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3.00 Credits
Social and natural science methodological frameworks and approaches to regional studies, centered on the Greater Southwest. Geographic and regional research techniques, including GIS, field methods and air photos. Includes an independent project and off-campus fieldwork. Prerequisite: Required for Southwest Studies majors. (Also listed as Environmental Science 260.) 1 unit - Perramond.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
Introduces interdisciplinary methods of analysis and interpretation in Southwestern expressive media including music, dance, oral literature, drama, visual arts, and material culture. Selected genres and styles of Native American and Latino expression are explored within their cultural and historical contexts. Introduces central issues in Southwestern expressive culture, such as cultural performance, symbolic communication, creativity and social process, acquisition of artistic competence, gender roles, tourism and commodification, authenticity, representation and appropriation, intellectual property rights, and repatriation of expressive media. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary and intercultural introduction to the American Southwest: its histories, peoples, cultures, conflicting ethnic demands and common social problems. Through the use of a variety of anthropological, historical, and literary materials, the course examines the major Southwestern cultures in isolation and in relation to one another. Prerequisite: No credit after FS/SW 175. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
Block 4: Topics in Literature: The Poet as Witness to War. Writing workshop which explores poetry as a means of writing about war and its social consequences in the tradition of poets who wrote as soldiers, protesters, distant onlookers and innocent civilians. Critiques the role of the poet in society, in times of war (especially Vietnam and Iraq) and in speaking truth to power. Student work produced in a class anthology. Prerequisite: ( Writing Intensive). (Also listed as American Cultural Studies 200 and English 286 and Feminist and Gender Studies 280.) 1 unit - Martinez.
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3.00 Credits
Music and culture of Southwest American Indians, with emphasis on Pueblo and Athabascan peoples. Considers origin narratives, cosmology, ritual drama, dance, and other aesthetic modes as related to Southwest Indian musical performance. Addresses traditional as well as new music. This course meets the ethnomusicology requirement for the music minor. No prerequisites. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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1.00 Credits
Surveys the geographic, historic, and political diversity of Southwestern livelihoods and cultural strategies. Highlights the struggles and problem solving efforts of local-regional peoples in changing ecological and economic conditions. Uses political ecology as a framework and lens for understanding nature-society problems and solutions. Multi-day-off-campus field trip. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as Anthropology 208.) 1 unit - Perramond.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the role of museums as educational institutions in preserving and presenting cultural products and heritages. Emphasis on the hands-on analysis of artifacts, interpretation of material culture and the presentation of the cultures of the Southwest. (Limited to 16 students.) Prerequisite: Anthropology 111 or consent of instructor. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
Block 2: Topics: Community-Based Field Course. Continues the study of economic anthropology through team-based fieldwork and rigorous methodological training. Field sites for 2008-2009 are the San Luis Valley (commodification of spirituality and sustainability are foci) and Colorado Springs (focused on the economic impact of local military presence). Prerequisite: Corresponding 300-level course or consent of instructor. (Also listed as Anthropology 380.) 1 unit - Hautzinger. Block 5: Topics: Archaeologies of Landscapes. Ancient places were imbued with values, histories, and meanings that can tell archaeologists about many things, including political authority, social identity, and ritual practices. This course considers current theoretical and methodological approaches to the reconstruction of past social landscapes emerging from within archaeology, anthropology, and geography. Diverse landscapes are examined from across the ancient world. Field trip to the archaeological landscapes in the Southwest. Prerequisite: Anthropology 103 or consent of instructor. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques requirement.) (Also listed as Anthropology 324.) 1 unit - Wilshusen.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
An introduction to the geochemical, physical hydrological and biological properties of water systems at the level of a watershed. This course applies principles of physical hydrology, redox, acid-base and solubility chemistry, sampling and experimental design. Includes a significant laboratory component involving GIS and the analysis of samples collected in the field. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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1.00 Credits
Examination of the political structures and leadership patterns in state and local governments. This will be an historical and behavioral approach to exploring who governs, who wins and loses, and what kinds of people and groups make things happen in sub-national America. This course will be comparative in approach but will also focus on Colorado politics and government. (Also listed as Political Science 316.) 1 unit - Loevy.
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