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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Every Other Year The continent of Africa is the birthplace of humanity and an area of enormous cultural diversity. This course will examine representative contemporary African societies against a backdrop of social, political and economic change. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Same as AFST 102. (Formerly Peoples and Cultures of Africa.)
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Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This survey course will focus in any year on selected anthropological studies for two or three of the following areas: China, Japan, India, mainland Southeast Asia and Indonesia.
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Semester Hours: 3 Every other year The course focuses on the relations between Latin American cultural expression and the social realities of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean by exploring the indigenous, European (Iberian), and African origins of Latin American societies. Themes include: the history of European colonization of the Americas; race and class relations in Latin America; traditional and modern forms of cultural expression in the arts, literature, and film and their relation to Latin American culture. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: (Formerly Peoples and Cultures of Latin America.)
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Semester Hours: 3 Once a Year Survey of the region's cultural diversity in historical context. Focus on the impact of Islam, traditional lifestyles and the reaction to colonialization by the West. Emphasis placed on case studies from Egypt, Yemen, the Gulf States, Iraq, Iran and Israel. Critical discussion of the role of anthropology in studying the Middle East. Attention also given to the social context of contemporary issues, such as Islamic fundamentalism, gender roles and recent armed conflicts.
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Semester Hours: 3 Once a year Anthropological contributions to the understanding of indigenous rights, forms of sustainable development, technology transfer and biodiversity issues. The focus is on "indigenous peoples," those societies in place before contact with Western Civilization or missionaries, and their current status. Application of applied anthropological methods in international development agencies (including World Bank, USAID, UNDP) and environmental organizations.Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: (Formerly Development, Conservation, and Indigenous Peoples in Applied Anthropology.)
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Semester Hours: 3 Every other year Consideration and analysis of the culture of black Americans and black communities; emphasis is on enculturation processes and social forms resulting from antecedents of African culture and pressures from the dominant American culture. Emphasis is on the legacy of slavery. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Same as AFST 108.
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Semester Hours: 3 Periodically World music in relation to culture: includes the musical instruments of preliterate peoples and nonwestern societies. Emphasis is on musical styles in appropriate social and cultural context.
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Semester Hours: 3 Periodically How do other cultures organize their economic lives Are there aspects of human economic behavior that are universal, or are our economic motives culturally determined As capitalism becomes more global, what kinds of native economies and economic principles will it bump up against In this course, we apply the theory and methods of economic anthropology to look at the full range of economic behavior and organization in world cultures.
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3.00 Credits
Cross-cultural study of pre-Columbian civilizations in the Americas. Considers the archaeological remains of cultures such as the Olmec, Aztec, Maya, Moche, Inca, Mississippian and Anasazi Pueblo groups. Recent archaeological evidence and iconographic translations are discussed and analyzed in the context of prevalent theoretical perspectives on cultural complexity. Distinctive forms of agriculture, cities, and state formations are presented. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: ( Formerly Archaeology of Civilizations of the New World.) SSI 60722: M-Th, 1:30-3:40 p.m., Buddenhagen, 101 Davison
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Every other year A study of the nuclear civilizations of the Americas (Peru, Mexico, Guatemala), the Middle East (Mesopotamia, Egypt and periphery) and other areas such as China and India in historical and evolutionary perspective.
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