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4.00 Credits
This course explores the complex inter-relation of race, class and gender in contemporary America, both in people's subjective identities and in their objective life chances. The materials assigned include first-person narratives of particular life experiences; quantitative analyses of general statistical patterns; and long-term historical explanations of these experiences and patterns.
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the study of the structure of human language. We will cover the six core areas of linguistic investigation: Phonetics (articulation, acoustics, and perception of speech sounds), Phonology (sound patterns), Morphology (internal structure of words and their organization in the mental lexicon), Syntax (internal structure of phrases and sentences), Semantics (word and sentence meaning), and Pragmatics (language use in context). The course focuses on developing skills in the areas of linguistic data analysis and interpretation of linguistic data in ways that aim to address theoretical and empirical issues in the study of language.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of major developments in anthropological thought. This class will explore the relationship between sociocultural theory and the methodologies used by anthropologists to conduct ethnographic research such as: participant observation(fieldwork), interviewing, and various writing strategies. (NOTE: This class is required for the anthropology concentration.)
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4.00 Credits
This course has two aims. First, it will introduce students to the vast cultural diversity of New Guinea and its neighboring islands and to how this region has played a central role in the history of anthropological theory and method. Second, it will enable students to analyze and evaluate how ethnographers create, select, and interpret data within more or less explicit conceptual frameworks. The course is thus a general inquiry into the practice of ethnography, including fieldwork and writing, carried out through an examination of materials from one particular area of the world. Readings include 20th century classics by authors such as Bronislaw Malinowski and Margaret Mead as well as recent ethnographic writings about contemporary Papua New Guinea.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines contemporary and historical debates that have shaped theory and method in cultural anthropology. It aims to show how anthropological thought and practice have responded to transformations in social life related to political economy, post/colonialism, post/modernity, women's empowerment, and cultural and economic globalization. The course gives particular attention to issues of knowledge production, power, and representation through the lens of ethnographic film and media.
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4.00 Credits
Class will explore the cultural and social dimensions of health and illness including the political and economic dimensions. Particular attention will be placed on how social change affects peoples' health and the delivery of health care. We will also pay critical attention to the practice of Western biomedicine and it's developing role in various societies. Students will use the concepts and methods of anthropology to examine these processes. Coursework will include exams, papers based on independent research, and class participation.
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4.00 Credits
What is progress? Are universal theories of development possible? This course introduces students to major trends in the anthropological study of international development through ethnographic case studies from around the world. Topics include: indigenous people and development, the debate over sweatshops, global sustainability, and the role of culture in economic life. Previous experience in anthropology, macroeconomics, or economic history is suggested but not required.
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4.00 Credits
In seminar format, students will read and discuss books and articles on women's history in Japan, China, and Korea. Differences in their responses to the modern world and their role in the history of modern East Asian society will be emphasized. The study of women in modern East Asian history will be used as a vehicle to improve student's critical reading, speaking, and writing skills.
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4.00 Credits
This course adopts an anthropological approach towards understanding the dramatic socio-cultural transformations that have followed in the wake of China’s post-Mao economic reforms. What happens when a society officially committed to economic and gender equality witnesses the rise of stark social divisions? Beginning with an historical overview of the key features of the Maoist and post-Mao periods, we will move on to examine such issues as the creation of a market economy, the rise of new social classes, rural to urban migration, changing ideologies of gender and sexuality, new attitudes towards education and work, transformations in family life, religious revival and conversion, and the influences of global popular culture and mass consumption, with an eye towards identifying both continuities and departures from the Maoist era. Throughout our discussions we will consider the implications of these changes for China’s political, social, and economic futures.
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4.00 Credits
This class will explore the various spiritual and artistic traditions of the indigenous peoples of North America. Ranging from the Canadian arctic to the desert Southwest, we will look at various practices including: shamanism, art and hunting magic in the Arctic, art and curing societies in the Great Lakes and Eastern Woodlands, evidence for religious practice in archaeological contexts, and Kachina societies in the Pueblo southwest. More in-depth readings will focus on Navajo sandpainting and healing, and Plains Indian spiritual traditions including the Sun Dance and Vision Quest, and their manifestations in the artistic record. We shall also examine late 19th century crisis cults such as the Ghost Dance Religion, and pan-Indian movements in the 20th century like the Peyote Religion, as well as issues concerning secrecy, privacy, and ethics in the study of Native artistic and religious traditions.
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