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3.00 Credits
This course takes a topical/historical approach to the study of sub-Saharan African societies. The diversity of unique African cultural features (in kinship, economy, politics and ritual) will be considered against the backdrop of historical interactions with Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia from the precolonial period to the present. Topics covered include: lineages and stateless societies, chiefdoms and long-distance trade, slavery, colonialism and underdevelopment, social movements and resistance, cosmology, warfare and stratification by ethnicity and gender. (Donna O. Kerner) Connections: Conx 23001 African Worlds
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3.00 Credits
This course considers art as diverse as Maori canoe prows, Warhol's Pop, aboriginal sand drawings, gang graffiti, Tibetan tangkas, children's finger painting and Mapplethorpe's photographs from an anthropological perspective, asking: Why do humans make art How and why does art affect us and those of other cultures What are the relationships between art, artists and society Artists are encouraged to participate. (Bruce Owens)
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3.00 Credits
Linguistic anthropology is concerned with the many ways that language and communication make us what we are as human beings and affect our daily social and cultural lives. Topics covered include: evolution of language; how language and culture affect the way we know the world; language acquisition; language and communicative behaviors associated with social classes, races and genders. (Department)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the historical traditions and cultural diversity of the Latin American region. Particular attention is given to the creation and expression of regional "popular" cultures byconsidering: ethnicity, gender, social stratification, mass media, religious change,"peasant" societiesand social movements. We discuss these topics in a wider sociopolitical context of colonialism, nation-state formation, rural-urban relations and influences of globalization. (M. Gabriela Torres) Connections: Conx 23003 Modern Latin America
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The 20th century was characterized by massive urban growth throughout the world. Ethnographic studies serve as a basis for studying the causes, processes and consequences of urban migration and urbanization, as well as cross-cultural similarities and variations in urban ways of life. This course examines how people negotiate urban life as a particular sociocultural world. We develop an anthropological view of cities by surveying rural-urban influences, neighborhoods, ethnicities, subcultures, social networks and stratification to understand how social relations are constructed and how cultural knowledge is distributed in cities, including the metropolitan area. (Department)
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3.00 Credits
This course takes a topical/historical approach to contemporary fortunes and challenges facing native peoples in Latin America. We will consider transformations in "native identity" as engaged bynations, economic forces and global interests. We will also explore emergent forms of resistance and self-determination by examining ongoing strategies of leadership, alliance, accommodation, revolt and the uses of multimedia technologies. (M. Gabriela Torres)
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3.00 Credits
What is power and what are the many forms where we can see it being exercised This course will start by exploring the evolution of political structures from stateless societies to advanced civilizations. We will analyze some classic anthropological studies of local political systems in different parts of the world and then shift our focus to how changes in the global economy affect citizens in such areas as employment, immigration, health and human rights. (Donna O. Kerner)
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3.00 Credits
What contributions have women made to the societies of Africa prior to colonialism How and why did colonialism affect men and women differently What are the implications of gender inequality for economic development in Africa today These questions are considered from ethnographic, autobiographical and fictional accounts. Gender, class and cultural identity will be focal points. (Donna O. Kerner)
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3.00 Credits
Without a consideration of women's lives in the Third World, our understanding of worldwide problems such as poverty, famine and AIDS is seriously deficient. This course is concerned with the impact of conquest, colonialism and postcolonial dependency on women in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The approach is anthropological, entering the subject "from the bottom up." Through the useof life histories, novels and films, we will have the privilege of hearing the voices of Third World women as they recount their strategies for coping with the difficult circumstances of their daily lives and their dreams for the future. (Donna O. Kerner)
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3.00 Credits
Shamanic cures, ecstatic trance, spirit possession, dream interpretation, identity negotiation and other psychological phenomena that pose challenges for anthropological explanation are examined in order to better understand the relationship between sociocultural context and individual experience and thought. Case studies from diverse cultural settings are bases for exploring contemporary issues and topics in this field. (Bruce Owens)
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