Monday, 14 Jan

What is Culture, what is Anthropology?

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

Lecture notes for class

Wednesday, 16 Jan

Reading: Horace Miner essay (read this one first, please);
Renato Rosaldo essay (available on Blackboard)
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Friday, 18 Jan

Reading: Monaghan and Just, pp 1-33
Film: First Contact

Monday, 21 Jan

Martin Luther King Holiday

Wednesday, 23 Jan

Comparing Culture

Reading: Monaghan and Just, pp 34-52.
Clifford Geertz essay (available on Blackboard)
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Friday, 25 Jan

Anthropological Methodology

Reading: Laura Bohannon essay (available on Blackboard )
Assignment: Response Paper Due
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Monday, 28 Jan

Class Meeting in Library, Electronic Resources Room
Library Project Handout

Wednesday, 30 Jan

Doing Fieldwork

Reading: Claire Sterk essay (available on Blackboard)
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Friday, 1 Feb

Taking Fieldnotes

Reading: Jean Jackson essay (available on Blackboard)
Web Resource: NYT article, "Army Enlists Anthropology in War Zones"
Software for taking Fieldnotes
Lecture notes for class

Monday, 4 Feb

Families and Kinship

Reading: Monaghan and Just, pp. 53-88
Margery Wolf, Chapters 1 and 2
Handout: Field Project Assignment Sheet
Lecture Slides
Lecture notes for class

Wednesday, 6 Feb

Getting Married in China

Reading: Continue reading Margery Wolf, Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6
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Friday, 8 Feb

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

Monday, 11 Feb

Little Daughter-in-Laws
Reading: Continue reading Margery Wolf, Chapter 11
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Wednesday, 13 Feb

American Kinship
Reading: Murphy essay; Stack essay (available on Blackboard)
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Friday, 15 Feb

Film: Small Happiness
Assignment: Response Paper Due

Monday, 18 Feb

Seeing the Other

Reading: Stephen Gould essay; Franz Boas essay (available on Blackboard)
Handout: First Review Questions, in pdf format
Lecture notes for class

Wednesday, 20 Feb

Reading: Diamond article; AAA statement on Race (available on Blackboard)
Web Resource:Race: The Power of Illusion
Lecture notes for class

Friday, 22 Feb

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

Monday, 25 Feb

Assignment: Midterm Review

Wednesday, 27 Feb

Economy and Exchange

Reading: Monaghan and Just,107-119
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Friday, 29 Feb

Film: Ongka's Big Moka

3-7 Mar

Spring Break! Have a good holiday.

Monday, 10 Mar

The Spirit of the Gift
Reading: Yan chapter; Sahlins article (available on Blackboard)
Web Resource: Issues of reciprocity in the NY Times
Lecture notes for class

Wednesday, 12 Mar

Production and Consumption

Reading: Nietschmann article; Mintz article (available on Blackboard)
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Friday, 14 Mar

Reading: Bestor essay (available on Blackboard)
Film: Cannibal Tours

Monday, 17 Mar

Religion and Ritual

Reading: Monaghan and Just, pp 120-130; Geertz essay on religion (available on Blackboard)
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Wednesday, 19 Mar

Reading: Myerhoff, Chapters 1, 2
Film: Number Our Days
Web Resource:More on Barbara Myerhoff
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Friday, 21 Mar

Reading: Myerhoff, Chapter 3; Turner article (available on Blackboard)
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Monday, 24 Mar

Easter Break!

Wednesday, 26 Mar

Reading: Myerhoff, Chapters 4, 5
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Friday, 28 Mar

Reading: Continue reading Myerhoff, Chapters 6, 7
Assignment: Response Paper Due
Film: Chief in Two Worlds

Monday, 31 Mar

Science, Religion, and Rationality
Reading: Evans-Pritchard article; Gmelch Baseball Magic article (available on Blackboard)
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Wednesday, 2 Apr

Politics, Power, and Globalization

Reading: Monaghan and Just, pp 89-106; Llewelyn article (available on Blackboard)
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Friday, 4 Apr

Film: Trobriand Cricket

Monday, 7 Apr

The Power of Culture
Reading: Bourdieu article (available on Blackboard)
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Wednesday, 9 Apr

Case Study: Love Parade
Reading: Borneman article (available on Blackboard)
Web Resource: Video on Slow Food Movement
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Friday, 11 Apr

Development and Anthropology
Reading: Miller, Chapter 16 (available on Blackboard)
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Monday, 14 Apr

Reading: Escobar article (available on Blackboard)
Assignment: Field Project Due (Note: Changed Due Date)
Web Resource: Commanding Heights excerpt
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Wednesday, 16 Apr

Reading: Hannerz article; Appadurai article (available on Blackboard)
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Friday, 18 Apr

Reading: Watson McDonald's essay (available on Blackboard)
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Monday, 21 Apr

Ethnographic Study of Globalization: Baseball
Reading: Klein, p. 1-53
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Wednesday, 23 Apr

Reading: Klein, p. 54-124
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Friday, 25 Apr

Reading: Klein, p. 125-195
No Class Meeting: Prof. Lozada attending a conference

Monday, 28 Apr

Reading: Klein, p. 196-254
Assignment: Response Paper Due
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Wednesday, 30 Apr

Last Day of Class
Course Overview
Handout:Final Exam Handout
Lecture notes for class

Self-Scheduled

Final Review

Last day to submit final is 12:15 pm on 14 May; for seniors, 5:15 pm on 12 May