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Course Criteria
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Central Asian cults, myths, and beliefs from ancient time to modernity. Life crisis rites, magic ceremonies, songs, tales, narratives, taboos associated with childbirth, marriage, folk medicine, and calendrical transitions. The nature and the place of the shaman in the region. Sources include music from the fieldwork of the instructor and the Kyrgyz epoch Manas. The cultural universe of Central Asian peoples as a symbol of their modern outlook. GER:DB-SocSci 3-5 units, Spr (Kunanbaeva, A)
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5.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 248A.) Traditional peoples of Central and Inner Asia; their lifestyles and cultural history. Modern research approaches and recent fieldwork data published mainly in Russian and Central Asian languages. Audio-visual materials. 5 units, Win (Kunanbaeva, A)
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3.00 Credits
Commonality and diversity of gender roles in crosscultural perspective. Cultural, ecological, and evolutionary explanations for such diversity. Theory of the evolution of sex and gender, changing views about men's and women's roles in human evolution,conditions under which gender roles vary in contemporary societies, and issues surrounding gender equality, power, and politics. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-Gender 3 units, not given this year
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5.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 251.) Is gender culturally or biologically determined or both The arguments for sociobiological and cultural determinist explanations of the differences between women and men are compared, emphasizing their intersection in work. Case studies: hunter/gatherer, horticultural (Melanesian), southern Chinese, and Anglo American societies. (HEF I, IV; DA-A) GER:DB-SocSci, EC-Gender 5 units, given next year
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3.00 Credits
What does it mean to be a Native American in the 21st century Beyond traditional portrayals of military conquests, cultural collapse, and assimilation, the relationships between Native Americans and American society. Focus is on three themes leading to in-class moot court trials: colonial encounters and colonizing discourses; frontiers and boundaries; and sovereignty of self and nation. Topics include gender in native communities, American Indian law, readings by native authors, and Indians in film and popular culture. GER:DBSocSci, EC-AmerCul 5 units, Spr (Wilcox, M)
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 260.) Aspects of human evolution through primary literature and fossils. Topics vary to fit the interests of participants. May be repeated for credit. (HEF II; DA-B) GER:DBNatSci 3-4 units, not given this year
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4.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 261A.) Interdisciplinary. The study of diversity and change in human societies, using frameworks including anthropology, evolutionary ecology, history, archaeology, and economics. Focus is on population dynamics, family organization, disease, economics, warfare, politics, and resource conservation. 4 units, Aut (Glover, S)
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 262.) The social and cultural consequences of contemporary environmental problems. The impact of market economies, development efforts, and conservation projects on indigenous peoples, emphasizing Latin America. The role of indigenous grass roots organizations in combating environmental destruction and degradation of homeland areas. GER:DB-Hum, ECGlobalCom 3-5 units, Spr (Durham, W)
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1.00 Credits
(Same as ANTHRO 262C, BIO 130.) Current issues in fossil, archaeological, and genetic evidence for human evolution. Topics chosen by participants. May be repeated for credit. 1 unit, Aut (DeGusta, D), Win (DeGusta, D), Spr (DeGusta, D)
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3.00 Credits
(Same as HUMBIO 184.) New understandings that have followed on Darwinian principles; remaining frontiers of research; areas of controversy.His legacy in anthropology, biology, religion, medicine, psychology, philosophy, and literature. 3 units requires discussion section and term paper. 1-3 units, Aut (Durham, W; Boggs, C; Dirzo, R; Siegel, R)
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