ANTHRO 1613 – Contestations: an ethnographic inquiry into memorials and counter-memorials

ANTHRO 1613 – Contestations: an ethnographic inquiry into memorials and counter-memorials

Semester: Spring
Offered: 2023
Instructor: Ruth Mandel
Meeting Time: W 12:45pm-2:45pm

This course applies ethnographic approaches to engage with memorials and monuments. In light of the demonumenting movement, how should we think about alternative monuments and memorials such as artist Gunter Demnig’s Stolpersteine (stumbling stones)? In addition to anthropological literature, the course will draw on work from memory studies, Holocaust studies, conceptual art, etc. Students will carry out their own ethnographic research in the Boston/Cambridge area throughout the semester, producing a research journal at the end of the term.

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