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Van Arsdale This course will examine the evolutionary foundations of human variability. This theme is approached broadly from the perspectives of anatomy, paleontology, genetics, primatology, and ecology. For this purpose, the course will address the principles of human evolution, fossil evidence, behavior, and morphological characteristics of human and nonhuman primates. Explanation of the interrelationship be-tween biological and sociobehavioral aspects of human evolution, such as the changing social role of sex, are discussed. In addition, hu-man inter-population differences and environmental factors that account for these differences will be evaluated. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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Kohl A survey of the development of archaeology. The methods and techniques of archaeology are presented through an analysis of excava-tions and prehistoric remains. Materials studied range from early hominid sites in Africa to the Bronze Age civilizations of the Old World and the Aztec and Inca empires of the New World. Students are introduced to techniques for reconstructing the past from material re-mains. The course includes a field trip to a neighboring archaeological site. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Van Arsdale NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. The hominid fossil record provides direct evidence for the evolution of humans and our ancestors through the past five to seven million years. This will provide an overview of human evolutionary history from the time of our last common ancestor with the living great apes through the emergence of ?modern? humans. Emphasis is placed on evolutionary mechanisms, and context is pro-vided through an understanding of the prehuman primates. The human story begins with origins and the appearance of unique human features such as bipedality, the loss of cutting canines, the appearance of continual sexual receptivity, births requiring midwifery, and the development of complex social interactions. An early adaptive shift sets the stage for the subsequent evolution of intelligence, technology, and the changes in physical form that are the consequences of the unique feedback system involving cultural and biological change . Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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Van Arsdale The identification of human remains for criminological and political purposes is widespread. This course explores issues in the identifica-tion and interpretation of human bones including methods for determining sex, age, stature, and ancestry as well as for identifying patholo-gies and anomalies. The course will pay particular attention to those anatomical elements, both soft tissue and bones, that aid in the re-construction of individuals and their lifestyles. In addition, the course explores search and recovery techniques, crime-scene analysis, the use of DNA in solving crimes, and the role of forensic anthropology in the investigation of mass fatalities from both accidents and human rights violations. It also addresses ballistics and the use of photography in forensic investigation. The course will include a weekly lab com-ponent focused on human osteology and skeletal analysis. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Natural and Physical Sciences Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Kohl (Anthropology) Students travel to Tbilisi, Georgia, for Wintersession. They attend lectures in English at Tbilisi State University on Georgian history, lan-guage and culture and on contemporary political developments there and visit sites of historical interest in and around Tbilisi. They live with Georgian families and spend three weeks completing a self-designed internship with a local organization. Students may register for either RAST 211 or ANTH 211 and credit will be granted accordingly. Not offered every year. Subject to Dean's Office approval. Prerequisite: One course in Russian Area Studies or Anthropology. Application required. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis or Historical Studies Semester: Wintersession Unit: 0.5
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3.00 Credits
Van Arsdale NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This is a course about race concepts and human biological variation, viewed from historical and biological perspectives. This course thus has two intertwined emphases. One is placed on the historical connection between science and sociopoliti-cal ideologies and policies. The other is on the evolutionary origin of human biological and cultural diversity. Through lecture and discus-sion section, topics explored include the role of polygenism, historically and in current scientific thought; biological determinism and scien-tific racism; the Holocaust and other examples of ?applied biology?; and the role of the race concept in current scientific debates, such as those over the place of the Neanderthals in human evolution, as well as those over the boo k The Bell Curve . The course seeks to guide students through a critical exercise in studying the evolutionary origins of contemporary human biological variation and its close relation-ship with scientific and popular concepts of race . Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Karakasidou The Balkan region has been a major trade and cultural crossroads for millennia and encompasses a variety of landscapes, peoples, and cultures. We will read authoritative historical studies and ethnographies as well as short stories, poetry, books of travel and fiction. We will consider the legacy of the classical world, the impact of Islam, the emergence of European commercial empires, the impact of the Euro-pean Enlightenment in national movements, the emergence of modernization, and the socialist experiments in the hinterlands. The course offers a critical overview of the politics of historical continuity and the resurgence of Balkan nationalisms during the last decade of the twentieth century. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Lynch (Olin) NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This course is an anthropological introduction to South Asia, with an emphasis on India and Sri Lanka. It fo-cuses on the daily lives and experiences of real people as portrayed in ethnographies, novels, and films. The emphasis will be on the dy-namics of power in which everyday lives are embedded. Topics include labor, gender, modernity, ethnicity, development, and globaliza-tion. Specific cases include practices of childbirth in South India, masculinity and ethnic identity in Sri Lanka, damming and displacement along the Narmada River, global garment production in Sri Lanka, and the Bhopal chemical disaster. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This course offers analytic tools for grappling with the historical and contemporary complexities of Asian-American identification and community formation. Each section of this course introduces students to different theoretical frames for exploring the meaningful contours of the term ?Asian American? in relation to other racialized and ethnic groups in the U.S. We will pay particular attention to the historical conditions and ongoing processes for the social formation of per-sons and collectivities under the rubric of ?Asian American? as well as examine multiplicities, contradictions, and gaps of Asian-American identifications and politics. Students will learn to think critically about Asian-American identification in the wider contexts of orientalism, U.S. imperialism and nationalism, racialization and racism, state governmentality, economic restructuring, transnationalism and other social process es. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1
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3.00 Credits
NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This course draws from anthropological and cultural-historical frameworks to explore the contemporary ter-rain of China in relation to an emergent ?New World (Dis)Order.? While introducing students to key concepts and major historical develop-ments in twentieth-century China, the course will focus largely on ethnographic studies of social change and everyday life betwixt and be-tween the Mao (1949-1978) and post-Mao (1978 to the present) eras. Topics examined include nation-building, Chinese modernities, ca-pitalist development, gendered desires, class inequalities, religious revivalism and cosmopolitan identities. Students will be asked to criti-cally and creatively think about change and continuity in contemporary China not only in terms of the organization of Chinese political insti-tutions, but also in relation to the role of Chinese diasporic populations and other transnational and globalizing forces in producing spatial-temporal imaginarie s. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.
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