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ANTHROPOLOGY 161
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Course Goals and Methods |
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| The central concept of this course will be culture. We will
consider the nature of human nature and the many ways of being human--the
vast number of alternative life styles found in societies around the
world. The course will use lecture, whole class discussion and small group
discussion. Students will teach by leading discussion of some of the
articles. A panel of international students will be invited to interact
with the class. Videos will be an important part of the course. |
UWEC Academic Goals |
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The UWEC Academic Goals which will be addressed by this course are
primarily:
The course will be most effective and enjoyable for all of us if you actively participate in class discussion. To participate successfully will require that you keep up with the assigned reading and attend class. Meaningful contributions to class discussions will be considered very favorably when averaging grades..
I consider any academic misconduct in this course as a serious offense, and I will pursue the strongest possible academic penalties for such behavior. The disciplinary procedures and penalties for academic misconduct are described in the UW-Eau Claire Student Services and Standards Handbook(http://www.uwec.edu/sdd/publications.htm) in Chapter UWS 14—Student Academic Disciplinary Procedures. Any student who has a disability and is in need of classroom accommodations, please contact the instructor and the Services for Students with Disabilities Office in Old Library 2136 at the beginning of the semester. |
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ATTENDANCE POLICY |
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| You will be expected to attend regularly and will be held responsible on the exams and quizzes for all material presented in class. Excessive absences may result in a lowering of your grade: if there are 5 unexcused absences, the course grade may be lowered by 1/3 (e.g. from B to B-); if 10 unexcused absences, the grade may be lowered by 2/3. |
READINGS |
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| Textbook: Ferraro, Gary Cultural Anthropology, 6th edition. Available at Textbook Rental Library. | |
| CRIM: Articles listed on syllabus by author's name. All articles are available on electronic reserve. Instructions for Ereserve readings | |
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All
the PowerPoint slides are available .Go to the course Web page
http://www.uwec.edu/minkushk/anthropologysyllabus_161.htm and click on
the lecture topic that is highlighted in yellow.
It
would be a very good idea to print the slides before class so that during
class you won’t have to copy the slides but can listen and take
additional notes.
Color coding: PowerPoint slides Important information For your information live link |
COURSE REQUIREMENTS |
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| Exams: Two midterms: multiple choice questions and essay. Final: multiple choice | |
| Quizzes: 6 quizzes will be given during the term, each worth 20 points. The lowest grade will be dropped. You can make up the quiz if you see me before they are handed back. | |
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Reports: You will be expected to complete two reports during the semester. Each report will be worth a maximum of 20 points. Fieldwork report due Thursday, November 29. Cross-cultural report due Tuesday, Dec. 4. Writing Standards
Cross-cultural report . One will be a report of a cross-cultural experience such as an interview with a person from a culture different than yours or attendance at a lecture, concert, film or other event. A listing of some of the events that qualify for the report:
Fieldwork report One report will involve your careful observation of behavior. Garbage on a dorm corridor; Crowded parking lot; Tendency to lean; Behavior at Tyme machine; Urinal etiquette; Experiment in McIntyre Library; Eating alone; Behavior at a stoplight; Gender and exercise machines; Money on a bar counter; Greeting experiment |
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Student presentation of articles A group of two or three students will prepare questions on a specific article which members of the class will discuss in small groups. The group should come up with about 4 questions which relate to the main points of the article and which will be interesting for other students to discuss. The questions must be sent to me the day before the class discussion. A sign-up list will be passed around in class.
Determination of Course Grade
The principle that will be used to determine grades is the following: 94% of all points= A; 90% A-; 87% B+, 84% B, 80% B- and so on. The total number of points on midterms and final may vary slightly from what is listed below, but the distribution of points will be close to the following:
Midterms (2 @ 88) 176 A 350 Final 60 B 301 Quizzes (5 @ 20) 100 C 275 Reports (2 @ 20) 40 D 238 376 points
COURSE SYLLABUS
Sept. 4 Anthropology and Culture Video: Bridging the Culture Gap E184.2 .B68 1983
Sept. 6 Introduction Text Ch. 1 pp. 2-16 Features of an anthropological perspective
Sept. 11 Anthropological perspectives Ch. 1 pp. 17-23 Diamond "Race without Color" Miner "Body Ritual among the Nacirema"
Sept. 13 Happy New Year!! Video: Split Horn: Life of a Hmong Shaman in America
Sept. 18 Concept of Culture; Anthropological Theory; Applied Anthropology Culture Ch. 2 Cross-cultural miscues p. 37, 43. 163, 425; Applied Perspectives pp. 272-273; 278-9
Sept. 20 Fieldwork Field Methods Ch. 5 pp. 94-110
Sept. 25 Lurie "Two Dollars" Quiz: “Two Dollars”, Ch. 1, Ch. 5 94-110; Cross-cultural miscues Army enlists anthros; Reaction
Sept. 27 Gmelch "Lessons from the Field" Koltyk "Fieldwork Among the Hmong" pp. 12-16 Ch. 5 pp. 110-118 Quiz: Gmelch, Koltyk, Ch. 5 pp. 110-118
Oct. 2 Language and Non-verbal Communication Ch. 6 pp. 122-125; 132-148
Oct. 4 Learning Culture Turnbull "The Mbuti Pygmies" "Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Preschools in Japan, China and the U.S." Video: All-Japan Picture Forming Contest
Oct. 9 Whitaker "Ancient Bodies, Modern Customs and Our Health"
Miscues p. 71; 85; 99; 127; 138; 268; 308; 412
Oct. 11 Midterm Essay questions
Oct. 16 Foragers Video: The Hunters GT5856.84 H86 1989
Oct. 18 Ch. 7 pp. 151-162 Ch. 8 p. 182; Ch. 12 pp. 290-292; Ch. 13 pp. 323-324 Turnbull “The song of the forest”
Oct. 23 Nelson "Understanding Eskimo Science" Lockwood “The master hunter’s apprentice” Quiz: Text on foraging, 3 articles
Oct. 25 Food Producers Tribes and States Video: Food Producers GN31.2 .F32 1994 pt. 8 Ch. 7 pp. 162-170; Ch. 8 p. 183; Ch. 12 pp. 292-294
Oct. 30 Ch. 7 pp. 170-176; Ch. 8 pp. 184-186; Ch. 12 pp. 295-300
Nov. 1 Social stratification Ch. 11 pp. 321-322; 325-334 Anand “The sweeper” Nov. 6 Colonialism; Globalization Ch. 16 pp. 416-430
Nov. 8 Janus "Advertising and Global Culture" Marie Claire "You're not fat, you're living in the wrong country" Bestor "How Sushi went Global"
Nov. 13 Midterm
Nov. 15 Kinship Kinship terms Ch. 10 pp. 237-242
Nov. 20 Ch. 10 pp. 243-251 include p. 247
Nov. 27 Marriage and Family Mace "Cultural Differences in Mate Selection" Ch. 9 pp. 209-223 Cousin marriage Quiz: Mace, Ch. 10
Nov. 29 Ch. 9 pp. 224-234 Terry "Cultural Tradition and Law Collide in Middle America" Lessinger "Family, Gender Relations & the Second Generation" Quiz: Terry, Lessinger, Ch. 9
Dec. 4 Religion Religion sheet Ch. 14 pp. 348-359
Dec. 6 Ch. 14 pp. 360-376 Video: Mammy Water excerpts 2151
Dec. 11 Healing Plotkin "Shamans" Johnson "African Healing" pm Goode "The Cultures of Illness" pm Quiz: 3 healing articles
Dec. 13 Video: 3 Worlds of Bali
Final
Section 002 Wednesday, Dec. 19 10:00 am P319 or Tuesday, Dec. 18 3:30 pm P387 Section 004 Tuesday, Dec. 18 3:00 pm P387 |
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