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This course will introduce students to one of the foundational concerns of anthropology and bring to the fore critiques that bear upon what it means to relate to one another. Students will be introduced to theories of kinship and the myriad challenges to fixed notions of the family. Specifically, course readings will consider interventions in anthropological studies of kinship, such as in studies of new reproductive technologies and queer kinship. In addition, course readings will consider the notion of the family in colonial and “post”-colonial contexts, as well as in “post”-conflict societies. A primary concern of the course will also be to encourage students to think critically about the ways in which knowledge is produced, institutionalized, and disseminated.