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  • ANT 345: Language and Meaning

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    Prerequisites: ANT/LIN 120 or ENG/LIN 311 or permission of the instructor. This course familiarizes students with a broad spectrum of key concepts, issues, and analytical tools in the study of meaning in natural language, with an emphasis on non-formalist approaches. The focus is on how linguists approach the study of natural language semantics, particularly as it influences and organizes morphosyntactic structure. To serve as a background to the course, important complementary viewpoints are briefly discussed, including traditional semantic concerns of philosophers of language, as well as semiotic perspectives on meaning and communication.
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  • ANT 347: Maya Hieroglyphic Writing I

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    Introduction to Classic Maya writing and texts from a linguistic and anthropological perspective. Students study the origins and functions of writing in Ancient Mesoamerica, examine the relationship of spoken languages to the script, and learn to decipher, analyze and interpret Maya hieroglyphic texts for information of general anthropological and linguistic interest such as dynastic history, social organization, ritual, cosmology and belief systems. Cross-listed with LIN/MLA 347.
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  • ANT 348: Folklore and Folklife

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    Prerequisite: ANT 102 Study of Culture. The course is an overview of the study of folklore and folklife from its beginnings in the 19th century when it emerged as an eclectic, interdisciplinary field. Following Geertz's view of culture as an assemblage of "texts," the course will examine a complex tapestry of artifactual representations including oral narrative, speech, myth, performance, drama, art, architecture, music, dance and clothing.
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  • ANT 349: American Indian Languages

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    Prerequisite: ANT 304 or ENG 311. The objective of this course is to increase appreciation of American Indian languages understood in their various cultural contexts. It presents the language families and languages of North America and it examines the structure and functions of American Indian poetry, song, narrative, conversation, prayer and other forms of figurative language.
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  • ANT 351: Native North Americans

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    Overview of the native North American peoples, their past and present conditions, origins, cultural variety, and their interaction with European, American, and Canadian cultures. Foreign Culture course.
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  • ANT 352: Native South Americans

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    Overview of the indigenous cultures of South America using case studies to represent major culture areas, traditions, and questions of anthropological concern. Foreign Culture course.
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  • ANT 353: Cultures of Africa

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    Introduction to the multiple cultures of contemporary Africa from the perspectives of African intellectuals, Africanist scholars, and ordinary Africans. Mazrui's video series on the history, lifestyles, religions, politics, environment, and multicultural conflicts of the continent is balanced against the perspectives of other Africans and Africanists on similar topics through texts, lectures, class discussions, and ethnographic films. Foreign Culture course.
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  • ANT 354: Cultures of Oceania

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    Introduction to the extremely diverse cultural areas of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and Australia. Topics include trade and exchange; gender relations and sexuality; culture contact and change; indigenous land rights; totemism; political authority, language distribution and use; warfare and headhunting; expressive arts, and socialization. Foreign Culture course.
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  • ANT 356: Ethiopia

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    Survey of the land, ecologies, peoples and cultures of Ethiopia, examining ancient and traditional ways of life as well as contemporary issues and developments. Emphasis on Abyssinia. Foreign Culture course.
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  • ANT 357: Peoples and Cultures of Mesoamerica

    4.00 Credits
    Cleveland State University

    This course provides an overview of the peoples and Cultures of Mexico and Central America that comprise the Mesoamerican culture area. Course begins with an examination of pre-Columbian civilizations and the Colonial Period before focusing on contemporary indigenous peoples, their institutions and relationships to the modern state. Using rich ethnographic accounts of contemporary Nahautl and Mayan communities we will examine gender, religious systems and world view, transformations of the economy, language and identity, and political oppression, culminating in the ongoing revitalization movements currently taking place as exemplified by the Zapatistas in Chiapas and Guatemalan Mayans.
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