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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Students learn about the major themes and analytic approaches of Cultural Anthropology. Topics covered include: the culture concept; cultural relativism; ethnography; ritual; religion; sexuality; gender; race; class; ethnicity; kinship; political economy; and globalization and transnationalism. World regions studied vary and may include: Asia, the Middle East, Africa, North America, South America, and Europe. 4 SH. Core: Perspectives on the World, Society and the Individual.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Intermediate study of selected topics. Topics vary and depend on student and instructor interest. Possibilities include the anthropology of modernity, cross-cultural perspectives on gender and sexuality, and drugs and culture. Prerequisite: ANTH:162 or permission of the instructor. 2-4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to public culture, with a focus on the U.S. The course locates public culture as a way of life enacted and given form in the practices of everyday life and in institutions, physical and social spaces, and expressive forms, such as music, films, magazines, clothes, political beliefs, and body language. 4 SH. Core: Perspectives on the World, Society and the Individual.
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on the cultural context and the cultural implications of social relations in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking America. Topics covered include race, human rights, economics, music, migration, politics, and ideology. Countries studied include Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Cuba, and Argentina, but may vary in any given year. The course makes use of ethnographies, films, music, newspapers, and the Web. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Examines anthropological concepts of magic, witchcraft, and religion in a cross-cultural context. Drawing on ethnography, anthropological theory, history, and film, the class explores the nature of magic, witchcraft, and religion; the relations among them; and the ways in which they interact with other social formations, for example gender, politics, and economics. Countries studied have included South Africa, India, Haiti, and the U.S. Same as RELI:220. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Exploration of key understandings and discourses about war and the intersection of anthropology and violent conflict. The course will begin with an introduction to anthropological theory and methods, will then examine the role of anthropology in both understanding and responding to war and violent conflict, and will then turn its attention to literature and materials drawn or arising from current wars and violent conflicts in the world. The course will focus on popular and scholarly materials addressing current conflicts, including texts, journal and magazine articles, documentary and ethnographic films, television and popular films, and newspapers. The class will seek to understand how we understand war and what role it plays in cultural practice. Prerequisite: ANTH:162 or SOCI:101 or permission of the instructor. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Considers the nature of belonging in the world today. Who is "at home?" Who is displaced/out of place? Begins with theories of the nation and anthropological research on national communities and nation-building, then turns to a consideration of those considered outsiders to the nation-state, i.e., diasporic, transnational, and refugee communities. Addresses culture as it is formed by the globalization of capital, commodities, media, literacy, and international political and religious movements. Topics covered may include Jewish, Palestinian, African, and Chinese diasporas, refugees in Tanzania and in Europe, and Indian intellectuals in the U.S. Prerequisite: ANTH:162, SOCI:333, or permission of the instructor . 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Examines the meanings and uses of various Jewish cuisines as they developed in diverse regions and historical periods. Will consider the laws of kashrut and their modern interpretations, the social history of traditional Jewish foods, the literary development of Jewish cookbooks, and literary and cinematic representations of Jewish cuisines and dining. Same as JWST:312. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
What is cultural about science and technology? Do science and technology have a culture, or are they "neutral," "acultural" domains of knowledge? This course examines science and technology from an anthropological perspective, taking scientists as "natives," and laboratories, science meetings, and chat rooms on the Web as "natural habitats." Topics covered include high-energy physicists, workers in a nuclear lab, artificial life, the social world of DNA, and new reproductive technologies. Prerequisite: ANTH:162 or permission of the instructor. 4 SH.
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4.00 Credits
Explores key interrelationships between image-making and ethnographic discovery and representation. Students will be introduced to the history of ethnographic film and photography and will also be given the analytical tools to read popular films and photographs as cultural texts. The course focuses on the production, representation and use of images to communicate information about cultural-historical processes, events, and subjects. Prerequisite: ANTH:162, SOCI:101, or permission of the instructor. 4 SH.
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