Monday, 22 Aug

What is Culture, what is Anthropology?

Course Introduction
Handouts: Guide for Response Papers
Guide for Citing Sources
AAA Style Guide
Lecture notes for class
Guide for Making an Argument (a.k.a. How Fuji grades)
Thesis Statements Guide

Wednesday, 24 Aug

Reading: Horace Miner essay (read this one first, please);
Renato Rosaldo essay (available on Blackboard)
Web Resource: William Safire essay from NYT
Lecture notes for class

Friday, 26 Aug

Reading: Miller, Chapter 1
Film: First Contact

Monday, 29 Aug

Reading: Clifford Geertz essay (available on Blackboard)
Assignment: Response Paper Due
Lecture notes for class

Wednesday, 31 Aug

Comparing Cultures
Reading: Laura Bohannon essay (available on Blackboard)
Lecture notes for class

Friday, 2 Sep

Anthropological Methodology

Reading: Miller, Chapter 2
Lecture notes for class
Handout: AAA Ethics Code

Monday, 5 Sep

Class Meeting in Library, Electronic Resources Room
Handout: Library Assignment (due 16 Sep)

Wednesday, 7 Sep

Doing Fieldwork
Reading: Claire Sterk essay (available on Blackboard)
Guest Lecture: Tessa Davis (Anthropology, Class of '06)
Lecture notes for class

Friday, 9 Sep

Taking Fieldnotes
Reading: Jean Jackson essay (available on Blackboard)
Lecture notes for class

Monday, 12 Sep

Families and Kinship

Reading: Miller, Chapter 8; Margery Wolf, Chapters 1 and 2
Lecture notes for class
Handout: Field Project Guide, due 4 Nov 2005
Slide Show: Pictures from Contemporary Taiwan

Wednesday, 14 Sep

Getting Married in China
Reading: Continue reading Margery Wolf, Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6
Lecture notes for class

Friday, 16 Sep

Reading: Continue reading Margery Wolf, Chapters 7, 8
Film: Dadi's Family
Assignment: Response Paper Due (Library Project)

Monday, 19 Sep

Little Daughter-in-Laws
Reading: Continue reading Margery Wolf, Chapter 11
Lecture notes for class

Wednesday, 21 Sep

American Kinship
Reading: Murphy essay; Stack essay (available on Blackboard)
Lecture notes for class

Friday, 23 Sep

Film: Small Happiness
Assignment: Response Paper Due

Monday, 26 Sep

Seeing the Other

Reading: Stephen Gould essay; Franz Boas essay (available on Blackboard)
Handout: Questions for First Review
Web Resource: Harper's Index
Lecture notes for class

Wednesday, 28 Sep

Reading: Diamond article; AAA statement on Race (available on Blackboard)
Web Resource: Cecila Munoz interview on NPR
Lecture notes for class

Friday, 30 Sep

Reading: Lozada article on ethnicity (available on Blackboard)
Film: American Tongues

Monday, 3 Oct

Assignment: First Review

Wednesday, 5 Oct

Economy and Exchange

Reading: Miller, Chapter 3
Lecture notes for class

Friday, 7 Oct

Reading: Miller, Chapter 4
Film: Ongka's Big Moka

Monday, 10 Oct

Fall Break! Have a good holiday.

Wednesday, 12 Oct

The Spirit of the Gift
Reading: Yan chapter; Sahlins article (available on Blackboard)
Lecture notes for class

Friday, 14 Oct

Production and Consumption
Reading: Nietschmann article; Mintz article (available on Blackboard)
Lecture notes for class

Monday, 17 Oct

Reading: Bestor essay (available on Blackboard)
Web Resource: Eel Flavored Ice Cream?
Ballpark Cuisine
Lecture notes for class

Wednesday, 19 Oct

Religion and Ritual

Reading: Miller Chapter 13; Geertz essay on religion (available on Blackboard)
Lecture notes for class

Friday, 21 Oct

Reading: Myerhoff, Chapters 1, 2
Film: Number Our Days
Web Resource: More on Barbara Myerhoff
Lecture notes for class

Monday, 24 Oct

Reading: Myerhoff, Chapter 3; Turner article (available on Blackboard)
Lecture notes for class

Wednesday, 26 Oct

Reading: Myerhoff, Chapters 4, 5
Lecture notes for class

Friday, 28 Oct

Reading: Continue reading Myerhoff, Chapters 6, 7
Assignment: Response Paper Due
Lecture notes for class

Monday, 31 Oct

Science, Religion, and Rationality
Reading: Evans-Pritchard article; Gmelch Baseball Magic article (available on Blackboard)
Lecture notes for class

Wednesday, 2 Nov

Politics, Power, and Globalization

Reading: Miller, Chapter 10; Llewelyn article (available on Blackboard)
Lecture notes for class

Friday, 4 Nov

Film: Trobriand Cricket
Assignment: Field Project Due

Monday, 7 Nov

The Power of Culture
Reading: Bourdieu article (available on Blackboard)
Lecture notes for class

Wednesday, 9 Nov

Case Study: Love Parade
Reading: Borneman article (available on Blackboard)
Web Resource: Love Parade Video
Lecture notes for class

Friday, 11 Nov

Development and Anthropology
Reading: Miller, Chapter 16
Web Resource: Wall Street Journal article on GMO food
The Meatrix -- short clip
Lecture notes for class

Monday, 14 Nov

Reading: Escobar article (available on Blackboard)
Lecture notes for class

Wednesday, 16 Nov

Reading: Hannerz article; Appadurai article (available on Blackboard)
Lecture notes for class

Friday, 18 Nov

Reading: Watson McD's essay (available on Blackboard)
Film: Cannibal Tours

Monday, 21 Nov

Reading: Small, p. 3-49
Lecture notes for class

23-25 Nov

Thanksgiving Break: Have a good holiday

Monday, 28 Nov

Reading: Small, p. 51-87
Assignment: Response Paper Due
Lecture notes for class

Wednesday, 30 Nov

Reading: Small, p. 88-120
Lecture notes for class

Friday, 2 Dec

Reading: Small, 171-216
Film: Chief in Two Worlds

Monday, 5 Dec

Last Day of Class: Course Overview
Handout:Instructions for the Final Review

Final Examination