|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
Explores similarities and differences within Asia through ethnographic research in such countries as Japan and Korea. Examines effects of sexuality, gender, class, citizenship and ethnicity on people's daily lives; impact of post-colonialism and post-cold war social orders on human relationships; influence of hegemonic apparatuses on people to "perform" certain roles versus people's capacity to maintain their integrities. Prerequisite, one course in anthropology or Asian Studies 180.
-
3.00 Credits
The distinction between "us and them" in terms of indigenous societies and the western world has deep evolutionary roots. In Jared Diamond's book "Guns, Germs and Steel" he proposes several factors as to why people in the developed societies generally have more "cargo" than those in indigenous societies. Examines Diamond's hypotheses within the backdrop of the archaeological record to evaluate his assertions. Prerequisite, 106 or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 24.
-
3.00 Credits
The history of Native American cultural development north of the Rio Grande prior to European contact. Topics include the timing and effects of human entry into North America, ice-age adaptations, plant and animal domestication, agriculture and beginnings of complex societies. Prerequisite, 106 or consent of instructor.
-
3.00 Credits
Explores the social, organizational and environmental consequences of initial human colonization of unoccupied landscapes. Examined through case studies, including initial colonization of Australia and North America, and the voyaging expansion of people across Pacific islands. Also addresses the consequences of European "rediscovery" of these areas for native peoples and environment. Prerequisite, 106 or consent of instructor.
-
3.00 Credits
Approaches the contentious relationship of China and Tibet from historical and anthropological perspectives. Explores claims made by both sides with attention to uses and limits of such concepts as nation-state, empire and diaspora; focuses on how contemporary debates about Tibet are linked in crucial ways to politics of ethnicity and nation in the PRC; undertakes an exploration of constructions of Chineseness emergent in late 19th century; traces the links between Qing imperial expansion and today's PRC as a "unified, multi-ethnic state." Prerequisite, one course in anthropology, History/Asian Studies 180 or consent of instructor.
-
3.00 Credits
As an archaeological canvas, Hamilton College provides oral tradition and integrates historical documents. Its archaeological record on the lands it occupies within Northeastern North America can be peeled back in layers, focusing on both prehistoric and historic components from the first peoples in the area, the influence of Samuel Kirkland, and changes in the College over its history. The course includes excavation of an archaeological site on the campus, several field trips to local historical societies, and use of College archives. Prerequisite, 106. Maximum enrollment, 12.
-
3.00 Credits
Examines Chinese, Japanese and Korean as well as other languages found in East Asia. Topics include the syntactic (possible word order, inflections, particles, and combinations of all of them) and phonological structures (phoneme, pitch vs. tone, sound patterns) of these languages; the relationships of the languages to each other; differences and similarities of these languages from the universal point of view; the geographical, social and historical settings. No knowledge of any Asian language necessary. (Same as East Asian Languages and Literatures 255.)
-
3.00 Credits
A three- to four-week introduction to archaeological field techniques, including excavation, survey and mapping. Conducted in conjunction with field research programs of Hamilton faculty. Prerequisite, 106 or consent of instructor. Extra cost. Maximum enrollment, 8.
-
3.00 Credits
A three- to four-week session building on training in archaeological field techniques received in Archaeology 281. Conducted in conjunction with field research programs of Hamilton faculty. Prerequisite, 281. Extra cost. Does not count toward the concentration in archaeology or cultural anthropology. Maximum enrollment, 8.
-
3.00 Credits
Examination of how advances in scientific knowledge and technological innovation have reshaped common understandings of what it means to be human, and affected ideas of the boundaries between human and nonhuman realities. Attention to classic texts on the study of scientific practice combined with focus on recent work in Science Technology and Society (STS) and provocative case studies (including but not limited to, ufos and exobiology, kinship and the new genetics, surgical interventions and trans- bodies, artificial life and nonhuman agency, and cyborgs, monsters and companion species). Prerequisite, Two courses in anthropology or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 12.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|