SVF-3022 Culture, Conflict and Society
Syllabus – Fall 2010
Coordinator: Percy Oware - Centre for Peace Studies, University of Tromsø (UiT)
Teachers:
James Lewis - Department of History and Religious Studies, UiT
Tormod Sund - Department of Archaeology and Social Anthropology, UiT
Ragnhild Dypdahl - Norwegian Agency for Development (NORAD), Oslo
Syllabus:
Approx. 700 pages
*AK* = Book available at Akademisk Kvarter (University Bookshop)
*C* = Available in the Compendium for SVF-3022
*E* = electronic article which is accessible via the University Library’s (UB) network
Anthropology
Lecturer: Tormod Sund - Department of Archaeology and Social Anthropology, UiT
Required Readings
Culture:
Barth, F. (1969) “Introduction” in Barth, F. (ed.) Ethnic groups and boundaries: The social
organization of culture difference. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. (29) *C*
Bourdieu, P. and Wacquant, L. (2004) “Symbolic Violence” in Scheper-Hughes, N. and
Bourgois, P. (eds.) Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology. Oxford:
Blackwell Publishing. pp. 272-275. (3) *C*
Foster, R. (1991)1 “Making National Cultures in the Global Ecumene”, Annual
Review of Anthropology, 20: 235-260. (25) *E*
Geertz, C. (1973) “Thick description: Toward an interpretive theory of culture”
in Geertz, C. The interpretation of cultures: Selected essays by Clifford Geertz.
New York: Basic Books. Chapter 1 (27) *C*
Sluka, J. and Robben , A. (2007). “Fieldwork in cultural Anthropology: An
Introduction” in Ethnographic Fieldwork: An Anthropological Reader.
Malden: Blackwell Publishing (28) *C*
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Conflict:
Aretxaga, B. (2004) “Dirty protest: Symbolic Over determination and Gender in
‘Northern Ireland Ethnic Violence’ in Scheper-Hughes, N. and Bourgois, P.
(eds.) Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology. Oxford: Blackwell
Publishing. pp. 244-252. (8) *C*
Argyrou, V. (1997)2 “Keep Cyprus Clean: Littering, Pollution and Otherness”
Cultural Anthropology 12 (2) pp. 159-178. (19) *E*
Bax, M. (2000) “Barbarization of a Bosnian Pilgrimage Centre” in
Halpern, J. and Kideckel, D. (eds.) Neighbours at War: Anthropological
Perspectives on Yugoslav Ethnicity, Culture and History. Pennsylvania: The
Pennsylvania State University Press. pp.187-202 (16). *C*
Duffey, T. (2000) “Cultural Issues in Contemporary Peace Keeping” in
Woodhouse, T. and Ramsbotham, O. (eds.) Peacekeeping and Conflict
Resolution. London: Frank Cass Publishers. pp. 142-168. (26) *C*
Farmer, P. (1997) “On Suffering and Structural Violence: A view From Below” in
Das, V., Kleinman, A., Lock, M. and Ramphele, M. (eds.) Social Suffering.
Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 261-281. (21) *C*
Gluckman, M. (1973) “The Peace in the Feud” in Custom and Conflict in Africa
Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. pp. 1-26. (26) *C*
Hastrup, K. (2003)3 “Violence suffering and human rights: Anthropological
Reflections”, Anthropological Theory, 3(3): 309-323. (12) *E*
Jean-Klein, I. (2001)4 “Nationalism and Resistance: The two faces of everyday
activism in Palestine during the intifada”, Cultural anthropology 16(1): 83127. (44 ) *E*
Khalaf, S. (1990)5 “Settlement of Violence in Bedouin Society”, Ethnology,
29 (3): 225-242. (18) *E*
Malkki, L. (2004): “From Purity and Exile: Violence Memory and national
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cosmology among the Hutu Refugees in Tanzania”. in Sheper-Hughes, N. and
Bourgois, P. (eds.) Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology. Oxford:
Blackwell Publishing. pp. 129-135. (4) *C*
Saugestad, S. (1972): “The Two Sides of the House” in Cohen, A. (ed.)
Belonging: Identity and Social Organisation in British Rural Cultures.
Manchester: Manchester University Press. pp.131-164. (34) *C*
Thaiss, Gustav (1978)6 “The conceptualization of Social Change through Metaphor”,
Journal of African and Asian Studies 13: 1-13. (13) *E*
Recommended Readings
Richards, P. (ed)(2005) No Peace, No Ware: An Anthropology of Contemporary Armed
Conflicts. Oxford: James Currey.
Psychology
Lecturer: Ragnhild Dybdahl - NORAD, Oslo
These lectures focus on psychological perspectives on conflict, culture and society, including
their relevance to the understanding of violent conflicts and the promotion of well-being and
peace. The importance of research or knowledge production on these issues will be addressed,
as well as the challenges involved in working in fragile states, humanitarian disasters and
complex emergencies.
Required Readings
Agger, I. (2001) “Psychosocial assistance during ethno-political warfare in the Former
Yugoslavia” in Chirot, D. and Seligman, M. (eds.) Ethno-political
Warfare: Causes, consequences, and possible solutions. Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association. pp. 305-342. (38) *C*
Ashford, M. (2002) “Stubborn peace: Communities that refuse to fight” Taipale, I., Mäkelä,
H., Juva, K., Taipale, V. Kolesnikov, S. Mutalik, J. and Christ, M. (eds.) War or
Health? A Reader. London: Zed Books. pp. 587-593. (7) *C*
Betancourt, T. and T Williams, T. (2008)7 “Building an evidence base on mental health
interventions for children affected by armed conflict” Intervention 6:39-56 (17) *E*
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Bolton, P., Bass, J., Betancourt, T., Speelman, L. Onyango, G. Clougherty, F.,
Neugebauer, R. Murray, L. and Verdeli, H. (2007)8 “Interventions for depression
symptoms among adolescent survivors of war and displacement in northern Uganda: A
randomized controlled trial” JAMA 298 (5):519-527. (8) *E*
Bonanno, G. and Mancini, A. (2008)9 “The human capacity to thrive in the face of extreme
adversity” Pediatrics 121:369-375. (6) *E*
Bracken, P., Giller, J., and Summerfield, D. (1995)10 ”Psychological responses to war and
atrocity: The limitations of current concepts” Social Science and Medicine, 40, 1073–
1082. (9) *E*
Dybdahl, R. (2001)11 “Children and mothers in war: An outcome study of a
psychosocial intervention programme” Child Development, 72: 1214-1230. (17) *E*
Dybdahl, R. and Pasagic, I. (2000)12 “Traumatic experiences and psychological reactions
among women in Bosnia during the war” Medicine, Conflict and Survival 16 (3): 281290. (10) *E*
Dyregrov, A., Gupta, L., Gjestad, R. and Mukanoheli, E. (2000)13 “Trauma exposure
and psychological reactions to genocide among Rwandan children” Journal of
Traumatic Stress 13: 3-21. (18) *E*
Hewstone, M. and Cairns, E. (2001) “Social psychology and intergroup conflict” in
Chirot, Daniel and Seligman, Martin (eds.) Ethnopolitical warfare: Causes,
consequences and possible solutions. Washington, D.C: American Psychological
Association, pp. 319-342. (24) *C*
Holdstock, D. (2002) “Morbity and mortality among soldiers and civilians” in
I. Taipale, I., Mäkelä, H., Juva, K., Taipale, V. Kolesnikov, S. Mutalik, J. and Christ,
M. (eds.) War or Health? A reader. London: Zed Books. pp. 183-197. (14) *C*
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Jennifer, J. (2001)14 “Ethics of research in refugee populations” Lancet, 357, 1432-1433 (1)
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Jones, L. Asare, J. El Masri, M., Mohanraj, A., Sherief, H. and van Ommeren, M.
(2009)15 “Severe mental disorders in complex emergencies” Lancet, 374: 654-661 (7) *E*
Machel, G. (2001) “Promoting psychosocial recovery” & “A children’s agenda for peace and
security” in Machel, G. The impact of war on children. London: UNICEF. Chapters
7 & 15 (20) pages *C*
Miller, K. and Rasmussen, A. (2009)16 “War exposure, daily stressors, and mental health in
conflict and post-conflict settings: Bridging the divide between trauma-focused and
psychosocial frameworks” Soc Sci Med. 70(1):7-16 (9) *E*
Mollica, R., Cardozo, B., Raphael, B. Ager, A. and Salama, P. (2004) “Mental health in
complex emergencies” Lancet, 364: 2058-67. (10) *C*
Santa-Barbara, J. (2004)17 “Medicine and Peace” Croatian Medical Journal, 45:
109-110. (2) *E*
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Principles for engagement in fragile states
Recommended Readings
Boothby, N., Crawford, J. and Halpern, J. (2006) “Mozambique child soldier life outcome
study: Lessons learned in rehabilitation and reintegration efforts” Global Public Health
1(1):87-107.
Dybdahl, R., Kravic, N. and Shreshtha, K. (2010): Are psychosocial interventions for war
affected children justified? in Bård Mæland (ed.) Culture, Religion and the
Reintegration of Female Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda. New York: Peter Lang.
Masten, A. (2009) “Ordinary Magic: Lessons from research on resilience in human
development” Education Canada 49(3): 28-32.
McKay, S. and Wessels, M. (2004) “Post-traumatic stress in former Ugandan soldiers”.
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Religion
Lecturer: James Lewis - Department of History and Religious Studies, UiT
Required Readings
Selengut, C. (2003) Sacred Fury: Understanding Violence. London: Walnut Creek,
California: Alta Mira Press (200 pages) *AK*
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