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Course name
The Anthropology of Violence
Institution
Portland State University
Instructor
Michele Gamburd
Wikipedia Expert
Brianda (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Cultural Anthropology
Course dates
2024-01-08 00:00:00 UTC – 2024-03-27 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
30


About the course: This course presents an upper division introduction to the anthropology of violence. We discuss three different forms of violence: structural violence (violence imposed by large-scale social structures), symbolic violence (violence inherent in identity politics such as sexism, racism, ethnocentrism, and jingoistic nationalism), and state violence (violence imposed by states on their citizens through a variety of tactics). We end with a discussion of human rights and resistance to violence. Throughout the course, positive alternatives for peace and conflict resolution are presented.

About the Wikipedia assignment: Each student will interact with a Wikipedia article to create a new entry or improve an existing 'stub' entry. Each student will read approximately 15 external sources and spend about as much time revising their chosen article as they would spend writing a term paper for the course. Students may choose one of the articles that the instructor has suggested (see 'articles' in the menu at the top of the page and click on the 'available articles' tab) or find and choose another article to work on. (If you find your own article, please run it by the instructor to make sure that it fits the parameters of the assignment before sinking a lot of work into it.)

Student Assigned Reviewing
Dtalla Anglophone Crisis Identity Politics, Femicide
Bsantiago97 Refugee crisis Germans of Serbia, Workplace violence
Wrig36 Identity Politics Femicide, Gender inequality in China
Chase2424 Cultural identity State violence, Protracted social conflict
Winter-PSU Inequality in post-apartheid South Africa Afghan refugees, State violence
Skyjay999 State violence Protracted social conflict, Cultural identity
KCterm Gender inequality in China Violence and intersectionality, Anglophone Crisis
JamBing Femicide Gender inequality in China, Violence and intersectionality
Zmbois Slow violence Cultural identity, State violence
MacBook2024 Slow violence Economic violence, Cultural identity
Orangetruncate Economic violence Slow violence, Cultural identity
Gopp22 Germans of Serbia Paleopathology, Workplace violence
Kreiswig Domestic violence against men Protracted social conflict, Cultural identity
Jmoney69420911 Identity Politics, Gender inequality in China
Szelinsky Slow violence State violence, Economic violence
Aemoe85 State violence Slow violence, Economic violence
Vedisobe Buddhism and violence Inequality in post-apartheid South Africa, Afghan refugees
FrozenFrosch Afghan refugees State violence, Gender inequality in Japan
JHaupt46 Paleopathology Refugee crisis, Germans of Serbia
Cognitura Gender inequality in Japan Perpetrators, victims, and bystanders, Buddhism and violence
Snazzysugarplum Violence and intersectionality Anglophone Crisis, Identity Politics
Tarabien Violence and intersectionality Gender inequality in Japan, Perpetrators, victims, and bystanders
AverageEccentric Perpetrators, victims, and bystanders Buddhism and violence, Inequality in post-apartheid South Africa
Grackle.cackle Protracted social conflict Cultural identity, State violence
EliasSpence84 Refugee crisis, Structural violence Protracted social conflict, State violence