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In this course we will use the lens of celebrating different communities' ethnicities to explore ideas of transnational belonging as they relate to diaspora, ethnicity, and race in the contemporary United States. Using critical race theory, discussion about art and display, contemporary performance studies, culture history and anthropological theories about cultural migration, we examine the politics of ethnicity, racialized identity, and national belonging. We also assess the current goals for U.S. multiculturalism and its practical connections to multi-vocality. We end the course by discussing how effective the modern nation state is for peoples of apparently different cultural backgrounds. In all of our discussions we remain interested in the diversity of voices women, men, the poor, children, the disabled, gay, lesbian, and bisexual people who may speak within, or for, a community. PREREQUISITES: English 101, 102, and a G100 course or 30 transfer Credits. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits.
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An introduction to historical archaeology, from its initial development to future directions. Topics include the subfields which comprise historical archaeology and their interrelationships; the contributions, both substantive and methodological, of historical archaeology to the field of archaeology; and industrial and historic sites in North America. PREREQUISITE: Anth 107, or Hist 165 or permission of instructor. Distribution I Area: Historical and Cultural Studies. Distribution II Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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This course analyzes the ways in which culture shapes perceptions of family. It explores the increasing medicalization of reproduction and the body, the differentially gendered notions of infertility, and the ways in which race, class, and sexual orientation affect commonly held and frequently subscribed-to beliefs about what constitutes family. Distribution II Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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Anth 247 compares the processes of state formation in major civilizations, including Mesopotamia, Early Dynastic Egypt, Shang China, Aztecs of Mesoamerica, and Inca of Peru. Recent archaeological and historical data are used to explore cross-cultural themes such as the provisioning of cities, role of religious ideology, social organization of land and labor, and gendered dimensions of power and social identity. Distribution I Area: Historical and Cultural Studies. Distribution II Area: World Cultures. PREREQUISITE: Anth 107 recommended or permission of instructor. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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Study of the hunter-gatherer form of human adaptation. Ethnographic data from hunter-gatherer cultures is examined, and models derived from these data are applied to the archaeological evidence for prehistoric hunter-gatherers. PREREQUISITE: Anth 106, or 107 or permission of instructor. Distribution I Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences. Distribution II Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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A comparative study of the form and quality of urban life in the contemporary United States and in selected non-Western cultures. Through an examination of selected case studies, the course assesses the varying theories, methodological strategies, and research techniques that have been employed in anthropological analyses of cities; and considers their significance in the broader field of urban studies. Attention is also given to the cultural evolutionary processes leading to the origin and spread of cities and urbanized society, in both the ancient and modern worlds. PREREQUISITE: Anth 106 or permission of instructor. Distribution I Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences. Distribution II Area: Social and Behavioral Sciences. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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A cross-cultural exploration of dreams and dreaming across cultures, with general attention to the western Pacific, and the Mekeo people of Papua New Guinea in particular; review of the anthropology of dreams in the context of theoretical works by Freud and Jung, and recent neurobiological studies; and, the relationship of dreams to notions of the self, person, and individual. PREREQUISITE: Sociocultural Anthropology course recommended. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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3.00 Credits
We have all heard of, or used, the term "object" to refer to things outside ourselves: "the object of one's desires," "the objectification of other cultures and peoples," "works of art vs. ethnographic objects." In this course we deconstruct familiar discourses about things through an examination of the world of material possessions, places, people, ideas, and space in cross-cultural perspective. Our aim is to gain more nuanced understandings about the apparent human tendency to create our identities through assigning personal and cultural significance to "objects" around us. Course readings will be drawn primarily from anthropology, art history, art criticism, cultural studies, and curatorial / museum studies. We will also share our observations, experiences, and reflections of particular object worlds through museum site visits, class discussions, and individual projects. Our own milieu of the Western museums will offer valuable case studies about the historical and political implications of particular histories of collecting, classifying, displaying and interpreting the wider world as a collection of objects. Distribution I Area: The Arts. Diversity Area: International Focus. PREREQUISITE: Anth 106, or permission of instructor. 3 Lect Hrs,
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3.00 Credits
An introductory survey of Native American societies and cultures. Emphasis is given to the descriptive comparison of selected Native American societies, on their histories, and on problems in cross-cultural understanding. The course focuses on pre-twentieth century cultures and history. Distribution I Area: Historical and Cultural Studies. Distribution II Area: World Cultures. Diversity Area: United States. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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An examination of historical and socio-political forces in the formation of the contemporary Middle East; the cultural, ethnic, and economic diversity of modern nation-states in this region; neo-colonialism and imperialism as persisting obstacles to development and progress in this part of the world; and the role of Islam in reformist and revolutionary movements. Distribution I Area: Historical and Cultural Studies. Diversity Area: International. 3 Lect Hrs, 3 Credits
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