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3.00 Credits
Prof. Truitt. This course examines how Vietnamese-American identities are constructed and performed. The course is divided into three sections. In the first section, “diaspora and transnationalism,†we will examine how the two theoretical concepts may be illuminated through fiction, memoir, and autobiography. The second section, “Reconstructing Identities,†provides students with a broad overview of Vietnamese nationalism in the 20th century and the subsequent dispersal of peoples after 1975. The third section, “Public memory and Cultural Politics†considers how collective identities are represented. Students will have the opportunity to learn about Vietnamese-American experiences in New Orleans and ongoing projects related to social justice and civic engagement.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Every fortnight a human language dies. Half the languages spoken in the Western Hemisphere at the turn of the 19th century have died. This course examines the forces that lead to language death, strategies that speakers whose linguistic heritage is endangered may deploy to revitalize their languages, and tools that linguists have used to preserve the knowledges of human speech communities.
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3.00 Credits
Professor Balée. Philosophical underpinnings of general anthropology. Epistemological ramifications of four anthropological fields (subdisciplines) as complete coverage of the subject matter. Contingency vs. rationale in the amalgamation of the four fields, as distinctive and definitive of the holistic study of Homosapiens. Initial development of the model in the British Isles; institutionalization in 20th century North America. Connections to study of natives of the New World and salvage ethnography. Growth and specialization in subdisciplines. Debates over the logic and practicality in continuing cohesion of the model.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Hill. As smaller-scale, non-literate societies, the beliefs and practices of Native North American peoples illustrate many fundamental differences from the literate, universalistic religious traditions of the world. This course examines concepts needed for an understanding of Native American religions, widespread beliefs, regional variations, and the development of new religions in response to the dislocations caused by European contact.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Balée, Prof. Du. Description and analysis of patterns of marriage, descent, alliance, and kinship terminology as comprehended within the cross-cultural framework. The contribution of studies of kinship systems to the development of social anthropology.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Pre-requisite: Junior or senior anthropology major status. It is a four-field seminar course, covering archaeology, linguistics, physical anthropology and socio-cultural anthropology. Topics vary with the current research interests of the faculty presenting the course. Students do primary and secondary research, present their findings orally and in writing. This course draws together the four subdisciplines of anthropology, integrating them in the approach to a body of theory, an array of methods and an emerging set of data congruent with the topical theme. Note: This course is required for the major and fulfills the capstone requirement. Offered: Spring semester only
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Rodning. A survey of the archaeology of Canada and the United States from the appearance of man in the New World to the arrival of the Europeans. (Same as ANTH 713).
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Survey of African prehistory from the earliest tool-makers (Olduvai Gorge, etc.) to protohistoric times. Emphasis on Africa south of the Sahara for later prehistory. Africa’s role in human origins, development and spread of food-producing economies, the African Iron Age, early contacts with Arabic and European peoples.
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3.00 Credits
Prof. Nelson. This course looks at the development of prehistoric and early historic cultures of the U.S. Southwest. Both archaeological and early historical evidence of indigenous peoples and early explorers will be examined.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Cultural history of Southwestern Asia and Europe from the Mesolithic, through the development of food production, to the beginnings of civilization. Emphasis upon the beginnings of complex societies and urban life and their early, pre-Roman development in Europe.
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