| CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY |
| Journals and Websites: Cultural Anthropology journal Library of Congress Country Studies Center for World Indigenous Studies Cultural Survival Indigenous and Tribal Peoples |
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| Cultural anthropology is the study of diversity in humans in the present. It is the largest subfield of anthropology and seeks to learn about the many different societies that still exist in the world today. It begins with the presumption of our shared humanity and goes on to describe and try to understand the societies of the world without judging them--to see them "from the native's point of view." |
| COURSE SCHEDULE Week 1 What is anthropology? Required reading: Eller ch. 1 Recommended reading: "Shakespeare in the Bush" "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" Week 2 The Nature of Culture Required reading: Eller ch. 2 Recommended reading: Cultural Relativism Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamo Week 3 The Origins of Anthropology Required reading: Eller ch. 3 Essay #1--assignment topic Excerpt from Declaration of Independence Week 4 Language and Culture Required reading: Eller ch. 4 Recommended reading: Talk Origins Recommended reading: world languages resources Week 5 Individual and Culture: Personality and Gender Required reading: Eller ch. 5 Recommended reading: links to anthropology of gender Test #1--see study guide Week 6 Patterns of Subsistence, part 1 Required reading: Eller ch. 6 Recommended reading: "The Original Affluent Society" Week 7 Patterns of Subsistence, part 2 Required reading: Continue Recommended reading: "Eating Christmas in the Kalahari" Thought essay #2 Week 8 Kinship and Marriage Required reading: Eller ch.7 Recommended reading: Kinship terminology (color chart) Week 9 Political Organization Required reading: Eller ch. 8 Recommended reading: The Kpelle Moot Week 10 Religion Required reading: Eller ch. 9 Recommended site: Anthropology of Religion Recommended site: History of Anthropology of Religion Test #2--see study guide Week 11 Cultural Change and Acculturation Required reading: Eller ch. 10 Recommended reading: Steel Axes for Stone-Age Australians Week 12 Colonialism and its Legacies Required reading: Eller ch. 11 Recommended reading: History of Imperialism, Jihad vs. McWorld Notes: indirect rule Week 13 Political Problems of New States: Ethnicity and Culture Conflict Required reading: Eller ch. 12 Recommended reading: Strategies in Ethnic Conflict Notes: Israel and Palestine Week 14 Economic Problems of New States: Development and Poverty Required reading: Eller ch. 13 Recommended site: UNESCO Issues on Development and Culture Essay due--Thought Essay #3 Week 15 The Survival of Culture and the Future of Culture Required reading: Eller ch. 14 Recommended site: Fourth World Documentation Final test--see study guide |