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5.00 Credits
Language use in cultural contexts. How language reflects world view. Language use in culturally significant settings. Analyzes sets of culturally specific terms in semantic domains. Includes projects demonstrating application of theory and method to data addressing specific problems. Workshop format.
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5.00 Credits
Bilaniuk Analysis of the forces that shape popular culture. Examination of the local meanings of global trends in music, clothing, and leisure activities through case studies around the world. Students learn ethnographic methods and conduct an original research project.
Prerequisite:
one 200-level ANTH course
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5.00 Credits
Kahn Anthropological approaches to tourism. Debates about cultural encounters and cultural change, authenticity, economic development, social inequalities, identity, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and cultural representation.
Prerequisite:
one 200-level ANTH course
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5.00 Credits
Anagnost, Harrell Themes in the society and culture of the Han Chinese people. Concepts of self; personal interaction; family, gender, and marriage; communities and the state; religion and ritual; class, social categories, and social mobility; culturalism, nationalism, and patriotism. Offered: jointly with SISEA 370.
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5.00 Credits
Sivaramakrishnan Development refers to social, economic, cultural, political transformations viewed as progress. Studied from anthropological perspectives. Historical, social context for emergence of ideas of development. Role of development in promoting national cultures. Impact of development on individual citizenship, families, rural-urban relations, workers, business, environment. Offered: jointly with ENVIR 371.
Prerequisite:
one 200-level ANTH course
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5.00 Credits
Taylor Introduces anthropological perspectives on the workings of narrative in illness, healing, and medicine. Considers writings in medical anthropology alongside other genres of writing about similar topics. Readings include memoirs and fiction as well as scholarly articles.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the anthropological study of healing. Examines four healing traditions and addresses their similarities and differences. Includes anthropological theories of healing and religion.
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5.00 Credits
Rhodes An introduction to prisons from an anthropological point of view, with focus on prisons as total institutions. Topics include the experiences of prisoners and staff, prison history, issues of race and gender associated with incarceration, and the imprisonment of the mentally ill. Offered: jointly with LSJ 379.
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5.00 Credits
Teaches skills required to write senior honors thesis, including evaluation of academic and scientific writing, formulation of problem, collection of bibliographic and other resources, evaluation of research proposals, and research proposal preparation. Final product is a formal thesis prospectus.
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3.00 Credits
Social and cultural features of coastal and interior West African societies, including the Western Sudan. Detailed study of selected societies.
Prerequisite:
one 200-level ANTH course or LING 203
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