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3.00 Credits
Biocultural aspects of disease and healing are examined through case studies, including the relationship between malaria and sickle cell anemia inWest Africa and ritual cannibalism, AIDS, and a degenerative nervous-system disorder (kuru) in highland New Guinea. This course surveys the cultural construction of suffering and healing, the medicalization of human social problems, and inequities in the distribution of disease and therapy. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Social Sciences III-A requirement L. Morgan Prereq. Anthropology 105; 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
This course examines anthropological fieldwork techniques, including interviewing and participant observation, as well as qualitative approaches to the analysis of cultural data. Topics include cross-cultural field techniques, research design, ethical dilemmas, and the difference between academic and applied research. Research projects are an integral part of this course. Does not meet a distribution requirement The department Prereq. Anthropology 105 or 4 credits in department; 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
(Writing-intensive course) Does not meet a distribution requirement The department Prereq. soph and permission of department; 1 to 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
(Community-Based Learning course; Same as Educational Studies 301 and Sociology 301) This course will consist of seven meetings during spring semester, designed to allow for participants to build their knowledge of the educational system of South Africa, followed by a three week full-time placement in either a South African public school or the Center for the Study of AIDS. Meets multicultural requirement; does not meet a distribution requirement B. Bell, L. Carlisle, M. McKeever Prereq. soph, jr. For students pursuing teacher licensure this course may be taken in lieu of Education 332j or 324j to fulfill one of the requirements of the education minor for teacher licensure; Permission of instructor required. ?s course requires students to complete three weeks of experiential learning in South Africa.; 4 credits
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8.00 Credits
This course covers major issues in the anthropology of reproduction, including the relationship between production and reproduction, the gendered division of labor, the state and reproductive policy, embodied metaphors of procreation and parenthood, fertility control and abortion, crosscultural reproductive ethics, and the social implications of new reproductive technologies.We examine the social construction of reproduction in a variety of cultural contexts. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Social Sciences III-A requirement L. Morgan Prereq. jr, sr; anthropology or gender studies major; plus 8 credits in department; 4 credits
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8.00 Credits
In this course we go behind the scenes and behind the screens of anthropological films, television, museum exhibitions, and publications such as National Geographic Magazine, to explore the social contexts of their production, distribution, and interpretation.We consider how popular images of cultural "others" reveal the lives and times that producethem, and how, as sites of cultural exchange and political debate, such images shape and are shaped by relations of power. Further, we consider the diversity of local responses to images of cultural identity and begin to explore the complexities of "picturing cultures" from different subject positions across the global mediascape. Meets multicultural requirement; does not meet a distribution requirement D. Battaglia Prereq. 8 credits in department or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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8.00 Credits
(Same as Gender Studies 333(08)) Meets Social Sciences III-A requirement A. Croegart Prereq. 8 credits in anthropology and/or gender studies or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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8.00 Credits
This seminar focuses on contemporary anthropological scholarship concerned with the varieties of sexual expression in diverse cultural settings. We will read ethnographic accounts of sexual ideologies and the politics and practices of sexuality in Brazil, Japan, Native North America, India, and elsewhere. We will examine anthropological theories of sexuality with an emphasis on contemporary issues, including performance theory, "third gender" theories, sexual identity formulation, and techniques used by various societies to discipline the body. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Social Sciences III-A requirement L. Morgan Prereq. sr or jr major in department or women's studies, plus 8 credits in department; 4 credits
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8.00 Credits
(Speaking- and writing-intensive) In this seminar we question the distinction between myth and history and consider the relationship of historical consciousness to memory, forgetting, and other types of temporal awareness.We then examine the relationships among literacy, art, nationalism, and the invention of tradition and test the limits of ethnohistory. Finally, we look at the ways in which relics, museums, and tourism have all helped make history - as fact, experience, or commodity - possible. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Social Sciences III-A requirement A. Lass Prereq. 8 credits in department; 4 credits
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8.00 Credits
(Community-Based Learning course) This course examines notions of person and self across cultures, with specific reference to the social construction and experience of cultural identities. Discussions focus on issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and the values of individuality and relationality in different cultures. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Social Sciences III-A requirement D. Battaglia Prereq. 8 credits in department; 4 credits
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