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Credits: 3 Detailed survey of the genetic, morphological, and behavioral origins of hominids. Discusses current interpretations and debates. Prerequisites Graduate standing, or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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Credits: 3 Examines U.S. cultures and explores concept of an American culture. Course readings and discussions explore underpinnings of the American experience, document broad historical shifts, and detail the experience of diverse groups of Americans, thus forming the basis for a critical, analytical, and comparative discussion of American life and life in America. Prerequisites Graduate standing, or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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Credits: 3 Examines complex relationships among human cultures, biocultural adaptation, and the natural world from an evolutionary perspective. Prerequisites Graduate standing, or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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Credits: 3 Detailed examination and re-evaluation of the basic concepts of kinship and social organization in light of contemporary anthropological concerns. Several classical and contemporary texts develop key issues of social organization. Review of traditional concepts of classical anthropology introduces discussion of the nature of the broad epistemological shift that occurred in the last quarter of the 20th century. Prerequisites Graduate standing, or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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Credits: 3 Literally, "writing about (a) people," ethnography is the defining practice of social-cultural anthropology. The product of participant-observation field work, ethnography brings together evidence and interpretation, providing a key means for developing and testing theories of culture. Course surveys key classical and contemporary ethnographies, introducing the breadth and scope of ethnographic practice in anthropology. Discussions highlight methodological questions.Prerequisites Graduate standing, or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 0 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 3
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Credits: 3 The emerging field of ethnopsychology, in Catherine Lutz's words, is "concerned with the way in which people conceptualize, monitor, and discuss their own and other's mental and/or behavioral processes." Course examines roots of the ethnopsychological enterprise, reviews several recent approaches to the description and analysis of folk psychological material, and investigates the relationship between folk psychology and other aspects of social lifPrerequisites Graduate standing, or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 0 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 3
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Credits: 3 Domains of religion and politics are conjoined by questions of power: its deployment, distribution, and forms of resistance it engenders. Drawing on a variety of theoretical orientations in the social sciences, including structuralism, semiotics, psychoanalysis, and performance theory, course investigates connections among religious thought, ritual practice, and political action. Prerequisites Graduate standing, or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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Credits: 3 Human societies have always engaged in complex political relations and economic exchanges. The cultural meanings people create are shaped by, and in turn shape, systems of power. Political economy is the attempt to understand the relationship between politics and economics, at the juncture of local meanings and global histories. Course reviews major works and models of political economy, especially as they relate to social and cultural analysis. Prerequisites Graduate standing, or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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Credits: 3 Examines theoretical approaches in archaeology, paleoanthropology, and biological anthropology. Prerequisites Course in archaeology, or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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Credits: 3 Examines research strategies and methods in archaeology, paleoanthropology, and biological anthropology. Prerequisites Course in archaeology, or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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