus on democracy in America, from Alexis de Tocqueville's classic by that name to ethnographic by Native anthropologists about the democratic governments of tribal nations to work on conspiracy theories like QAnon and ideologies like Christian nationalism.
Course Attributes: EN S; BU IS; AS SSC; FA SSC; AR SSC

Topics in Anthropology

ANTHROPOLOGY 3101

Section 01