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3.00 Credits
Anthropological critiques of development and globalization point out that they have occurred without regard for the diversity of human culture and human need. Beginning with this analysis, this course goes one step further by examining culture and values of development and how they affect the way development gets done. Prereq: Upper division standing and permission of instructor. Cross-listed with ANTH 4070.
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3.00 Credits
A travel-study course that provides students the opportunity to work on global health issues in the context of a supervised internship experience. In addition to a formal internship placement or directed research opportunity, students attend formal lectures and participate in seminars devoted to addressing those health issues most relevant to the country in which the course is being taught. Prereq: HBSC/ANTH 5014/4010, HBSC/ANTH 5024/4020, HLTH 6070 or equivalent. Cross-listed with ANTH 4080, HBSC 5080 and 4080.
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3.00 Credits
Psychotropic drugs, both legal and illicit, are a predominant part of our everyday lives. This course examines their use and meaning within cultures, and the social, political and economic issues that surround their production, use and misuse. Prereq: introductory course in cultural anthropology. Cross-listed with ANTH 4090.
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3.00 Credits
A cross-cultural analysis of religious belief and behavior. Emphasis is placed on religions found among non-Western cultural groups and includes consideration of how major religions of the world are manifested on local levels. Prereq: Background in cultural anthropology and graduate standing. Cross-listed with ANTH 4130, RLST 4010, 5010.
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3.00 Credits
Both formalist and substantivist perspectives are used to examine economic organization in a cross-cultural perspective. Special attention is focused on gift-giving in pre-stratified societies, craft specialization in middle-range societies, specialized economies in non-market-oriented ancient states and economic organization in modern world systems. Prereq: Introductory course in cultural anthropology. Cross-listed with ANTH 4140.
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3.00 Credits
The chief concern of this course is the relationship between ourselves and our surroundings and the very immediate ways the environments in which we live affect US. The view is of ourselves as a part of, not apart from, these environments. Prereq: Background in cultural anthropology and graduate standing. Cross-listed with ANTH 4150.
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3.00 Credits
A changing set of topics that address the nature of language in society and analysis of “Languaculture.” Topics may include: language and power, language and identity, conversational analysis, language and self, language socialization, nonverbal communication, evolution of language, ethnopoetics, language associal action, orality and literacy, linguistic hygiene, language and gender, discourse analysis, deception and truth. Prereq: ANTH 3121 or 6133 or equivalent. Cross-listed with ANTH 4160.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the historical origins of Western and non-Western ideas of the environment and the place of people within it. The imposition of Western ideas on non-Western groups regarding environmental policy is also examined, with special attention given to practices of conservation, development and transnational monetary policy. Prereq: ANTH 2102 or equivalent. Cross-listed with ANTH 4170.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the major theories of power used in contemporary anthropology, with an emphasis on cross-cultural perspectives. Explores how power is defined, determined and exercised globally and locally and how different systems of power articulate with one another. Prereq: ANTH 2102 or equivalent. Cross-listed with ANTH 4180.
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3.00 Credits
Anthropological research on ethnicity and nationalism throughout the world, in both simple and complex societies; theoretical and ethnographic research will be mutually reinforcing. Prereq: Senior or graduate standing, a course in anthropology or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with ANTH 4190.
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