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Department of Geography and Anthropology |
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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 readings and lectures focus on understanding the worldwide diversity of human behavior and values and appreciating the historical development of humankind. The cross-cultural report will require each student to have an intercultural experience. The field work assignment will provide an opportunity to collect and analyze data.
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.
ATTENDANCE SLIPS All students will be expected to hand in a slip of paper at the end of each class to demonstrate attendance and to provide feedback. Write your name, the date and at least one sentence referring to the day’s class. The feedback might report on something you learned during class, an idea you found interesting in the material covered, anything that was not clear in the lecture and needs more explanation, thoughts you have about the ideas covered, a question, suggestions about the class... |
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 |
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. Both due Thursday, April 24. 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. Write brief and clearly stated questions. The questions must be sent to me the day before the class discussion. A sign-up list will be passed around in class. You can find the name of your partner(s) for the discussion on the: Presentation schedule
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 @ 92) 184 A 360 Final 60 B 322 Quizzes (5 @ 20) 100 C 284 Reports (2 @ 20) 40 D 245 376 points
COURSE SYLLABUS
Jan. 22 Anthropology and Culture Video: Bridging the Culture Gap E184.2 .B68 1983
Jan. 24 Introduction Text Ch. 1 pp. 2-16 Features of an anthropological perspective
Jan. 29 Anthropological perspectives Ch. 1 pp. 17-23 Diamond "Race without Color" Miner "Body Ritual among the Nacirema"
Jan. 31 Concept of Culture; Anthropological Theory; Applied Anthropology Ch. 2 Cross-cultural miscues p. 37, 43, 163, 425 Applied Perspectives pp. 272-273; 278-9
Feb. 5 Fieldwork Field methods Ch. 5 pp. 94-110
Feb. 7 Lurie "Two Dollars" Quiz: “Two Dollars”, Ch. 1, Ch. 5 94-110; Cross-cultural Miscues
Feb. 12 Video: Split Horn: Life of a Hmong Shaman in America
Feb. 14 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
Feb. 19 Learning Culture Turnbull "The Mbuti Pygmies" Whitaker "Ancient Bodies, Modern Customs and Our Health" "Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Preschools in Japan, China and the U.S." Video: All-Japan Picture Forming Contest
Feb. 21 Language and Non-verbal Communication Ch. 6 pp. 122-125; 132-148
Feb. 26 Cross-cultural Miscues p. 71; 85; 99; 127; 138; 268; 308; 412
Feb. 28 Midterm Mar. 4 Foragers Video: The Hunters GT5856.84 H86 1989
Mar. 6 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”
Mar. 11 ** Nelson "Understanding Eskimo Science" ** Lockwood “The master hunter’s apprentice” Quiz: Text on foraging, 3 articles
Mar. 13 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
Mar. 25 Ch. 7 pp. 170-176; Ch. 8 pp. 184-186; Ch. 12 pp. 295-300 Video: Food Foragers & Pastoralists GN31.2 .F32 1994 pt. 7
Mar. 27 Social stratification Ch. 11 pp. 321-322; 325-334 ** Anand “The sweeper”
Apr. 1 Colonialism; Globalization Ch. 16 pp. 416-430
Apr. 3 ** Janus "Advertising and Global Culture" ** Marie Claire "You're not fat, you're living in the wrong country" Bestor "How Sushi went Global"
Apr. 8 Midterm
Apr. 10 Kinship Kinship terms Ch. 10 pp. 237-242
Apr. 15 Ch. 10 pp. 243-251 include p. 247
Apr. 17 Marriage and Family Mace "Cultural Differences in Mate Selection" Ch. 9 pp. 209-223 Cousin marriage Quiz: Mace, Ch. 10
Apr. 22 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
Apr. 24 Gender Ch. 11
Apr. 29 Religion Religion sheet Ch. 14 pp. 348-359
May 1 Ch. 14 pp. 360-376 Video: Mammy Water excerpts 2151
May 6 Healing Plotkin "Shamans" disc ** Johnson "African Healing" am pm ** Goode "The Cultures of Illness" am pm Quiz: 3 healing articles
May 8 Video: 3 Worlds of Bali
Final
Section 002 Wednesday, May 14 10:00 am P106
Section 005 Thursday, May 15 3:00 pm P276 (or Wednesday, May 14 10:30 am P106) |
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