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3.00 Credits
Feminist geographers have recently expanded the field of geographical analysis to include the study of ways we think about and act out gender and other differences in relationship to material and metaphorical space. Throughout history and across cultures, architectural and geographic spatial arrangements and ideas have helped produce and reinforce various gendered and other intersecting forms of social power. Rather than taking the social organization of space for granted, in this course we examine the centrality of social space to form of power, difference, and resistance. Women and colonized or marginalized peoples will be at the center of our explorations. This course is cross-listed as WOST 219. Offered every other year.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to archaeology: a survey of the history, aims, methodology, theory, and practice of archaeology. The evolution of archaeology from amateur treasure quest and collecting to a complicated science, dedicated to the discovery and study of material remains as well as the exploration and theoretical reconstruction of the past; great discoveries, persons, and factors that shaped this transformation in the 19th and 20th century; theories, issues, and trends in archaeological interpretation; application of archaeology towards a greater understanding of our past and present. An introduction to field archaeology and practice: site location, topographical and survey techniques, archaeological excavation techniques for different types of sites; stratigraphy, spatial distribution, seriation; correlation, phasing, absolute and relative chronology; data recording, archaeological drawing (sections, plans, artifacts) and photography; computer applications (including artifact data-base, archaeological matrix, plans and maps, 3-D monument and site reconstructions); relationships bewteen archaeology and related sciences, between material and non-material culture, evidence interpretation and theoretical reconstruction of material remains. Simulated Excavation Field (SEF) practical training; summer field training opportunities at Mycenae (excavation and Museum research) and Scotland. Prerequisite: one Archaeology course (ARCH 120, 130, 210) or previous field experience. This course is cross-listed as ARCH 201. Offered every spring.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the life of present-day primitive and peasant peoples of Middle and South America. These societies are seen holistically, and as they relate to urban and state centers. Offered every other year.
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3.00 Credits
See course description with History 389 listing.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers an intensive examination of human biological diversity as revealed through the study of human skeletal remains. We will focus on techniques used to identify skeletal remains in archaeological, paleontological, and forensic contexts, as well as examining human skeletal responses to environmental stress and human growth and development throughout the life cycle. Prerequisite: 100 or 229 or permission of the instructor. Offered every other year.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores anthropological perspectives on modern human biological diversity. We examine genetic variation, biological and cultural responses to environmental stressors, including climate, altitude, nutrition, infectious and chronic diseases, and population growth and demography. We use our understanding of human biological diversity to examine the notion that race is a social phenomenon with no true biological meaning. Offered every other year.
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3.00 Credits
This course is intended as both an introduction to the ethnography of Africa and an examination of postcolonial situations in Africa. We will learn a great deal about the cultural, social, political, and economic diversity of the continent while avoiding the typological thinking that once characterized area studies. Through ethnography we will learn about African cultures, their historical contingencies, and their entanglements in various fields of power. We will assess the changing influences of pre-colonial traditions, colonialism, postcolonial states, and the global economy. Offered every fall.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the rapidly changing world of contemporary Europe, focusing on particular countries with membership in the European Union. In recent years, the internal borders between members of the European Union have begun to fade away, while new forms of localism, and ethnonationalism have appeared, sometimes with violent results. There is an effort to link the member states into a unified economic and political whole, but there is also an intensified presence of immigrant populations from all over the globe, and a growing sense of "multi-culturalism." This course examines some of the identity issues that have emerged around the unification of European countries, including nationalist and ethnic conflicts, the "new racism," new social movements such as youth, anti-racist, feminist and environmental movements, and growing social and cultural heterogeneity. Offered every other year.
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3.00 Credits
This is a comparative course that examines contemporary Chinese communities in the PRC, as well as Chinese immigrant cultures located in Southeast Asia and the U.S. The focus is on both the structure of these communities and the processes of identity formation and re-imagining the "home" country or "native place" in the midst of considerable flux. The course explicitly uses comparison to deconstruct staid truths about "the Chinese" and monolithic "Chinese culture." Offered every other year.
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3.00 Credits
A cross-cultural survey of the functions of religion, magic, and myth in simple and complex societies. Religion and communication. Myth and social structure. A historical summary of the scientific study of religion. Offered every other year.
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