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Course Criteria
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Environmental degradation resulting from human behavior, and what can be done about it. Patterns of interaction between people and environments, and why they vary over time and space. Topics include adaptation and behavior, resource acquisition and utilization, conflicts of interest, collective action problems, conspicuous consumption, waste, land management, and public policy. 3-5 units, Spr (Bird, D)
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5.00 Credits
Themes and topics of lasting heuristic value in the anthropological sciences. Combines the lecture content of 2A and 2B with a discussion section for graduate students. Must be taken in the Autumn Quarter of a student's first year in the graduate program. 5 units, Aut (Durham, W)
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5.00 Credits
Problems in demography and theoretical population biology applied to human systems. Emphasis is on establishing relationships between models in theoretical population biology and empirical demographic methodology. Topics include philosophy of models and model building, population dynamics, stable population theory, species interactions in human ecology, models of infectious diseases and their control, cultural evolution. Prerequisites: HUMBIO 137 or consent of instructor. 5 units, not given this year
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5.00 Credits
Seminar; restricted to graduate students. Topics vary with instructor. How to ask appropriate questions, how to derive research hypotheses from theory, how to design methodologies for testing hypotheses, and how to present results by reading and critiquing key contemporary papers in the field. Must be taken for 5 units; may be repeatedonce for 2 units. 2-5 units, Win (Bird, R)
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5.00 Credits
Current debates about theory and method. 5 units, Aut (Voss, B)
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5.00 Credits
Models and examples of the social evolution of stratification and political centralization in prehistoric human societies. Inferences from the archaeological record concerning the forces and mechanisms behind the rise and fall of complex societies, particularly in S. America. (HEF II; DA-B) 5 units, Spr (Rick, J)
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4.00 - 5.00 Credits
The emergence of archaeology as a discipline in the context of the rise of the nation state. Global economies and other issues have created a new context for archaeology. How are archaeology and heritage responding The idea of world heritage. The impact of postcolonialism. The commodification of the past: the past as theme park, as travel tourism or nostalgia, as exotic and other. Conflict between uses of the past for identity and as theme park; between heritage and resource or play. The impact of the Goddess, New Age, and other movements. Archaeology and human rights issues including forensic archaeology. 4-5 units, not given this year
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5.00 Credits
Poststructuralist theories of iteration and mimesis used by social scientists to negotiate the tension between social structure and social practice: Gidden's structuration theory; Bourdieu's practice theory;Butler's theories of gender performativity; and de Certeau's analysisof tactics and strategies. Ethnographic and archaeological case studies using related methodologies. Intersections and contradictions between these theorists' work; their use in anthropological practice. Issues of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity. 5 units, not given this year
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Topics vary. May be repeated for credit. 3-5 units, not given this year
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. 1-15 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
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