Questions for discussion:
We Are All Neighboursis a terrific example of ethnographic film production as a creative methodology for anthropologists. Reflecting on the documentary, consider the benefits of ethnographic film production in the pursuit of anthropological research - what worked, and what didn't? On the latter, what are the limits of ethnographic film generally, as opposed to traditional written ethnography?
- Brubaker proposes that religion is“imbricated or intertwined with nationalism”. What does he mean by this? How do we understand nationalism to relate to religious belief, in the context of this weeks material? Also feel free to integrate other sources from across ANTH3021 in your answer.
please only answer one of these questions and indicate which oneyou've answered with the number of the question and one MORE THING PLEASE COME UP WITH YOU'RE OWN DISCUSSION QUESTION based on the the movie and everything elsethe movie is the first part to the lecture so here is a link to watch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg2onUsb3Zw
Untitled A N TH 30 21 R el ig io n & N at io na lis m W ee k 8 D r M ax H ar w oo d D ep ar tm en t o f A nt hr op ol og y, M ac qu ar ie U ni ve rs ity Le ct ur e pl an •Q ua lif yi ng te rm s. •T he or et ic al an d ap pl ie d ap pr oa ch es to n at io na lis m in an th ro po lo gy . •U nd er sta nd in g th e th eo ry o f P ri m or di al an d C on st ru ct iv is tn at io na lis m , r es pe ct iv el y. •H ow st ud yi ng n at io na lis m ca n co m pl im en t o ur ex am in at io n of re lig io n in A N TH 30 21 , a nd in W e A re Al l N eig hb or s. R em em be r tr an sn at io na lis m a nd it s r el at io ns hi p to gl ob al is at io n: • H um an in ter ac tio ns pr ed ic at e (in p ar t) co m m un ity id en tit y (in cl ud in g na tio na lis m in th e 21 st ce nt ur y) . • If w e ca n in ter ac t g lo ba lly an d no t j us t f ac e- to -fa ce , t ra ns na tio na lis m is ev en m or e re sil ie nt in th e fo rm at io n of p er so na l a nd co m m un ity id en tit y. • Re tu rn to A pp ad ur ai’ s s ca pe s m od el w he n as se ss in g w ha t t he se in ter ac tio ns m ig ht lo ok li ke w he n it co m es to n at io na lis m . Ku rd ish in ha bi te d ar ea s o f T ur ke y, Ira n, S yr ia, Ir aq – an ap pr ox im at e ou tli ne o f a p ot en tia l K ur di sh n at io n? • M y sc ho la rly fr am ew or k is dr aw n fro m G el ln er (1 98 3) , A nd er so n (2 00 6) , S m ith (1 99 8) an d H ob sb aw m (1 99 2) . • Th es e ar e co ns tr uc ti vi st a pp ro ac he s ( m os tly )t o na tio na lis m - w hi ch in m y vi ew is ra th er am en ab le to an th ro po lo gy ’s stu dy o f p er ce pt ib le n at io na lis m in th e lif e of th e in di vi du al (e th no gr ap hi c r es ea rc h in fo rm an ts) . Ke y te xt s: • G el ln er , E rn es t. 19 83 . N at io ns a nd N at io na lis m . • An de rs on , B en ed ic t. 19 83 . I m ag in ed C om m un iti es : R ef le ct io ns o n T he O ri gi n an d Sp re ad O f N at io na lis m . • Sm ith , A nt ho ny D . 1 99 8. N at io na lis m a nd M od er ni sm : A C ri tic al S ur ve y of R ec en t Th eo ri es o f N at io ns a nd N at io na lis m . • H ob sb aw m , E ric . 1 99 2. N at io ns a nd N at io na lis m S in ce 1 78 0. N at io na lis m : D ef in it io ns a nd a pp ro ac he s Pr im or di al n at io na lis m fo cu se s o n hi st or ic a nd in he re nt so ci al p ra ct ic es a s t he so ur ce o f t he ro ot s o f i ts n at io n. Th e ke y fe at ur es o f p ri m or di al n at io na lis t t he or y ar e: • Th at p eo pl e ar e in he re nt ly g ro up o rie nt at ed an d na tio ns ar e a p ro du ct o f t hi s. • N at io na l i de nt ity is fo rg ed b y co m m on d es ce nt , s ha re d la ng ua ge an d a s en se o f t er rit or ial b el on gi ng . • N at io ns ar e hi sto ric al e nt iti es – th ey h av e alw ay s e xi ste d, al be it w ith in p re -m od er n so ci al o rg an isa tio n (e .g . t rib es /v ill ag es e tc .) Pr im or di al N at io na lis m : • In he re nt ly m od er n – no n at io na lis t i de ol og y or p ro to -n at io ns p rio r t o (c irc a) 1 80 0. • Ti ed to th e em er ge nc e of in du str ial e co no m ie s w hi ch cr ea te d ne w so ci al te ns io ns an d br ok e tr ad iti on al so ci al b on ds w hi ch b eg ge d th e ne ed fo r a n at io na l i de nt ity fo r t he p eo pl e. • M od er n sta te s p la y an im po rt an t r ol e in cr ea tin g a s en se o f n at io na l i de nt ity w hi ch co ns tr uc ts a n at io n. • Th e sp re ad o f m as s e du ca tio n an d m as s l ite ra cy w as a m as siv e co nt rib ut io n to w ar ds n at io na l i de nt ity . • G el ln er : “ H av in g a n at io n is no t a n in he re nt at tr ib ut e of h um an ity b ut it h as n ow co m e to ap pe ar as su ch ”. G el ln er ’s th eo re tic al re qu ire m en ts fo r t w o pe op le to b e in th e sa m e na ti on : 1. C om m on cu ltu re , a s i n a m ut ua l u nd er st an di ng o f e ac h ot he r’ s m ea ni ng s. 2. R ec og ni tio n of m ut ua l r ig ht s a nd d ut ie s t o ea ch o th er an d vi rt ue o f s ha re m em be rs hi p in it . C on st ru ct iv is t N at io na lis m “A m ere ca teg or y o f p ers on s ( sa y, oc cu pa nt s o f a g ive n ter rit or y, or sp ea ke rs of a g ive n la ng ua ge , f or ex am pl e) be co me s a n at io n if an d wh en th e m em be rs of th e c at eg or y fir ml y r ec og ni ze ce rta in m ut ua l r ig ht s a nd d ut ies to ea ch ot he r i n vir tu e o