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Course Criteria
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
To present the classic approaches to kinship in anthropology that were developed for Africa; to explore the variety of kinship arrangements and strategies that exist in Africa; and to expose students to the panoply of contemporary critiques of classic works on kinship in Africa, and contemporary alternatives to them. Same as AFST 467. Prerequisite: For students outside anthropology or African Studies, at least one previous course in cultural anthropology is strongly recommended.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Introduces students to the field of cognitive anthropology and its relation to cognitive science. Language and the application of linguistic methods to problems in the social and cognitive sciences are emphasized and also the relevance of the ethnographic method to cognitive science in general. Visual and kinesthetic dimensions of knowledge are also explored. Same as LING 470 and MS 470. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ANTH 230, or one course in communications or linguistics, or consent of instructor.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Overview of theoretical perspectives and methodologies in linguistic anthropology, including sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication, performance and poetics, discursive practices, and structural analyses. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ANTH 230 or ANTH 270 and preferably both.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Explores and examines the production of U. S. Latina/Latino identities as instances of international, cultural, historical, and social border crossings. In both regional and global contexts, we will analyze the ways in which Mexican American, Cuban American and Puerto Rican identities have been shaped by colonial relations vis-a-vis Spain and by postcolonial conditions vis-a-vis the United States. Same as LLS 472. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ANTH 103, and ANTH 259 or ANTH 359.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Examination of museums and members of ethnographic source communities, and the development of new curatorial practices that incorporate source community needs and views. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Comparative analysis of the iconographic (symbolic) content of elite art and architecture of precolumbian Mesoamerican societies. Emphasis is placed on describing and interpreting basic shared features of cosmology and the ideological aspects of social and political systems discerned from surviving artworks. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ANTH 102 or ANTH 105 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Discusses the ancient cultures and civilizations of Mexico as reconstructed from archaeological data; begins with the earliest evidence of human occupation and traces the development of agricultural societies and ultimately large urban civilizations through the Aztecs c. 1500 A.D. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ANTH 105 or ANTH 220; or consent of instructor.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Introduction to the theories and techniques of pottery analysis for archaeologists. In addition to presentation and discussion of the major literature, there is hands-on practice making, drawing, breaking and analyzing pottery. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Either ANTH 220, ANTH 475, or ANTH 476, or consent of instructor.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Same as AAS 479 and LLS 479. See LLS 479.
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4.00 Credits
Focus on recent developments in symbolic and interpretive anthropology; topics covered include writing the ethnographic text, subject-object relations, critical reflection on fieldwork, construction of the self, dialogism, practice, performance, narrative, power, and representation. Prerequisite: ANTH 421 and ANTH 463, or similar courses in anthropology, the social sciences, or the humanities, and consent of instructor.
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