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We wear about 9 lbs. of it everyday, but we take most of its functions, adaptations, uses, and subtle cultural signals for granted. Skin is something everyone should know inside and out. For anthropologists, skin is a place where issues of biology, comparative anatomy, culture, evolution, archaeology, tradition, taboo, ritual, art, diversity, and race all come together. An understanding of human skin helps to turn over the judgments people make about others based on skin color. Using Chicago as a field laboratory, we will discover the wonders of skin, ever mindful of how we fit inside our own.
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Looks at what seperates humans qualitatively from all other organisms- culture as language and symbolic systems of thought and social complexity. Focus on cultural practices and institutions among ethnic groups the world over. Examines the roots and results of notions of difference, otherness, and prejudices among peoples. Provides students with a thoughtful appreciation for the vast diversity among human practices and behavior, including marriage, child rearing, cuisine, art, politics, religion, and household practices.
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Archaeology focuses on cultures of the past by uncovering and analyzing what they left behind. Students will explore the theories and methods arcaeologists use to interpret, reconstruct, preserve, and ultimately learn from the past. This class will also highlight the use of archaeology to addrerss important social, economic, and ideological questions including the origins of food production, of social inequality, and of civilization.
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This multi-faceted, data-oriented course explores the biological diversity of humans and other primates in the past and present. Using fossil casts, hands-on activites, and the scientific method, students will analyze the evidence for more than six million years of human evolution. This course reviews the principles of genetics and inheritance and examines the evolutionary processes that contribute to modern human variation. STudents will also explre the ecology and behavior of lemur, monkeys, apes, and other primates and their significance for understanding our origins.
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Ethnographic survey of the contemporary peoples and cultures of South America. Selected Indian cultures, peasant communities, and urban societies are compared. (C)
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Survey fo the cultures of North American Indian tribes at the time of contact with Europeans. The record of Indian-non-Indian relationships from colonial times to the present is analyzed in the light of its impact on changing Indian culture and society. (C)
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(REPLACES ANTH 224-Peoples of Africa) This course intorduces students to the diversity of contemporary African cultural life as it has been addressed by cultural anthropologists. In Africa one can find unique cultural practices and ways of living, as well as evidence that Africa is very much integrated into global economic and cultural flows. In this course students learn about Africans' expreiences, both the patterns and the particularities, and gain a greater appreciatioin for the roles that Africans and African culture play in the world, including in the U.S. This course is cross-listed in the African and African American Studies Program (AFAM 224). (C)
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Ethnographic survey of the contemporary peoples and cultures of Mexico, Central America, and the caribbean Islands. Emphasis is on Spanish and Indian language areas. In-depth examination of 4-6 cases. (C)
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No course description available.
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Survey of Turkic, Mongolian and Iranic peoples, including Siberia, Uzbekistan, India and Iran. Students study Silk Roads archaeology and history, music, cuisine, religions, and politics of contemporary Central Asian societies. Extensice use of artifacts, songs, maps, photos, and videos from the region illustrate this most fascinating part of the world. (C)
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