This course provides a foundation in the anthropology of policy and institutions. It also introduces students to key critical debates regarding how we should understand and approach the task of doing applied, engaged and/or public anthropology. The paper will cover a range of types of ethnographic data – from video recordings of citizens assemblies, to court rulings, to policy documents, to forms of civic participation. Each will be framed through a discussion of a key theme in the anthropology of politics: bureaucracy, institutions, law and inclusion.
Further information including a list of lecture courses and background reading can be found in the Paper Guide in the Paper Resources section to the right of this page.