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E. Spadola This course examines media and popular culture in a variety of cultural and national contexts and situations. The course draws on specific ethnographic case studies to explore the centrality of mass media to life in the late 20th and the early 21st century and the need for anthropology to explore its analytic and practical significance. Topics include globalization of western media and "Americanization" in the non-west; the relationship between media and gender, culture, national past and "imagined communities"; ethnic media and the immigrant experience in the United States; media enterprises and state/government projects of nationhood and modernity; international development agencies, mass media, and nation-building; and self-representation through documentaries, print advertisements, and other mass media. Prerequisit es: SOAN 101 or 1 02, or permission of instructor. No first-year students admitted
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N. Ries Since classical times, philosophers and historians have studied and recorded the details of everyday life with an eye to grasping the meaning of social practice. The past 50 years, however, have seen the bourgeoning of an exciting body of critical theory on the quotidian. Much of this work is concerned with profound questions about how the systems, structures, and practices of modernity shape basic human interactions with things, with places, and with other persons, and how these, in turn, reproduce social structures. This course presents sociological and anthropological texts concerned with everyday domesticity, cuisine, gesture, movement, activity, entertainment, talk, schooling, and bureaucracy, and explores the theoretical paradigms of knowledge, practice, and power to which these texts are ultimately addressed. No first-year students admitted.
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K. Olson This course is a multi-disciplinary overview of the current state of public policy, how it functions, and the world that shapes decision-making today. One goal of this course is to help students develop a critical and informed perspective on topics of government, cultural politics, and ethic, and extend their understanding of anthropology. Students consider social, historical, and geopolitical causes and consequences of violence, suffering, and humanitarianism, and in turn how public policy both addresses and propagates these conditions. Readings and discussions focus on processes, technologies, and institutions that guide and restrain these forces in a globalizing polity. At the center of discussion is the question: how does public policy impact human self-understanding To think through this question, students consider how the concept of government has changed over time, the conditions under which activism has emerged, the practice of government, and the ability of public policy to affect and govern social life. This course attempts to account for anthropological engagement with the political bodies, public policies, and decision makers that govern the present. Prerequisites: SOAN 101 or 102. No first-year students admitted.
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E. Spadola Muslims today belong at once to a global community of the faithful and to particular ethnic and national bodies. This course examines the social significance of these intersections of identity and community: what political, cultural, and religious conflicts and negotiations mark Muslim identity in the global age Initial readings survey the colonial age, which forced the integration of Muslim communities into the global capitalist and state systems. With this foundation, students then address specific conflicts and congruencies of contemporary Muslim identity in both the Muslim world and the West: between Islamic law and national-state laws; between local Islamic norms and transnational flows of media, persons, and products; between popular Islam and political power. How do these issues affect Muslims and their neighbors How do they affect geopolitics What is the present and future of the "global village" Prerequisites : SOAN 102 o r CORE 183.
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Staff This is the capstone seminar for students taking the anthropology emphasis in the sociology and anthropology major. Students in this course design original research projects grounded in recent anthropological theory and relevant literature on their topics and collect and analyze appropriate ethnographic or cultural data; and each student writes a significant thesis paper. Seminars also focus on intensive reading about select theoretical issues in contemporary anthropology; the specific focus of the seminar reading depends on the instructor. The anthropology seminar may also be taken by students pursuing the joint emphasis. Prerequisites: SOAN 101, 102, 204 or 304, and 211 or 311, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Staff This is the capstone course for students taking the sociology emphasis in the sociology and anthropology major. Students conduct original sociological research on the topics of their choice. They design research projects grounded in sociological theory, review relevant literature on the topics, and collect and analyze data to find their own results. Each student's project results in a significant thesis paper, through which students learn the process of doing sociological research and writing a sociological article. Seminars focus on a variety of broad topical areas in sociology, depending on the instructor. The sociology seminar may also be taken by students pursuing the joint emphasis. Prerequisites: SOAN 101, 102, 204 or 304, and 210 or 310, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Staff This is the capstone course for students taking the joint emphasis in the sociology and anthropology major. Students design original research projects grounded in recent social theory and a review of relevant literatures on their topics; they collect and analyze data related to the topics, and each student produces a significant original thesis. Seminars also examine select theoretical issues in contemporary sociology and anthropology, with the specific focus depending on the instructor. The joint seminar may also be taken by students pursuing the sociology or anthropology emphasis. Prerequisites: SOAN 101, 102, 204 or 304, 210 or 310, and 211 or 311, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Independent study open to candidates for honors and high honors.
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3.00 Credits
P. Mejia-Barrera This beginning course introduces students to the basic skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing the Spanish language. It is designed primarily for students with no previous study of Spanish. Work in the Keck Humanities Resource Center complements class work. These courses must be taken in successive terms in the same academic year. Written permission from the instructor is required for seniors. Students with a grade of C- or below in SPAN 101 or D+ or below in SPAN 102 are urged to repeat the course before continuing. Degree credit is awarded only if both terms are successfully completed.
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3.00 Credits
J. Wang This introduction to modern standard Chinese emphasizes understanding and speaking, with practice in reading and writing approximately 300 characters in both traditional and simplified forms. Students who elect both parts of the sequence are introduced to all the basic structural patterns needed for ordinary conversation. Degree credit is given for completion of one term.
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