ANTH 320/DEVS 321 PEOPLE AND DEVELOPMENT Fall 2018
I acknowledge that St FX is in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People.
Sept. 10, 12: Introduction.
READ: Parpart, Jane & Henry Veltmeyer (2004) The
development project in theory and practice: A review of its shifting
dynamics. Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne
d'études du développement, 25(1): 39-59, DOI:
10.1080/02255189.2004.9668959
S. Vincent’s research in Allpachico, Peru: video “Solidarity makes strength, but living here is hell”
Effective reading: (link to annotated bibliography resources: http://stfx.libguides.com/c.php?g=101558&p=658461)
- what is the purpose of the work?
- is it an academic article? (i.e. in a
refereed journal; has an argument; presents evidence that is analysed
using definitions, concepts, theory; takes the form of an essay)
- is it an academic review article?
- a report? (i.e. simply presents information,
with perhaps a conclusion based on evidence, but is not a theoretically
analysed work)
- a polemical
article? (i.e. is an argument, but tends to be light on the evidence
and analysis)
- a popular
press article? (i.e. is in a newspaper or magazine; tends to present
information in accessible language)
- related to
the above question is to ask why you are reading the article, or why
your professor chose it – in the latter case, use cues from the course
outline; for example, if it is in a section called “theory,” then you
can assume that the work is being used to represent a specific theory
[since most of what you will read in this course is academic, the rest of the questions assume that]
- what is the argument? (Look for words like “argument,” “suggest,” “takes the view,” etc.)
- what is the type of evidence being used?
- what assumptions are made, or what definitions and theoretical framework are being used or presented?
- reflect on the argument and analysis to figure out if you are
convinced, or what other implications it might have
Some initial background on anthropology and development:
What is anthropology and what are the relevant debates in anthropology?
- history of applied anthropology and colonialism
- ethics
- objective versus engaged anthropology
Parpart and Veltmeyer
- what kind of article is this?
- what do Parpart and Veltmeyer argue?
- what type of evidence do they use?
- what is political economy?
- what is capitalism?
- what is modernization?
- what is dependency theory?
- what development trends arose in the 1970s and why?
- what development trends arose in the 1980s and why?
- what ideas are encapsulated in the New International Political Economy?
- what was involved in the Post-development ideas of the 1990s?
- what do they do in the conclusion?
- trends since 2004: neoextractivism/neodependency
- post-development/vivir bien
Your reactions to Parpart and Veltmeyer? What did you like? What did you dislike? Why?