Sociology and Anthropology 316 - Myth,Ritual,and Symbol

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Colgate University

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N. Ries This course explores the symbolic practices through which people create and negotiate cultural value and meaning. It takes as its starting premise the idea that all social activity is symbolic as well as pragmatic and that, through ethnographic observation, one can gain insight into the cultural meanings implicit in the things people do and say. Students examine formal, traditional rituals and folkloric myths, while looking equally at the diffuse symbolic practices of contemporary life. The course involves active participant observation as well as substantial engagement with theoretical questions anthropologists have posed about myth, ritual, and symbol over the last century. Prerequisite: SOAN 102 or permission of instructor.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colgate.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 228-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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