Concentration in Indigenous Worlds

Students in this concentration will be exposed to ethnographic studies and anthropological theories devoted to “the Indigenous.” For anthropologists, this term commonly refers to the knowledges and worldviews of the many peoples who are our disciplinary interlocutors around the globe. In American contexts, “indigenous” usually refers to First Peoples of the Western hemisphere, and includes Native American Studies. At the transnational scale, indigenous peoples’ movements are political realities, converging at sites like the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and the World Conservation Congress. This concentration takes an unbounded approach, engaging with all of these perspectives and scales, and many others, without reducing “the Indigenous” to any of them. Students will be given the opportunity to engage with the vast array of possibilities for being human, studying for example both colonial-era encounters, and contemporary indigenous relationships to issues such as sustainable livelihoods, public health, and environmental care. This concentration offers unique opportunities for interdisciplinary learning across two areas of distinction at UVA: Indigenous arts and curation, and the environmental humanities.

For more information, or to begin the process of enrolling in this concentration, contact the Indigenous Worlds Concentration Advisor.

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Requirements

Fulfill all non-elective requirements for the B.A. in Anthropology.
When choosing electives toward your Anthropology major, include the following:

3 classes from Indigenous Worlds Concentration Course List A
2 classes from Indigenous Worlds Concentration Course List B

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Indigenous Worlds Concentration Course List A

AMST 2233 Contemporary Native American Literature

AMST 3641 Native America

AMST 2231 Native Americans in Popular Culture

ANTH 1050 Anthropology of Globalization

ANTH 2120 The Culture Concept

ANTH 2250 Nationalism, Racism, and Multi-Culturalism

ANTH 2153 North American Indians

ANTH 2365 Art & Anthropology

ANTH 3152 Amazonian Peoples

ANTH 3450 Native American Languages

ANTH 3680 Anthropology of Australian Aboriginal Art

ANTH 5885 Archaeology of Colonialism

ANTH 9545 History, Modernity, Indigeneity

HIAF 3112 African Environmental History

HIST 3641 Native America

HIST 7021 Comparative Cultural Encounters in North America (1492-1800)

MDST 4301 Global Indigenous Media

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Indigenous Worlds Concentration Course List B

AMST 2420 Cultural Landscapes in the United States

ANTH 2160 Culture and the Environment

ANTH 3100 Indigenous Landscapes

ANTH 3340 Ecology and Society

ANTH 3385 The Archeology of Europe

ANTH 3880 Archaeology of Africa

ANTH 3480 Language and Prehistory

ANTH 3490 Language and Thought

ANTH 5470 Language and Identity

ANTH 5475 Multi-Modal Interaction

ANTH 5220 Economic Anthropology

ANTH 5425 Language Contact

ANTH 5528 Topics in Race Theory

ARTH 1505 Art and Money

ARTH 4591 University Museum Internships

GSGS 3112 Ecology and Globalization in the Age of European Expansion

HILA 2001 Colonial Latin America

HIST 2112 Maps in World History

HIST 3011 Colonial Period in North America

MDST 3407 Racial Borders and American Cinema

MDST 3650 Shooting the Western

RELG 2210 Religion, Ethics, and Global Environments

RELG 3360 Conquest and Religions in the Americas, (1400s-1830s)