George Stocking

214. The Practice of Anthropology. Class limited to sixteen students. This course examines an intellectual biography of a selected significant figure (or figures) in the history of anthropology and studies his (her, their) writings, context, and influ-ence as a specimen of the historical sociology of anthropo-logical knowl-edge. The focus this year will be Franz Boas. G. Stocking. Autumn 1995, Autumn 1997, Spring 1999, Spring 2000.

44800. Contextualization of Anthropological Knowledge. PQ: Consent of instructor before the first class meeting, preferably by the end of the pre-ceding quarter. Class limited to ten students. This course attempts to place anthropological knowledge in broader contexts (historical, social, cultural, ideological, institutional, disciplinary, discursive, and so on). In addition to readings, informal lectures, and discussions relating to the overall topic, each student is expected to have an interest in some specific aspect or mani-festation of the general theme as the focus of their own contribution to the course. The topic for this year will be American anthropology in the early Cold War period, 1945-1974. G. Stocking. Spring 1996, 1997, Spring 1999, Spring 2000.

44800. Contextualization of Anthropological Knowledge: Anthropology Yesterday, 1945-1972 (=Hist 493, CFS 394) PQ: Consent of instructor before the first class meeting, preferably by the end of the pre-ceding quarter. Class limited to ten students. As in the last several years, Anthro. 448 will focus on American anthropology in the early Cold War period, marked by two edited volumes: Ralph Linton's Science of Man in World Crisis (1945) and Dell Hymes' Reinventing Anthropology (1972) -- the period, not coincidentally, of my own intellectual formation and what will doubtless by my last long term research project. The underlying assumption is that later anthropology, down to the present, has developed to some extent in reaction to that of the 1950s and 1960s, and that there was a critical transition in the mid-1960s. The focus of course will be on sociocultural anthropology, considered in disciplinary and historical context, with some treatment of the other three of the "four fields" -- especially if there are people in the class who wish to focus on their own work on a topic relating to their field. There will be lectures, most of them informal, and readings on a series of topics (usually exemplified by individual anthropologists, specific institutions, particular research projects, or perhaps a pervasive issue such as "values" or "race," or an "event" -- such as Project Camelot). In addition to class reports and discussion of the readings, each student will be expected to have a focal interest (an individual anthropologist, an institution, or a research project active in the 1950s or 1960s) on which they will serve as "experts" for the group as a whole -- and prepare some sort (negotiable) of written report at the end of the course. The course will meet at a time convenient to the participants. Enrollment will be limited to 8 or 10 people. Anyone interested in enrolling should talk to me prior to the first class meeting. You may make an appointment by signing up for my office hours, or contacting me by email (g-stocking@uchicago.edu) or telephone (702-7702). G. Stocking. Tues 6:30-9:20