ANT 204 - Ethnographic Themes

Institution:

University of Rochester

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Description:

This course has two aims. First, it will introduce students to the vast cultural diversity of New Guinea and its neighboring islands and to how this region has played a central role in the history of anthropological theory and method. Second, it will enable students to analyze and evaluate how ethnographers create, select, and interpret data within more or less explicit conceptual frameworks. The course is thus a general inquiry into the practice of ethnography, including fieldwork and writing, carried out through an examination of materials from one particular area of the world. Readings include 20th century classics by authors such as Bronislaw Malinowski and Margaret Mead as well as recent ethnographic writings about contemporary Papua New Guinea.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rochester.edu

Phone Number:

(888) 822-2256

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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